How to reduce body odor in dogs

About bathing frequency

Many dog ​​friends told me why I often bathe my dogs, but the odor is getting heavier and heavier. Woolen cloth? Why does my dog ​​often have skin diseases? Why is my dog ​​losing hair every day? First of all, let’s worship these diligent owners. Secondly, let’s first understand the differences between dog skin and human skin. As we all know, dogs do not have sweat glands. People sweat constantly in hot weather, so they need to bathe every day. However, dogs cannot sweat at all. If they bathe every day, it is of little significance. The surface layer of dogs' skin secretes a kind of oil, which we call "sebum" for short. This layer of sebum plays a big role. It is the guardian of the dog's skin. It can protect the skin from certain bacterial pathogens. It has an "antibacterial effect" for short. It also has the effect of protecting the hair. And this sebum does have a bit of body odor. If this protective layer is washed away too frequently, the dog itself will secrete this sebum at high intensity to replenish it in order to protect itself, and the more it is washed, the more it will appear. The worse the body odor. (If you wash away this protective layer too frequently, the guardian angel will be gone, and those disease-causing bacterial pathogens will be happy, and there will be a place for them to recuperate, right? Finally, it will be hair loss... because the protection will be washed away with high frequency layer, dogs instinctively want to secrete sebum to protect themselves. As a result, after such a cycle for a long time, this part of the functional system is confused, and as a result, they cannot even protect their own fur. In the end, the first thing we need to do is What you need to do is to reduce the frequency of bathing your dogs. Two or three times a month is enough. Parents with mysophobia should also try to control it to once a week.

Check for ear mites

Ear mites are secretions in the ear canals of dogs. There is black and brown substance, and it looks greasy and dirty... This is not a normal phenomenon. Normal dogs’ ear canals are very clean. For dogs suffering from ear mites, the severity of body odor will increase tenfold. .So parents who are afraid of body odor should always check their dogs’ ears to see if they are clean to prevent ear mites.

Methods to prevent ear mites and otitis

① Check your dogs’ ears frequently, and of course don’t let them You should keep an eye on their ears every day, and it is necessary to check them once a week. In this way, if there are signs of ear mites, they can be treated in time. ② When cutting and checking your dog's ears frequently, if you find that the hair around the ears is too much and too long, or even There is hair growing in the canal, so you need to cut it off in time to keep the ear canal ventilated. The most important reason for the occurrence of ear mites is the lack of ventilation. If you keep suffocating on hot days, it would be strange if you don’t get stuffy and cause problems! ③ Regularly There are many ways to clean the ear canal, but to be honest, the above-mentioned method of cutting the hair to maintain ventilation is the best. But after the ear hair is cut clean, ear mites rarely appear.

Methods to treat ear mites

Methods 1: Erkang (spray medicineWater) Forty or fifty, only 30 ml. Method 2: The French Vic dog collar must be removed. This is a new method discovered this year. I originally bought a product to prevent ticks, but I didn’t expect that ear mites would be cured after wearing it. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that this collar is also effective against mites.

Check the soles of your feet

There is a lot of hair on the soles of the feet. They are also not ventilated and are prone to skin diseases. Especially in the rainy season, the hair on the soles of the feet is wet every day and cannot be dried. As a result, you will get toe inflammation. The way to check whether there is toe inflammation is to see if the hair inside is red? Have you ever had acne-like bumps, pustules, redness and swelling? If so, congratulations, you have toe inflammation

Diet and gastrointestinal

① Causes of gastrointestinal incompatibility (digestion) If the poop is particularly smelly (, it may mean that the dog’s stomach is not suitable for this kind of dog food. And It's not the dog food that is good for other dogs, it will be good for your dog, so you have to find the most suitable dog food. ② Problems with dog food raw materials. Some dog foods have raw materials that are not good enough, such as putting in various animal offal All kinds of meat with lymph nodes waiting for toxins are used as the meat ingredients in dog food, and all kinds of moldy old grains (containing aflatoxin) that people have eliminated and cannot eat are put in as grain raw materials. The dog food made in this way gives The internal organs (liver and kidneys) responsible for detoxification in the dog's body are under tremendous pressure and must be constantly overloaded to detoxify. Once the intake exceeds its own detoxification ability, the consequences will be disastrous. ③ The problem of protein ratio in dog food can actually be attributed to Let’s move onto the first point, digestive problems, but Ping An’s mother still thinks it’s necessary to mention it separately. Some dogs eat high-end dog food with a meat content of 80 to 90%, and their stools are very good and not very smelly, while a certain dog’s stools are very good and not very smelly. Some dogs also eat this kind of high-end dog food, but they have foul-smelling stools or even soft stools. If this is the case, it may mean that your baby's stomach and intestines are not adapted to such a high-protein (high-meat) diet. Maybe the original family ate a small proportion of meat. Once you switch to such a high-protein (high-meat) dog food, the protein in the food cannot be completely digested, resulting in soft stools and a foul smell. In this case, it is better to change A dog food with a larger meat content, or a dog food with a high meat content mixed with other foods, such as fruits and vegetables, purple potatoes, etc., can basically reduce the proportion of protein ingested to the stomach at one time. Alleviating this situation.

Gastrointestinal problems

Some dogs do have a weak gastrointestinal tract and are prone to indigestion problems. Parents can add some foods to help digestion into their diet. Such as yogurt, lactase enzyme , dry yeast tablets, prebiotics, Jianweixiaoshi tablets, etc. To quote a more professional saying from others: "Smelly stool is the best evidence of the deterioration of the intestinal environment. Bad bacteria such as Wellsella or coliform bacteria multiply in large numbers , will form harmful substances that have adverse effects on the human body."