My Golden Retriever has smelly urine?

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As it is winter in my part of the world and not particularly warm, I am leaving my spayed, female Golden Retriever inside our house while I work.  She is left at maximum six hours and that is it.  Today it was 5.5 hours.  So, today I walk inside our house and she is a bit quieter than usual (ie she normally barks excitedly to see me) and there is a large pee stain on the carpet and it smells just God awful!
This is a repeat of a similar accident in November of last year and the vet figured it was a urine infection and it was treated with no further incidents until now but her anal glands were also checked as a precaution.
A little about my girl - she will be nine years old in September.  She eats a high quality, low residue pet food purchased only from a vet.  She always has fresh water.  She is regularly treated for worms and has her yearly shots.  There are no ticks where I live and fleas are unlikely at this time of year and where I live which is not a hot humid place.  We think she has lost a bit of weight recently but she still is extremely greedy as per normal for a retriever.  She has been moulting a bit too but talking with other dog friends this appears to be common.  Her breath often smells and is no worse than usual but is still stinky :-)  She is fine within herself and seems happy and otherwise healthy.   Her stools appear normal.  She has had a lack of walks recently as I am nearly eight months pregnant and it is getting difficult to walk her but my husband gets her out when he can.
I am taking her to the vet tomorrow morning but wondered if anyone here had experienced a similar thing and also wondered how often can one dog get urine infections if this is indeed one?
Thanks

Katie Renee · Accepted Answer

Most likely it is another infection. The vet will know tomorrow. Stress can sometimes make the odor very strong as well. But my best guess would be a urinary track infection!

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Hi there the smell of you Golden Retriever is most likely coming from washing your puppy to frequently. I see this in puppies all the time, as I am a dog groomer. What happens is when you wash them there natural oils are getting washed away along with the dirt. These natural oils actually keep your puppy from smelling to poorly naturally, and they take about one week to come back. So what is going to happen, as you have already noticed is, your puppy is going to smell, and she/he will get real dry and itchy skin, and she/he will start licking and actually pulling hair from its body, and you start a viscous cycle. I would suggest bathing once month at the most (unless puppy finds a puddle), and use a perfume or cologne, or baby wipe equivalent that is good for dogs, so he/she does not smell too badly. I recommend this to my customers all the time and ove 90% of them say that is works, I would give it a try, and good luck with your puppy, you sound like a eal responsible pet owner!!

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Personally I  think she might have a urinary track infection (uti) but it could be something else too since she is old and is losing weight. Keep your hopes high though sweeite, josh seems like a realy ignorant and heartless person, just pay no attention to him!! I really do hope you the best with your dog hon! :) Hopefully it's nothing to serious, GOOD LUCK!!! :)

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It's msotly likely a U.T.I., a Urinary Tract Infection. it isn't serious, but does need to be treated immediately to prevent it from becoming a Kidney Infection. If it has alrady developed into a Kidney Infection, then she'll be in serious pain and needs IMMEDIATE veternary assistance.

My Golden Retriever has smelly urine?

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