Smelly Mouth/Beard?

[Aimee Santa Monica]

I had given Storm a bath a few days ago- and yesterday we noticed this awful odor he has!  I gave him a short trim today since it's getting warmer here now.  I noticed the smell is coming from his mouth / or beard.  I have read about trimming the beard and around mouth short & cleaning with vinegar & water. Has anyone done this ?  I trimmed his beard , but i guess not short enough. I will trim Storm's beard shorter tomorrow.    I will also clean out his ears tomorrow, hope the smell is not coming from there.

[Sandy]

Vinegar and water works, yes.  Toby hates it, but it gets rid of the odor.

 

[Shelly Gouvas]

Do I just put the solution of vinegar and water on a washcloth and wipe Jakes beard?He too has such a smelly face.Its not his ears.Difinatley coming from beard and its short!

[Barb @ Gemstone Labradoodles]

The smell is caused by bacteria. If there is a matte there it could be a hot spot. If no matting, then just bacteria. Having a wet beard does it. I keep my beards short and I trim around the lips for about 1/4 inch to keep hair from curling in the mouth.

You can lift an earflap and take a sniff there. It should just smell mostly warm. Any unpleasant yeasty odour means you need to attend to his ears.

Barb

[Lynda Kamrath]

What about diet?  My dogs get smelly breath when they visit the garden and eat kitty poops or find some mountain lion or bobcat scat on the trail.  I can't get them to stop eating that nasty stuff.  Also, they get smelly breath and a smelly beard when they are chewing on a bully stick (which they dearly love) but they have to be outside to chew on one of those.  I give them 20 minutes and then put the rest of the stick in a plastic zip-lock bag and save for another day.  Just another suggestion as to why they could have smelly breath

[Emily]

We are having the same problem. Our doodle is always wet!  So her face and neck are not fresh and she takes forever to dry. I trimmed her beard and it helped a tiny bit. It just kept getting worse. Then,  I noticed her collar smelled like a dirty dishcloth. So after washing the collar and face, I took her to the vet because her ear was a tiny bit red.Just didn't know what else to do.  It turns out that she had a yeast infection in her ear! Once that cleared up, the smell went away. .

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Murph often gets a "smelly beard".  I just put a little shampoo and warm water in the sink and soak a wash cloth in that solution and wipe it down.  It helps for a couple of days.  Part of his problem is that his food is mushy and so some of it gets trapped in the hair.