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Crispin Russell (tosca@dolphin.cs.adfa.oz.au) wrote:
: In article <30F7299D.2FB2@ucc.su.oz.au>, Dink <jkplai@ucc.su.oz.au> writes:
: |> I've got two fully grown dogs - a golden retriever and a collie. Does 
: |> anyone bath their dogs regularly? Mine start to have an odour only 2-3 
: |> days after a bath. I want to clean them regularly, but I heard that it's 
: |> unhealthy for the dogs. Is this true? 
: 
: Yes, it washes the natural oil out of the coat.  [snip]

Two suggestions:  You can clean surface dirt off your dog and freshen
his odour with a quinine spray available from pet suppliers.  The one I
bought is called Chateau something-or-other and was recommended to me by
a breeder/handler of show collies.  You spray it on, brush it through,
let it dry and brush it out.  It works.  I use it on my shelties after
they've been gnawing on bones and have a greasy smell.  It leaves a
not-unpleasant odour of its own.

Not a cleaner, merely a deodoriser, is something called Bac-to-Nature.
I use it on the dogs' coats, carpets, bedding.  It has no odour of its
own but kills the smell of whatever you spray it on.  Fairly expensive
but goes a long way and I highly recommend it.  It seems only to be sold
by pet suppliers and vets who stock Eukanuba products.  (A bonus:
Bac-to-Nature apparently neutralises the allergens in an animal's coat,
making it much more acceptable to people who normally sneeze and develop
rashes around dogs or cats.)

Dorrit




































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