When I first got Lazzy he had fleas and quite a special funk to him and I bathed him immediately but I could still smell it a little. When it was strong, it was awful but after I could only smell it a little, it was kinda nice! I call it his "sweet little puppy smell". Now it is ALL gone and I am sad. I use a TIGI dog shampoo on him which I was attracted to because I use TIGI products myself. It must be killer effective because he has no dog odor to him AT ALL now. I want the sweet puppy smell back!