Need advice on doggies passing gas!

[schellie69]

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We have Dingo, Pit Bull/Yellow Lab/Shar-Pei mix (he is a big boy) outside no problems dog. Then there is Sugar, Beagle/Blue Tick/Red Bone mix, our overweight dog. Our newest is Wolf, Chihuahua/Rat Terrior mix (he is our anxiety blessed one).

We don't change their food unless we have to (the store doesn't have what they normally eat) and then we keep them on the new stuff for as long as we can until they just get really sick of it. I hate to change their food. Didn't want to this time, but it couldn't be helped.

Since you mentioned 'wolfing down their food too fast' that could be Sugar's biggest problem. She only gets a cup and a half of her food and it is gone in like 2 - 3 minutes. Wolf gets a small bites food for his size. Dingo actually gets table scraps sometimes, but mainly in the winter when it is really cold. The other 2 get NO human food.

I have done rice mixed in their food before, but never beef or chicken, not sure that we could afford to do that. I don't even buy a lot of meats for us to consume much anymore, getting to pricey. If I can find some on sale I will try that. How long would they need to eat this and is it easy to get them to go back to their normal food?

I use the broth from a roast and rice or chicken broth and rice when our beagle mix get an upset system. I have 2 full chihuahua's and 2 chihuahua mixes I think they have more anxiety then most dogs. since chihuahuas happen to be one person dogs. I also mix some broth (I have bought a can of broth thinned with water to use) and mixed into the food to help with eating. On the over wieght one an idea that my vet had was just put a small part down let her eat then wait about 5 minutes then let her eat the next part and so one. It makes the dog slow down eating so they know that they are full. I wonder if that would work for you.

 

[Mommysongbird]

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No, no treats for a long time. They use to get them about once a day and then they didn't want to eat very well, so we stopped all treats. No rawhide or pigs ears at all, too dangerous.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

 

[Mommysongbird]

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We have Dingo, Pit Bull/Yellow Lab/Shar-Pei mix (he is a big boy) outside no problems dog. Then there is Sugar, Beagle/Blue Tick/Red Bone mix, our overweight dog. Our newest is Wolf, Chihuahua/Rat Terrior mix (he is our anxiety blessed one).

We don't change their food unless we have to (the store doesn't have what they normally eat) and then we keep them on the new stuff for as long as we can until they just get really sick of it. I hate to change their food. Didn't want to this time, but it couldn't be helped.

Since you mentioned 'wolfing down their food too fast' that could be Sugar's biggest problem. She only gets a cup and a half of her food and it is gone in like 2 - 3 minutes. Wolf gets a small bites food for his size. Dingo actually gets table scraps sometimes, but mainly in the winter when it is really cold. The other 2 get NO human food.

I have done rice mixed in their food before, but never beef or chicken, not sure that we could afford to do that. I don't even buy a lot of meats for us to consume much anymore, getting to pricey. If I can find some on sale I will try that. How long would they need to eat this and is it easy to get them to go back to their normal food?

I use the broth from a roast and rice or chicken broth and rice when our beagle mix get an upset system. I have 2 full chihuahua's and 2 chihuahua mixes I think they have more anxiety then most dogs. since chihuahuas happen to be one person dogs. I also mix some broth (I have bought a can of broth thinned with water to use) and mixed into the food to help with eating. On the over wieght one an idea that my vet had was just put a small part down let her eat then wait about 5 minutes then let her eat the next part and so one. It makes the dog slow down eating so they know that they are full. I wonder if that would work for you.

I will try the broth and rice (I have some frozen broth from chicken and maybe some from a beef roast), if I don't have any frozen, I do have some canned.

We have tried in the past just putting down small amounts of her food and actually making her wait about 4 or 5 minutes before giving her more, but most of the time she will still 'wolf' it down or go eat the other dogs food. We will try this again starting with today's dinner.

Thanks for all the info.

 

[Rammy]

You could do one of two things :

1. Stay upwind.
2. Buy those vanilla air freshners and tie them to thier tails.

Rammy

 

[Mommysongbird]

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I try to stay upwind as much as possible, but apparently the dogs don't like it that way!

Not sure about the air freshners though, they would probably eat them and then I would have worse problems.

 

[al6517]

The simplest and cheapest workable solution is to just buy those treats specialy formulated for gas relief in dog's, they are bite sized pieces of coated special charcol. I tried this years ago when I had a farty dog and it worked wonders, I just gave the one little tidbit a day and all was fine all day long, they should still be easy to find and as I recal were pretty cheap considering how good they worked. Sorry but it has been awhile and I can't remember the treats name, but it's charcol based and most clerks will know it by that.

AL

 

[Mommysongbird]

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Never knew there was such a thing! I will have to ask at Pet Smart to see if they have them or something similar.

Thanks

 

[chickbea]

Since you say the stinkiness just started lately, I'm wondering if they are getting into something they shouldn't out in the woods.
Every dog I've ever had experiences increased tootiness in the spring, and that is because they are out eating all the bloated carcasses of things that died over the winter and are just now thawing out.

 

[schellie69]

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Never thought of that. I know that I have 2 dogs that catch mice and rats and eat those

my 2 dogs are better mice catchers then my cats. I am going to tell a friend about that treat thing his roommate has a dog that has gas real bad they switched to pedigree and it has improved but not gone away so I am going to tell him about the treats maybe it will help them. Thanks Al,

 

[bock]

Low quality food could very well be the culprit. My dogs get Tatse of the Wild (not "Touch of the Wild", LOL

) and do wonderfully on it. We also give them raw meat as often as possible, our own chicken and duck eggs 2X a week, plain organic yogurt for digestive enzymes, and garlic to repel pests naturally. The basis of health is a healthy diet! It does get a bit pricey, but I wouldn't do it any other way! Some cheaper options would be Nutro or 4health, just off the top of my head. This website gives you an idea of what foods are better: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ . Just keep in mind, corn, soybeans, wheat, and by-products should be avoided at all costs.

Another option would be an herbal remedy, I heard they work well. Here is one I found at petco: http://www.petco.com/product/105562/Vets-Best-Natural-Care-Gas-Busters.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch and this one: http://www.nativeremedies.com/petalive/flatulence-preventer-gas-dogs-cats.html. I also think plain yogurt would help out.

Smaller, more frequent meals and more exercise helps a lot too.

Good luck! I hope you didn't get gassed out yet!