Do Ckc Normally Have An Odor?

[MissLotus]

Hi,

I am just wondering if a Cavalier generally has a doggy odor to them?

We have a 5 month old CKC's and we are in the process of toilet training her during the day we are at work (by reducing her indoor area so she is force to go to the toilet outside). For the last week or two, I'd notice when I come home she would have a strong odor.. kind of smells like stale pee. I check her pen area, but I cannot see any wet spots. So I'm just wondering if she is rolling in her pee outside or they normally have a smell?

As bad as this sounds , when I flip her over for a belly rub, I normally just have a quick sniff down her private area and that does have a strong smell.

And if it's just her rolling in her pee, is it bad to wash her twice a week?

Edited July 31, 2009 by MissLotus

[atua]

Hey,

Because she has longerish type of her she could possibly be wetting on her hair around her umm private area. If she isnt a show dog I would recommend thinning her hair out around that area. Doing so may reduce the wee smell.

Also check inside her ears to make sure theres not excess muck inside as this can create a rather foul smell as well.

Hope this helped a little.

Malinda

[gareth]

Most likely her anal glands need emptying. Take her to the vet and get them to show you how to do it.

[Georgie-boy]

I find my girl gets some wee on her from time to time as she squats quite low when she goes to the toilet. Try just giving her a quick wipe with a damp paper towel after she has been out to wee and see how that goes.

[puggy_puggy]

I would go with the others in that she might be peeing on her long hair.

Other things could be anal glands, as mentioned, but they smell fishy or a yeast infection which smells musty/yeasty.

[Gretel]

That sounds rather unusual for a puppy. I wonder if she may have an infection? She's not weeing in her bed and then lying in it is she? Have a sniff of her bedding.

[MissLotus]

Thanks for all the advices. I have heard about anal emptying.. umm.. does anyone care to give me a brief description of that before I asked the vet?

No smell around her ears, just the bottom half of her body. I've just had a sniff on her upper body and she still smells like the shampoo that I'd used on Wednesday.

At first, I thought she was peeing in her area and rolling in it. It's hard to see on laminated floors because it may dry up and hardly noticeable at night. So what I have done is put a plastic flooring in her area so that the wee won't dry up and I can tell if she is peeing or not. I'd just vinegar the area.. I think the strong stale pee/fishy smell is coming from her.

She hasn't weed her bed for the last 2 weeks, not even a droplet, but her towel does have a feint pee smell, which I'm guessing is the left over pee when I take her out at night.

Other than that, she is perfectly normal.

Another thought I had, I'd figured that because it is wet outside it may be the pee smell around her legs, so I've given that and her private parts a warm wash just then to see how that goes. What I have done in her outside area was lay some pet hay around the grass for her to wee and poo. This makes it a lot easier to pick up her poo (doesn't get mushy in the ground). Maybe this is what is also causing the smell, because this has been recent and the very STRONG smell has been this week and it's been wet outside. Plus when I go to remove the straw, the same or similar odor is there, now that I think about it.

So I take it that CKC don't have a very strong smell then? I don't want guest to come over and they are cringing over the smell,or there to be anything wrong with her that I am overlooking.

Our second door, is also an indoor dog and he doesn't have any smell.. maybe a tinge of doggy odor due to the wet weather.

[Gretel]

No they are not a smelly dog My girls have a bath every two or three weeks if we are not showing and they sleep on my bed.