My girls get wet repeatedly. Sometimes several times a day, sometimes if I am a mean momma, only several times a week. Since they are young and don't have their full coats, I don't have to dry them. They air dry without any issues and they don't smell. I am wondering if it is what type of water they swim in? Our water is crystal clear freshwater like drinking water. It is seriously that clean. If the girls are not in the water they start looking scruffy so I will send them out to play in the lake. When they dry, they look gorgeous again. Something out there makes my hair and their fur feel softer and thicker..BUT when they ran under the house with the repair guy, there was water with some mud in it. They smelled BAD and will be getting a bath today with a blow dry