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Why does my puppy's pee smell so strong? Home remedies for foul urine.

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 3 months and 9 days old | 20 lbs

14 week female puppy has very strong smelling pee and foul odor were giving her cranberry vitamins and well as antibiotics but it's bee going on for weeks what else could we try without taking her to the vet again?!

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Answered By Susan England-Foster

Veterinarian

Published on November 13th, 2017

My first thought is that Lexi does not have a urinary tract infection. With her being so young urinary tract infections are not common. i would highly recommend taking her to a vet to have a urine sample looked at. It is important to know if blood and protein is present and sometimes you cannot visually see these changes. I would not recommend giving antibiotics to a young patient unless you are 100% sure she has a UTI. some young dogs have very concentrated urine due to less water consumption. Concentrated urine does not mean they have an infection. I would recommend increasing water consumption, You can do this by a drinking fountain or even putting water in the dry food. hope that helps

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