What to do if a dog has body odor? How to treat it?

What should I do if a dog has body odor? Dog body odor is a headache for dog owners. Generally speaking, dog body odor is often related to skin diseases or skin surface wounds.

1. Source of dog body odor

Generally speaking, the dog's mouth, skin, ears, tail and secretory glands are the sources of body odor. Dog body odor is often caused by: 1. Skin diseases; 2. Ear wax and middle (external) otitis; 3. Surface wounds; 4. Gastrointestinal diseases.

2. Body odor response measures

1. First, confirm the origin of the odor, whether there is a odor all over the dog's body or a part of the body. After determining the origin of the odor, the part is inspected to determine the cause.

2. First check if it is caused by skin disease. When a dog smells smelly, first check the dog's skin for abnormal and itchy symptoms. If so, treatment options for skin diseases can be adopted. (Dog skin diseases are more troublesome and sometimes they are not easy to cure).

3. When dogs have bad breath, they often use 0.1% potassium permanganate or 2% boric acid solution to rinse the mouth, supplement vitamins A, C and B vitamins, give liquid and easy-to-digestible foods, and give antibiotics.

4. For ear canal odor, it is often otitis externa or otitis media. You can buy some cleaning and anti-inflammatory potions for dog ears. If it is not serious, you can treat it yourself: first clean the ear canal, then add an appropriate amount of antibiotic ointment (chloromycin, erythromycin, etc.) with normal saline, dip the medicinal solution to clean the ear canal, and then use ear oil to drop ears, 1 to 2 times a day.

3. Precautions:

In terms of management, dog owners should strengthen their care for dogs, regularly bathe the dog, comb their hair every day, clean their earwax in time, and provide good health and care for dog teeth.