<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">Hi Jacqueline,</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" class=tab> I think this is definitely a veterinary issue. If the odor you are describing seems related to <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>genitals</SPAN></SPAN> and reproductive issues and she has been spayed then something else critical is going on. </SPAN> Once a dog has been spayed there are no organs left to discharge an odor unless your girl is having either an annal gland problem or a serious skin issue. Could she be leaking urine? That <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>sometimes</SPAN></SPAN> happens to females after they have been spayed. Your basset really shouldn't have a horrible odor about her at all unless it is the usual oily hound kind of smell. Bacterial skin infections smell <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN>awful<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></SPAN>--really rancid.
My Beau smelled like that after I adopted him from animal control but once he was put on antibiotics and medicated shampoo, he quickly became odorless. I would definitely have your girl examined by the vet to determine what is going on. Please let us know what you find out. I wouldn't bathe her first either before taking her in so the vet gets the full affect of what is going on.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Hope this helps.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Yours in Bassets,</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Marie Campbell</div>
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