my cocker smells of damp fur

[face of beau]

Hello everyone,

Beau seems to get very wet ears and the fur smells really horrid a bit like a rain coat that has been stored damp. We dry him thoroughly after we have walked him but he does have a really strange smell after a few days of bathing him. Our springer spaniels coat never smells. Is this just a beau thing or do cockers have a smell of their own.how often should i be bathing him
I am worried that i am doing something wrong with him i clean the inside of his ears weekly with olive oil but it is the fur on the outside where he keeps getting his ears wet that smells, advice please.

[ladylola]

Ellies ears stink when they are wet. I dry them thoroughly with a dryer and sometimes use some coat conditioning spray on the brush. They smell lovely then. Or you could always wash her ears in a jug of water with some mild shampoo. Saves having to bath all of her.

[face of beau]

coat conditioning spray sounds good i shall have to get some. I love to cuddle him but bless him his ears do pong and my husband has started calling him pongo- not having my baby called that i can see divorce on the horizon if he keeps on. beau is too beautiful for names like that.

[debsallen]

I think I need some of this too, my Barney's ears do not smell nice

[ladylola]

I got one from the groomers range. Her ears still smelt nice even after getting wet again in the sea.