Golden Retriever Smells Bad. If your dog has chronic ear infections the causes may be from allergies or hypothyroidism. Places where the skin tends to be moist and dark mouth ears skin folds and under the tail have the highest concentration of yeast and bacteria and the strongest smell.
It is not the anal glands but reeks from his head to toe. Dog odor is most often caused by bacteria or yeast metabolizing secretions especially skin oils. This started when he went in the lake 2 months ago when it was really dirty and trashy.
Their coat can trap bacteria fungi yeast and dampness which leads to bad odor.
You can usually recognize an ear infection by seeing redness debris and an odor in the ear. With that sorted out you should also know that these pungent smells can be mitigated by inspecting the source of the problem. Golden Retrievers are prone to ear infections which could be from yeast bacteria or a combination of both. Infected body part.
