My dog and gas

[DawnM]

I have no idea what is going on. My dog has started having horrible gas.

 

Her food has not changed and she is on no medication.

[nukeswife]

could it be possible for her to have gotten into something outside?

 

I have a pug and can tell you that there is no rhyme or reason to his gas, he's just a big ball of noxious fumes most days no matter what.

[DawnM]

I guess it could be. She typically doesn't get into anything and won't eat anything but people (if given) food or her dog food.

 

Now, my OTHER dog is a hunting dog and she will bring all sorts of things to me......she has caught a mouse, a rabbit, a snake, a bird, and tried to catch a turtle, all in our backyard. But 2nd dog has no real issues.

[BrookValley.]

Feeding a high-quality, grain-free food helps ours...most days. We live on a farm, so our dogs are outside off-leash a lot and eat all manner of nasty. There's really no help for that, other than making sure they aren't snacking on gross stuff, so sometimes they are really pretty gross. I'm talking audbile, nasty dog gas (I have videos, which are handy for when we want to laugh like a bunch of immature and crass teenage kids).

 

If your dog didn't get into something they shouldn't have, I might suggest switching to something grain free (if you don't already). It does help with dog stinkiness, in general. In addition to helping gastric issues, our dogs coats are very nice and they don't have a doggy smell.

[nukeswife]

I'm not necessarily talking about animals they may have eaten. Sometimes mine will eat plants/grass outside.

 

Oh and as for grain free, this will vary as well. I tried feeding the pug grain free and all it did was make the gas smell worse. I mean like the kind that will make your eyes water and seems like it could peel paint off the walls.

 

The only thing that helped was getting the barley out of my dogs food. He can eat food with grains (although I avoid corn as well) but corn gives him the itches and barley makes him really gassy. Oatmeal and rice have seemed to help him not be as bad.

[Pawz4me]

Although his food hasn't changed, some ingredient(s) may have been changed. Dog food manufacturers change formulas all the time, often w/o anything on the packaging to indicate the formula change.

 

Sometimes adding some probiotics can help. You can buy a supplement and sprinkle over his food, or give him some plain, lowfat yogurt. But I prefer to feed something that agrees with my dogs w/o needing the aid of probiotics. As Kel said, a grain-free kibble isn't necessarily a definite cure. I've yet to find a grain free food that both of my dogs do well on.