Bad dog spray

[undeterred]

So, I took Oliver to the woods and he brought me a dead fish head. I made him drop it. The next day we went back - he found another one and this time he rolled on top of it. I kept wondering what is that terrible smell and then I got him in the car. Rotten fish.

:puke:


So I remembered the remedy from long ago- dilute listerine 1:10 and spray the affected parts. This isn't as good as a bath, of course, but it takes away the stench if you're just about to leave for work. Poor Ollie. He was cringing when I sprayed him, like I was making him smell disgusting... cool mint listerine.

[livetohike]

1. Thanks for the listerine tip

and :hug: for dealing with dead fish head stench. There isn't much worse, imo. Fortunately, my two dogs aren't into rolling around in stuff, but my previous dogs were. What a mess.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. MY German Shepherd's breeder told me about that a while back.

It is sort of a quick bath. She said that people who show dogs do that just before taking their dog into the ring. They spray their dog with the Listerine/Water mix, towel dry the dogs, and then brush them. It cleans them and makes them smell great...and it helps to avoid skin irritations.


PS I am so sorry that he did eventually roll in it. I guess his instincts just got the better of him...

[undeterred]

3. Ollie TOTALLY FREAKED OUT when I gave him a bath today.

He smelled awful so I finally decided to put him in the bathtub. He's jumped in the lake numerous times. The other night when I was taking a bubble bath he came up to the side of the tub and poked his nose in- I thought he was going to join me! So I wasn't expecting him to react like a cat when I got him in the tub- he fought me and clawed at me, although I ultimately got it done. When he was rinsed I just stopped fighting him and he took off.

When all was said and done, he still stinks a little. Johnsons Baby Shampoo isn't strong enough for dead fish.