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Originally Posted by Clarkey
I love golden retrievers but I don't think I'd ever get one because I imagine that with all that long fur they probably stink pretty bad. I like taking dogs swimming to the river so that wouldn't help matters.
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How about letting them cool down in a cow wallow?
Honestly, a Golden doesn't stink at all if you hose them off after they've been in a river or lake or a cow pee infested place like the above. . . . . and hosing them down is something you would want to do to get the bacteria off them and avoid "hot spots" forming.
The reason not to get a Golden is the immense amount of hair they shed. If you can't take eating dog hair with your supper, you might avoid them.
Stink? No. We wash and groom them only twice a year. They're very clean dogs otherwise, mud drying and just melting off them. The only odour we worry about when they're watching hockey at our feet is the occasional fart.
Cowperson