Banishing doggy smell.

[Manks]

Our hallway smells doggy because that is where the dog's bed is. Periodically I take his bedding outside to air it, we vacuum up obviously, but still there is a doggy whiff in the hall.

The floor is tiled, his bedding is a stuffed bed in a wicker basket.

Suggestions anyone please?

[Perec]

Caractacus said:

Wash the bedding and dog.

Not both at the same time, in the same place.

New bedding purchased, the dog doesn't seem to smell particularly. I think it's a build up of fur - he does seem to shed plenty. I am wondering about replacing the basket with a plastic version to prevent hairs and dogginess from entering the weave.

[Perec]

To be honest we do little grooming as he is a short coated breed. Maybe we should do more.

[Perec]

C3BER said:

It will be dog grease you can smell and not that wet dog smell you will always get.

Rub your hands over your dog to get a good coating and smell your hands. If they smell doggie then imagine every surface smelling the same but stronger.

That makes sense. Do I need to de-grease my dog?

Edited to say that when I shampoo him his coat and skin seem to become quite dry.

Edited by Perec on Sunday 17th March 18:46

[Perec]

Piglet said:

I'm not convinced about regular shampooing of dogs, we very rarely shampoo our Springer - only when she's really excelled herself by getting covered in clay which then needs to be shampooed off.

I'd go with a plastic bed and bedding that you can wash. For general cleaning of this kind of thing I keep a spray of zoflora and water, lots of choice of varieties and they smell nice and kill nasties.

We think alike on this.