JJ has frito feet

• JJ has frito feet jjsmom06 Posted : 11/13/2006 3:43:58 PM Alright everyone…I know there has been multiple threads here that mention that their dog smells like fritos (most recently poor Miss Willow had a few problems with the frito smell. [&o]   Last night DH said “JJ#%92s feet smell like fritos”…sure enough I smelled them and 1 of his paws smells like corn chips. I tried looking under the threads on i-dog and on the internet and what I see is one of the 2 following things:   1)      It is “normal” for some dogs feet to smell that way 2)      It is too much yeast   SO what are everyone#%92s thoughts…should I wash his feet with some sort of special medicated shampoo…get him to the vet…ignore it???   If possible I would like to try some “home” stuff before taking him to the vet.  His feet don#%92t seem to bother him at all…the 1 just smells weird.   Thanks in advance![8D]    LIKE 33 REPLIES 3200 VIEWS LAST POST POFI_PASQUALE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jennie_c_d Posted : 11/13/2006 4:12:46 PM Teenie smells very much like Fritos, right now. I drove an hour, each way, this morning, for a visit with a holistic vet, and a private training session. She's gotten very, very violent with Emma, lately. Dogs have sweat glands in their feet. For Teenie, the reason she's smelling so strongly is that she's been stressed out lately. Driving her so far, meeting new people, seeing cats and dogs, and dealing with a pretty intense training session have her even more stressed. Her feet are sweaty[] I'll give her a bath, this afternoon, and she'll smell brand new. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Lena (Penny Forever) Posted : 11/13/2006 4:42:13 PM Why on earth would you want to be rid of the frito feet smell??? I may be nutso but I just love the smell, could sniff them feeties 24/7. 2 of my 5 have what we call popcorn feet and someone here is always a-sniffin them, smell good enough to eat. Doesn't anyone else here like the smell or I am left standing(sniffin) alone[] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Lena (Penny Forever) Posted : 11/13/2006 4:46:52 PM ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d She's gotten very, very violent with Emma, lately.  I'm sorry you are having puppy wars. For a moment I thought you had said that the trainer was being violent to Emma. I have to edit my post because after reading your post again I found I had misinterpreted it and got my feathers ruffeled for the wrong reason. Hope things get under control for you. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• houndlove Posted : 11/13/2006 5:09:37 PM Coonhound owners pretty much universally report their dogs smelling like Fritos. I can't think that it's a diet thing, since everyone does not feed the same, or even remotely the same, food. I think this is just the "hound smell" that everyone talks about. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• cakana Posted : 11/13/2006 7:04:12 PM should I wash his feet with some sort of special medicated shampoo…get him to the vet…ignore it???   If you don't see any dampness or other problems on the feet and he's not licking them or otherwise seeming bothered, I wouldn't do a thing.  I think the smell, just like with humans, varies for many different reason and isn't necessarily an indication that there's a problem.  Sassy's had, and currently has, yeast infections on her feet and there isn't any smell at all, so I just wouldn't use that as a guideline.  I also think that sometimes when we start tinkering with things, we create a problem when there wasn't one in the first place.  Make sense? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• chewbecca Posted : 11/13/2006 7:41:04 PM Ella has frito feet. We just bathed her 2 days ago and in a day or two she'll smell like fritos. I asked the vet about it, and as it has already been stated, dogs sweat through their feet. It happens. We just call her our frito dog! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 11/13/2006 7:41:16 PM I think if it's just the feet it's no big deal.  It's when the whole body or belly areas start with it that it could mean yeast or some other issue.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jjsmom06 Posted : 11/13/2006 7:46:54 PM [8D]Thanks everyone for putting me at ease!  SO I will do NOTHING right now ana enjoy the yummy corn chip smell![]  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dyan Posted : 11/13/2006 9:14:12 PM I dont know,,,this was discussed on another forum that I freqent...and here is what one poster stated: Hate to break it to you, but my Science teacher and I pieced together this theory when we were talking about popcorn/Frito feet and... something else... In walking dogs, especially large, unaltered males who would hike up their legs on every passing vertical object and let out Lake Michigan, you start to notice a particular odor.  It smells somewhat like popcorn.  It's urine.  Small traces of urea are excreted by sweat glands... ...which dogs only have in their feet...   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jjsmom06 Posted : 11/13/2006 9:17:55 PM It's urine. Small traces of urea are excreted by sweat glands... ...which dogs only have in their feet... Intersting dyan...so maybe it is urea??  It only seems to smell on 1 foot...hmmm.... 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dyan Posted : 11/13/2006 9:20:37 PM HHHmmmm try Great Dane size Frito Feet!!!! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 11/13/2006 10:42:45 PM mmmmmm. . .I don't know about it being urine.  Willow has it on and off and she's a spayed female. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dyan Posted : 11/14/2006 8:13:48 AM Bubblegum has it ALWAYS and she is also spayed. I actually took her out last week and just washed her legs and feet,,,,with the hose, warm water and shampoo...just to get rid of the smell. She curls up in such a big ball (probably from her old days when she lived in a crate in the basement) and tucks her nose under her feet so she ends up having her face smell like her feet...YUK!  Well it took about less than a day to get the frito smell back again!  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jjsmom06 Posted : 11/14/2006 9:45:57 AM She curls up in such a big ball (probably from her old days when she lived in a crate in the basement) and tucks her nose under her feet so she ends up having her face smell like her feet...YUK! Well it took about less than a day to get the frito smell back again! Dyan- JJ likes to curl up that way too...sorry you went through all the trouble of leg and feet washing only to get it back so soon!  JJ's feet ddon't smell as strong today..but his legs are starting to smell like bully sticks since he holds them with his legs...YUCK [:'(].  Looks like I will be bathing them both soon. [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login