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Recommendations for shampoo to help with a very smelly puppy?

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Dotanddach · 22/03/2026 15:43

Any recommendations for stinky puppy shampoo greatly appreciated!

I bought home my new dachshund puppy yesterday, I should say I've had the breed before. My goodness does she stink more than any other puppy I've ever had!

I've looked her all over and there is absolutely nothing like dirty ears, UTI or similar. Her fur is shiny, dandruff free, eyes are bright and she's playing as normal. The smell is all over and normal 'puppy breath'. She's also from a decent breeder, health checked, first jabs done etc. She's not peed on herself or anything.

The only thing I can think of is that she was from a large litter for the breed and it's just that.

I've given her a short wash with Childs Farm shampoo as that's all I had in the house, but she's no less stinky. She smells of a combination of strong wee, wet dog, maybe a hint of something like tripe? She was having Ava dry food, with some Ava tinned meat on it and sometimes chicken but not tripe. I've got her on the dry and tinned combo. I've never fed tinned food before, just dried.

Any recommendations for a dog suitable de-stink shampoo please? She's 8 weeks old.

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bunnyvsmonkey · 22/03/2026 15:48

It's not fox poo or something she's got into at the breeders? If so tomato ketchup!

LunchatthePriory · 22/03/2026 16:32

If it was me I would just live with the smell rather than bathe a brand new puppy. Settling her in comfortably and without any upheaval (like a bath) would be more important to me. A couple of days of clean blankets, good food and fresh air and hopefully she'll be better.

Shutuptrevor · 22/03/2026 16:37

She could just be stressed, dogs smell more when they’re stressed. If you’ve already bathed her once just open the windows and let her acclimatise.

muddyford · 23/03/2026 06:34

In the longer term I recommend Animology fox poo shampoo, if you need it. I use tomato purée followed by the shampoo for when the little darlings roll in something indescribable.

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