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Old 03-04-2013, 05:26 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I swear my intact male smells like maple syrup!

To me it's hogwash that neutered males or intact males "smell" for that reason alone. Without the obvious that a dog is dirty, smells from swimming in the lake, etc. I would look at diet first.

Now I do believe that dogs can smell a neutered male vs intact male....same with females.
Maple Syrup smells good!

I wish I could've bottled that smell Bowser had when we brought him home from the breeders. Juno did NOT have a puppy smell hardly at all. (Then again, I suspect she was weaned from her mum too young.) Whereas, Bowser was with his mum and last litter mate right up to the day I collected him. Every so often, I catch a little whiff of it around the back of his head if his fur gets wet. But it's pretty much all gone...and he smells more like a boy now. lol
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