What Does Your Doodle Smell Like?

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

I am not sure what combination of things Harlow has gotten in to create the smell, but for the last few days she has smelled like pancakes & maple syrup.  I have not make pancakes in months, so it wasn't our trash.  But with the way she smells I am going to have to make pancakes or go to IHOP to curb my cravings.

 

[Mikol & Omni]

Oh, and that good smell was the most strong on his paws and by the base of his ears, so I'll add myself to the list of "strange" dog people!! =)

[Camilla and Darwin]

The shampoo that Darwin does best with, is the tearless, hypoallergenic Johnson&Johnsons Baby Shampoo. Therefore he always smells just like a newborn baby. It's such an iconic scent that is always associated with newborns, so it's weird to smell it on my big clumsy doodle!

[Ann Kendig]

I love the smell of baby shampoo, maybe I'll give this a try.

[Patty]

Ginger bread and sweet grass :)

She is the best-smelling living being I've ever been around! (Shhh, don't tell my husband!)

[Linda,Yankee & Finn]

OK, I went and sniffed my doodles and they smell like fresh linen and their feet smell like Fritos. Someday we will all be committed!

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

I had no idea by dogs feet smelled like fritos, but they do! His fur has no smell, or I have a bad nose. I can't believe I actually went and put his paw in my nose..

[Frannie & Callie]

I love that so many of you went and smelled your dood's feet! Welcome to the club...obviously a very exclusive club!

[Debbie and Thomas]

Thomas is out with the dogwalker but the minute he gets home...I am going to smell him and will report back. I wouldn't want to be left out of this doodle owner fettish.

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Now you guys have me sniffing the girls feet ..... gotta vote with the Fritos group!

[Stella]

Hartleys feet smell like the woods and mushrooms, a really earthy smell. I love his feet. His coat also has a real outdoor smell to it - in a good way. But, my husband sometimes says he smells like baby powder!!

[Kendra K. Rhoton]

This discussion is hilarious! I too smell Remington's feet! And Dan is constantly telling me the love he has for the smell of his feet! Also, I love the smell of Remington breath! I know right!?! DISGUSTING, but it is a comforting smell to me :)

[F, Calla & Luca]

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Natural Dog Odors

Dogs naturally produce secretions whose function is to allow for other dogs to recognize them as dogs and as individuals. People do not always appreciate these signals! Natural dog odors are most prominent near the anus, near the ears, and around the footpads.

Skin Glands: Dogs do not produce sweat for thermoregulation. Dogs do have sweat glands, though, called apocrine glands, associated with each group of hairs. It is suspected that these glands produce pheromones or chemical signals for communication with other dogs.

Dogs also have sweat glands on the pads of their paws and on their noses that help keep these moist and functioning properly, the eccrine glands. On the paw pads, natural micro-organisms living in the surface layers contribute to the typical odor of dog paw pads, which is a little like the odor of Cheese puff snacks! This odor is much more noticeable on dogs with moist paw pads than on those with dry pads.

Dogs also have numerous glands in their external ear canals called ceruminous glands and sebaceous glands. Together these two sets of glands produce natural ear wax, or cerumen. Micro-organisms live naturally in this material and give the ears a slightly yeasty odor even when healthy.

Dogs, like all carnivores, have two scent glands or anal sacs that communicate with the surface of the skin by ducts that open on either side of the anus. They produce a natural secretion that varies from thin and yellowish to pasty and grayish and with a very strong musty odor. A small amount of this material is normally deposited when dogs defecate and a large amount may be extruded when a dog is frightened. This secretion is thought to leave a signal to other dogs telling them who left fecal deposit. This odor is also the signal being sampled when strange dogs investigate one another by sniffing out the anal area.

Another source of odor that can be considered natural results from a common dog behavior. Dogs like to roll in and mark themselves with some natural products of other animals in their environment, including fecal deposits of natural prey animals. One of their favorites is rabbit droppings. This might be a method of communicating with pack members about the other animals that are active in the pack home territory - a behavior left over from ancestor wolves.