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02-18-2009, 06:38 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA
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| I have a stinky puppy! Sooooo, does anybody else's puppy have really had gas? I'm not sure what it is. She's had it since we first got her (she's 10-months-old now). I thought it was her food. We feed her twice a day. She gets a little scoop of "Chicken Soup for the Puppy's Soul" dry food and a little scoop of some sort of chicken and rice wet food (it's organic I believe). We've tried to take away the wet food, b/c the store person told us it could be that, but she still had gas. Maybe it could be the dry food? Maybe it's just natural? Any ideas? |
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02-18-2009, 06:53 PM | #2 |
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| yes, I have a stinky puppy too, but at least I know when to take her out to potty. LOL |
02-18-2009, 07:02 PM | #3 |
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| My girl was really gassy, I mean, REALLY gassy early on when she was on Innova EVO Chicken and also on the Red Meat dry kibbles. It might also have had something to do with the cooked chicken she got, but can't be sure. Later when we switched her food to Petcurean's now! Puppy formula Turkey and Duck, she stopped polluting my air. Even after we swapped her food again (when Petcurean changed the formula) to Orijen 6-fish and Natural Balance L.I.D. Duck & Potato which she's on, now she rarely, if ever, passes gas. In our case, I do believe it was her food causing the stinkiness. |
02-18-2009, 07:09 PM | #4 |
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| IMO, I do believe it has a lot to do with what they are eating.
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02-18-2009, 09:11 PM | #5 |
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| There are two main causes of intestinal gas: eating gassy foods and an overgrowth of gut flora. Allergies can also play a part, According to my doctor, turkey is the most hypoallergenic meat, rice the most hypoallergenic grain, and banana the most hypoallergenic fruit. My youngest skinkid, who had terrible intestinal problems as an infant, was actually on a turkey-rice-banana ONLY diet for months as they tried to sort him out. Nowadays we have probiotics to sort out what was wrong with him. I would suggest to change puppy to a turkey and rice diet for a week and see if that changes the gassiness. That means her treats have to be pieces of boiled turkey, too. If it solves it, then you know her diet is the cause and you can gradually add new foods (one per week) until she starts having gas again...when that happens, you know what the problem is. If you are giving her treats with sugar in them, that can be a cause: the normal yeast organisms in the gut go crazy with sugar (including molasses, karo, honey, etc.). When yeast grows, it gives off gas (that's why you put sugar in a bread recipe...to feed the yeast and make it give off the gas that raises the bread). If her kibble contains gas-producing veggies, that may be the answer. Some of us are more susceptible than others...my husband can clear a room after eating cabbage...it doesn't affect me at all. If the diet thing doesn't work, then I'd suggest you see your vet and ask if there is a probiotic for dogs and try that. Good luck!
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