Dog flatulence

[coffeejo]

My lab gets fed twice a day on dry food and BARF (bones and raw food) from the butcher's and all seems ok. I put the dry food in a Kong Wobbler, which forces her to take a bit longer over the meal. I don't know if that helps the digestive process or not but she loves it.

 

[Saluki]

There is dry food and dry food. Our neighbour's Border Terrier farts for England and is on Bakers. He also has a skin condition. I suggested something like Burns, or even Wagg (apparently it has an ingredient that makes dogs less farty), anything but what he is on but to no avail.
I hear that Autarky is good for flatulence reduction, as is the 'Lifestyle' brand I've seen it about and some of my customers swear by the stuff. Our Jack won't eat it so we won't be buying it ourselves.

Failing that, the cork idea seems like a plan

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Ha ha ha...

took me back to when I was an IFA.
One of my clients was a very posh wealthy lady. I visited her home rather than have her come to the office because she wouldn't leave the dog alone.
We had been sitting at the dining table in the 'oh so excessive' conservatory for about three hours discussing her portfolio etc . The time came for signing the paperwork etc. There is always that silence when the client takes the plunge and signs the proposel forms etc. This was when 'charles' let rip under the table. It was loud, and permeated the entire conservatory....I recall the client flapping around so apologetic, trying to open windows, cursing the dog in her over exaggerated posh voice. At the time it was hilarious.
Actually that was my biggest commission sale I think.

 

[Sara_H]

Our Lab eats his own poo if you let him. When he farts after a turd treat its the worst imaginable smell.

 

[perplexed]

He's already on dry food so that idea has already been explored.


Looks like the cork is our only remaining course of action now, I'll just get the marigolds! How far in do you think it needs to be?

I don't know, but by the sounds of it you may well need to take a run at it...

 

[tyred]

Can't you pour some lavender water on his food?

 

[GIOS]

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The Irish Wolf Hound we dog sit for is also on dried food only and tends to be "OK" provided we can keep him away from the following

• horse manure - difficult because his owner also has a stables and it is less than 100m from the house, and we are on a very busy bridleway. Anything left that day is edible in his view.
• cow dung - difficult because his owner also has cattle and he has free range of the land...
• a certain pond/puddle on his walk - this is by far the worst offender to the point where we walk him a different route to avoid it!

If he drinks from that water supply (which he loves, we hate) he stinks for days and days and it is that bad that even upstairs in bed at night with the bedroom door closed we can smell his farts. I'm not certain how he managed it, but you never actually hear him fart even when you are in the same room as him, but that smell arrives like a baseball bat and you just know...

 

[Shortmember]

Can someone please explain why dog's have such nausea inducing flatulence and whether there is a way to cure it.

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The only sure-fire way of dealing with the problem is to trade in your smelly dog for a rabbit. Rabbits will drop their smell-free turds in a litter tray (if you toilet train them), quietly release odourless farts and they won't try to shag your leg when they're feeling horny.

 

[goo_mason]

Workmate says his rabbit's farts are minging.

My cat isn't overly farty, but when she does drop a silent-but-deadly it's best to avoid breathing in whilst you shove her off your lap and hurriedly evacuate the room.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

anyone else's family use the SBD abbreviation - most are saying it in full? don't' know if it is a common one

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Meat heavy diet causing the smell????, I've no idea really, but we have to buy our smelly mutt charcoal biscuits from the pet food isle in Tesco's.....dried food helps with the smell too I think

oh I dunno, ours are on predominantly dry, breed specific food and one of them in particular can strip the enamel off your teeth with his output.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Just out of interest, what are you feeding your dog? Some foods are more fart inducing than others. Our lot are on Greyhound Museli and they are not too windy.

Who's brand and where from? Our Greyhound and Lurcher mix doesn't make much difference - we were advised to try Californian Mix but it is more for still racing dogs and was near £50 a bag.

 

[Andy_R]

anyone else's family use the SBD abbreviation - most are saying it in full? don't' know if it is a common one

we use SBD here. Also means Staffie's Bloody Dropped one

 

[PaulB]

It was 'two for the price of one' at our vets today although my other dog didn't really need putting down.