A question about labs

[Husky_mom]

maybe he is part stinkhound?

LMAO!!!.. I think Roger too... lol..

[K9karen]

Ummm...let me think back,,,

Cody, my RB lab/gr mix didn't stink horribly, but his skin would get greasy, so much so, that my hand would get white and a slimey feeling after petting him. That meant bath time. He'd be good again for a few months. He hated the groomers, and I tried many, so I was only able to give him outside baths in the summer and if I did it, he was fine.

Mz Logan hates water (2nd to the camera! ), but we were able to give her a bath once a year in the summer. Honestly, she has no odor. (Well except for amazing frito feet! ). I brush her more often 'cause her hair is longer, so maybe that's a big help.

[wolfsoul]

I know alot of labs that have bad dog odour as well. Seems pretty half & half in my shop; Half stink every time, and half don't smell at all -- but they all shed like crazy! The ones I know with the worst body odour also usually have ear infections, and alot have yeast on their skin or in their ears. A good friend of mine has a black lab with terrible environmental allergies, and she often needs her ears drained (they swell up into hematomas). Even when her allergies are under control, she always smells like stinky dog. I think alot of time that stench has to do alot with the dog's health status, which I think makes alot of sense. I do groom quite a few labs with health issues and they are always the ones that stink.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I'm not sure if it's breed specific, but our former neighbors have a male yellow Lab (Cody) who I always took care of, walked, bathed and played with when they lived here. No matter if he had just gotten a bath, Cody boy ALWAYS stunk! And when I was down in so. CA visiting them, Cody smelled, haha! He is not neutered, so that probably has a lot to due with it.