So long Moose, and thanks for the laughs.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:34 pm

Walden wrote:
SteveShaw wrote:That's an awful lot of wee-wee for such a tiny dog.
Yeah, but he sure felt relieved afterward!

And now the owner has to walk through it, in flip flops no less.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:57 am

Do terriers smell less doggy than other breeds?

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:56 am

Lambchop wrote:Do terriers smell less doggy than other breeds?

Not in my experience, but then again, I rather like "doggie bouquet".

I think that smaller dogs don't seem to be as smelly as bigger dogs, but I'm pretty certain it is because of a smaller surface area. All dogs have thier own speciffic odor, it is packed with loads of information about the dog for other dogs to determine.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:59 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:
Lambchop wrote:Do terriers smell less doggy than other breeds?
Not in my experience, but then again, I rather like "doggie bouquet".

I think that smaller dogs don't seem to be as smelly as bigger dogs, but I'm pretty certain it is because of a smaller surface area. All dogs have thier own speciffic odor, it is packed with loads of information about the dog for other dogs to determine.

You can smell it and you still like it?

I nearly go out of my mind having to go inside a PetsMart.

There are a few dogs in my building. One, a Boston terrier, brushed against my pants leg in the elevator as I was going to work. I was positively tortured by the smell all day. Several other people could smell it, too. Gack.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:13 am

Lambchop wrote:
You can smell it and you still like it?

Sure I do. But, for those dog owners out there that find it bit too much, keeping your pet clean (bathing it on a regular basis etc... ), greatly reduces the odor. All mammals (especially male humans) stink to one degree or another, keeping clean manages this significantly.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:22 pm

JES wrote:All mammals (especially male humans) stink to one degree or another, keeping clean manages this significantly.

... or not. (hee-hee-hee)

djm

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:26 pm

djm wrote:
JES wrote:All mammals (especially male humans) stink to one degree or another, keeping clean manages this significantly.
... or not. (hee-hee-hee)

djm

Oh, dear!

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:29 pm

Joseph E. Smith wrote:Not in my experience, but then again, I rather like "doggie bouquet".

But dogs asssess each other by intimately sniffing each other's arses! How precisely do you assess "doggie bouquet," Joseph? Have you a better method? I hope so...

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:44 pm

Terriers smell no better or worse than any other dog who is frequently or unfrequently bathed.

One, a Boston terrier, brushed against my pants leg in the elevator as I was going to work. I was positively tortured by the smell all day. Several other people could smell it, too. Gack.

I suspect you may have gotten a substance produced and expressed from the dog's anal glands on you. This would account for the terrible lingering smell. All dogs have these and indoor dogs often have trouble with these glands not being emptied as they would if the dog were an outside dog able to "go" whenever it needs to. That stuff reeks and the smell is not easy to get rid of.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:08 pm

cowtime wrote:Terriers smell no better or worse than any other dog who is frequently or unfrequently bathed.

One, a Boston terrier, brushed against my pants leg in the elevator as I was going to work. I was positively tortured by the smell all day. Several other people could smell it, too. Gack.
I suspect you may have gotten a substance produced and expressed from the dog's anal glands on you. This would account for the terrible lingering smell. All dogs have these and indoor dogs often have trouble with these glands not being emptied as they would if the dog were an outside dog able to "go" whenever it needs to. That stuff reeks and the smell is not easy to get rid of.

Eww. Eww. Eww.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:30 am

SteveShaw wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:Not in my experience, but then again, I rather like "doggie bouquet".
But dogs asssess each other by intimately sniffing each other's arses! How precisely do you assess "doggie bouquet," Joseph? Have you a better method? I hope so...

Uh.... ummm... eh.... ummm... uh..... erm.....

Dogs do have a gland near the base of their tail (other than anal glands)and it does serve as an identification/state of health/biological message board.

Anal glands are a whole 'nuther story.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:41 am

On the other hand, if it's just the natural "doggy odor" that bothers you (as in the way your hand smells after petting a dog), the curly coated breeds, such as poodles, pulik, Kerry blues, soft-coated wheatens, etc., generally have very little of it. In 18 years of living with a poodle, it would always amaze me when I'd pet a different dog and my hand would come away smelling "doggy"...I just wasn't used to that anymore! I don't find it an unpleasant smell, though.

Redwolf