Grumble grumble!

Aww, cute. Yeah, which dog... Molly?
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That really stinks about the fleas. I hate the little buggers. I'm with southern. I like comfortis
 
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Having a very stinky dog (an old Border Collie), I'd say that dogs smell a lot worse than bitches. It's the testosterone, I think.( Much like billy goats pong and rams reek at breeding time, whereas the girls don't smell too bad at all) If your pup was only neutered a short while before you got him, he may still have testosterone floating around......it takes a while to be broken down in the body.

The carpet......those tacks are usually very shortened fat and come out quite easily. You'll be able to hammer them back down afterwards again.

My dog has a faceful of ticks at the moment. I think they are truly gross with their fat grey bodies bloated with the animals' blood (even worse than fleas). Whereas I usually take ticks off with one of those wire loop contraptions, my dog seems to have a quite a few tiny ones at the moment, too small to 'loop'. I'm going to get 'spot on' treatment from the vet today.

In spite of all their setbacks, dogs are great pets, aren't they?
 
You know you can simply "pinch" the ticks off the dog, right? Even a simple pair of tweezers if you don't trust your finger nails. I pull every tick I find/see. I try to get them off before they have a chance to attach firmly and suck any/enough blood to engorge. I can't imagine being dog-less. I then crush them to death and dispose of them. Found zero ticks last year but not so fortunate this year, 2 on my house dog so far, two on my LGD, and one on me. All caught and disposed of before engorgement and even attachment is several cases. If they are that bad in your local area, I guess a chemical treatment would be the way to go.

No comprehension of how a human can NOT love dogs... :idunno Smell and all. I mean "wet dog" smell is not very enticing, & I'm not a fan pf drool, but the pluses far outweigh the negatives.
 
Ha! Peeked under the floor in one of the carpeted bedrooms and we have good, solid flooring!! Took most of it out (exhausting work!) and besides being a bit dirty, it looks good!

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Now I need to find out if the living room has similar flooring...
 
Sheepshape said:
Having a very stinky dog (an old Border Collie), I'd say that dogs smell a lot worse than bitches. It's the testosterone, I think.( Much like billy goats pong and rams reek at breeding time, whereas the girls don't smell too bad at all) If your pup was only neutered a short while before you got him, he may still have testosterone floating around......it takes a while to be broken down in the body.

The carpet......those tacks are usually very shortened fat and come out quite easily. You'll be able to hammer them back down afterwards again.

My dog has a faceful of ticks at the moment. I think they are truly gross with their fat grey bodies bloated with the animals' blood (even worse than fleas). Whereas I usually take ticks off with one of those wire loop contraptions, my dog seems to have a quite a few tiny ones at the moment, too small to 'loop'. I'm going to get 'spot on' treatment from the vet today.

In spite of all their setbacks, dogs are great pets, aren't they?
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Ew. Thankfully we don't have any tick concerns here. Lots of ants and spiders, though, (my 5-year-old came in covered in black ants a couple days ago, after going on "dog poop patrol") so I want to get chickens to take'em out.

Gotta love those stinky dogs! :love

Hopefully, then, when pup's hormones level off, the stink will go away, too!
 
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