In our house, we have two dogs – combined weight is about 150 lbs of dog.  We are peculiar dog owners:  we like our dogs just fine – but you won’t find us spoiling them, taking them with us on trips, or treating them like part of the family.  In fact, our daughters never even notice them until it is time to feed them in the evening.  Since we treat our dogs like, well, Pets, they tend to smell. And, if I were to be polite, they smell like Dogs.  If I’m to be completely honest, they some times smell like *ss.

As we are not lovey-dovey with our pets, we refuse to pay to have them groomed, and we only bathe them a couple of times a year.

For home sellers, this is not a good practice as the animals will leave their smell every where they go.  But with all of the things a home seller has to stay on top of, the last thing you want to do is bathe your dog once a week.

Lo! and Behold!  On a trip to PetSmart for some Nature’s Miracle, the product to the right was found:  Doggy Deodorant.  Not to be confused with perfumes, this product is purported to be an Odor Neutralizer.  It was about $7 for the bottle, much like it shows online.

We’ve been using it for about three weeks now.  And it has done a pretty good job of keeping their scent down. They both receive a spray or two once per day, and I also spray their blanket daily in between washings.

The dogs are not excited to be sprayed, but they don’t run and hide when they see me with the bottle.

In short, I will be recommending this product to my home sellers who have dogs in order to help them with one more small aspect of keeping their home in Show Ready Condition. Remember: the Home Stager saying applies: “If you can smell it, you can’t sell it.”