Smelly dog in heat
 Any advice from experienced owners of bitches in heat would be greatly appreciated!  |
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tick magnet wrote: . Yesterday I resorted to spraying Febreeze on her butt!!  The smell is potent, not really much you can do to mask it, suggestions are Aroma Candles and Air Freshner for the apartment, for her you can get some essential oil like lavender, pop a few drops into a water mist bottle, fill the bottle up with water and just mist a bit onto the butt, not her privates to help with the odour. Clean up you can also get Johnsons baby corn starch powder, it has a nice hint of lavendar in it, sprinkle it on her skirts and down the back legs where the discharge is and just brush the excess out with a brush it will also remove the discharge on that area and her legs, do that outside as you dont want powder everywhere and that is a dry clean method to help keep her fresh and smelling better too. Your past the first week, another 2 weeks to go and as she is ovulating the discharge will change to like a straw like colour and be even more potent. So advice is especially for the apartment for the smell is aroma candles or even the essential oil in a mist bottle which can be misted around the room as well as on her & her bedding too. Wash her bed weekly too as the smell perminates into that. What I normally do there is have an old cotton sheet over the mat or bed and while there in they lay on that, the sheet, and easier then every few days just taking the sheet off there bed and changing it rather then washing a dog bed/mat. Make sure too outside she is on a lead all the time under your controll and take her to potty in one area only rather then all over the place or you might upset every dog in the neighbourhood  Contain her pottying to one area  |
| If you are not planning to breed, have you considered spaying? |
| Also wash her mouth/face as often as possible. They usually spend a lot of time licking, so it transfers "it" onto the face hairs. Many bitches are pretty good at keeping their rear ends cleaned by licking, so the faces can actually need more attention. |
| you can also put her in diapers....Pull Ups. Will frustrate her licking but might keep her legs cleaner. Crumpet was an absolute mess during her's. The outside conrete was so stained!! I scrubed porch, steps, etc with Clorox afterwards.......phew! |
Ashley wrote: If you are not planning to breed, have you considered spaying? From what I've heard, it's not a good idea to spay during a heat... if you mean in general, I have no intention to breed, and this is her first and only heat; I'm letting her go through one for the health benefits.  got sheep wrote: Also wash her mouth/face as often as possible. They usually spend a lot of time licking, so it transfers "it" onto the face hairs. Many bitches are pretty good at keeping their rear ends cleaned by licking, so the faces can actually need more attention. I did notice the licking, so I've been washing her face a lot! I wish she were one of the many bitches good at keeping it clean back there; she tries, but maybe my standard of 'clean' is just a bit higher than hers. I assume it's OK to spot-wash her face/tush every day because I haven't had any problems, but would this potentially cause irritation back there? I'm using oatmeal puppy shampoo to be safe.SheepieBoss wrote: you can also put her in diapers....Pull Ups. Will frustrate her licking but might keep her legs cleaner. Crumpet was an absolute mess during her's. The outside conrete was so stained!! I scrubed porch, steps, etc with Clorox afterwards.......phew! You have my sympathies!! I feel so bad for Bones because she's SUCH a mess right now, but I'm glad she's not the only girl who's having problems. I have her in diapers currently, but they're totally matting up the hair around her butt so I've been obsessively brushing her. Poor girl can't catch a break! Thanks for the input, everyone! |
tick magnet wrote: I did notice the licking, so I've been washing her face a lot! I wish she were one of the many bitches good at keeping it clean back there; she tries, but maybe my standard of 'clean' is just a bit higher than hers. Mine are obsessively clean so I hardly notice they're in season except as Dawn says their faces need to be freshened up. They really aren't that stinky either until the end of their season (as Lisa noted) If they were I'd be doing as you're doing and cleaning both ends endlessly. If you use a really mild soap on the rear especially it shouldn't be a problem. I've used panties in the past but they just seem to get messier and a lot stinkier - PU. She may become more of a neat freak as time passes. Mine usually come in for the first time around her age too and their first season always seems to be a bit of a rehearsal and so it's fairly short without a lot of discharge, which can change as they mature. She may be different. And, yes, from a health point of view, you absolutely did the right thing by letting her go through her first season. I'm just sorry it's such a messy one. This too shall pass. Hope she at least has a short one. Kristine |
I don't have any advice about a dog in heat in particular, but I do have quite a bit of experience bathing Oscar.  He has multiple health problems caused by an underlying autoimmune issue that necessitate a full bath once a week, as well as frequent "spot cleaning". There are times, like now, where I wash his face, paws, behind and "undercarriage" every day, in order to keep his bacteria load low, and get rid of pollen that might be clinging to his fur. Oscar requires a medical shampoo, but I also supplement that with the type of shampoo you are describing, a gentle one made for puppies that is safe for daily use. Just watch the areas closely for signs of dry skin, though I have never had this issue with Oscar.Good luck to you and I hope this is over before you know it!!! Laurie and Oscar |
You could try that Miracle Air stuff by Chris Christensen. It's really good at killing organic smells and it's safe to spray right on the dog. It doesn't just cover it up, it actually enzymatically destroys it. I use it on my Komondor when my young OES pees on him.  |
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