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Q: Wet Dog Smell ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Wet Dog Smell
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: ergophobiaclothing-ga
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Posted: 26 Mar 2006 18:02 PST
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Question ID: 712270
What causes wet dog smell other than the obvious - being wet?
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Subject: Re: Wet Dog Smell
From: tlspiegel-ga on 26 Mar 2006 18:19 PST
 
Perhaps this will be helpful to you:

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Subject: Re: Wet Dog Smell
From: murunbuchstansinger-ga on 27 Mar 2006 14:22 PST
 
From experience with a couple of our dogs, this is often caused by an
allergy to fleas.  Dogs commonly have fleas - usually cat fleas
funnily enough.

The bites can cause a reaction which causes a rash.  This rash causes
a "wet dog" smell and is easily treated, from memory, with antibiotic
cream.

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