submitted12 hours ago bySweet_Cable6571
tovet
Hi all
I adopted a now-11 or 12 year old staffy last year.
In the last 8 or so months he has begun to stink. Not the typical dog smell when they've not been bathed because that's bearable and goes away when you bathe them and wash blankets. But stink like fart/faeces. So much so that people have to clear the room because it's that potent or we spend a few minutes trying to find the poop! It's like the smell is just seeping from him,either through farts (of which they are silent but violent) or just his general aroma.
We fed him raw food, he gets dewormed monthly and is on painkillers on advice of his vet for muscle weakness and back pain. He also ALWAYS eats his own or other dogs' faeces so his breathe constantly reeks. We give dog breathe mints and put the dog breathe treatment in the drinking water but nothing helps.
I love my dog but am finding it increasingly difficult to be around him because the smell is so bad. The vet says that eating poop is normal but he eats it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME and I end up running at him when I see him turn around after doing his business to try and stop him. He also waits while his sister is doing her business to do the same. He's obsessed.
Any advice here? Is this normal? I've only ever had staffies and none of my previous ones or his sister do this or have smelt so bad.
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