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Tinksy

Golden fur absorbing smells

Hey all! So Link is my first golden and he's 2 now. I've noticed especially over the last year that his coat absorbs smells from everywhere. A friend wearing perfume or cologne hugs him and he smells like them for days. Neighbors have a small fire pit going and 5 minutes outside he smells like smoke.

Anyone else have this problem? I'm not sure that there's a fix other than just brushing him and bathing when he starts to stink, but I'm more just curious if other golden owners experience this? My chocolate lab does not have this problem at all. They can be outside the same length of time when the neighbors have a fire pit going and the chocolate comes in fine and my golden comes in smelling like he's been standing over a campfire for hours, despite the fact that it's at minimum 25ft away if he's at the fence line, and he's only out 5-10 minutes.

Anyone else have smell-absorbent Golden's or did I just get lucky?

Posted Oct 18, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC

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Away-Ad-1277•

Yeah, mine comes inside smelling like outside every time we go for a walk. They make pet perfumes that help, you can get them from anywhere.

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ladybug1259•

Yeah lol. My dog goes to work with my husband (he's a therapist, we plan to have her trained as a therapy dog). She comes home smelling like different clients' perfume all.the.time.

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tehkrackenlives•

Get a brush that will pull out his undercoat. That helps a lot with any smells. Also bathing them with scent free dog shampoo can help.

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TinksyOP•

Yeah I have a big slicker brush and brush him every day and it deft helps. It just seems so weird how quickly and easily he absorbs smells. Was just curious if it's a golden coat thing or if mine was being a weirdo

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