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stinky dog head NOT ear infection
My altered male dog intermittently emits an odour from the top of his head that smells foul greasy smell; not like excrement ....... this smell is not anywhere else on his body. He does not have an ear infection, he does not have bad breath. Are there glands on his head that could produce this odor and if so what can i do about eliminating it?
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Look for a hot spot behind the ear from scratching, and also under the collar. My golden had a hot spot right under the collar and it was the smell that I noticed first.
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No, there aren't any glands in the head that would emit such a noticeable odor.
Our dog Jaida was often called "Farty McCheese", because generally she smelled cheesy/greasy, most noticeably around her head and ears... until we changed her diet from kibble to a diet consiting of raw meaty bones and offal. What are you feeding your dog right now?
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It doesn't smell like his urine, does it? Our dogs often get what we call 'potty head'. They pee on some leaves then get it on top of their heads when they sniff around after. Dogs! Whaddya gonna do?
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suzan when you say "no infection" has it been checked ? My dog picked up a fungal infection a couple of summers ago that I *think* she either picked up during a particularly rainy week or from the pile of seaweed she had rolled in at the beach. She stunk (weird yeast-y, cheese-y smell ).
Does his head FEEL greasy, or just smell rancid ? Dogs can have seborrhea can't they ?
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I had the same experience ImNomad had, just a nasty smell and it ended up being a bacterial infection that she picked up at the beach. Only caught a whiff of it once in awhile....but it was stinky.
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nope; he always ends up peeing on his front legs which get washed after every walk, but even his urine doesn't seem to smell much
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i changed his food from a good quality all fish based to chicken fish egg but it is kibble |
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none there
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