Emma the Dog is farty...

[Dappleganger]

The new-to-us but 7 yr. old yellow lab we just adopted last night is extremely gassy. She's overweight and eats the nasty Kibble-N-Bits. She is still a little stressed but after several doses of Rescue Remedy she's calmed down a bit. How can we change over her food to the high-protein Blue Buffalo our doxies eat w/out making the gassy situation even worse? Her stools are soft but do look 'normal', not overly soft.

[Kali]

1. start mixing a little in - take a week to ten days to transition

mix a little more each day until it's all the stuff you want her to eat - she may still be a gassy, some dogs just are, but check with the vet just in case if it is really bad after the switch.

[Dappleganger]

2. Thanks

We started mixing it in yesterday, she definitely has diarrhea today. She's not eating as much either so I think that a large part of it could be nerves from the new surroundings, too.

[yankeepants]

6. Stress

will cause diarrhea. I work for a dog trainer and it is not uncommon for the dogs to get loose stools the first few days there.

Yogurt works well for gas.

[Catshrink]

3. My dog used to have pretty bad farts

the vet told me to take him off Nutro so I went to Blue Buffalo. http://www.bluebuff.com/index.shtml That helped a lot. It also helps to give them a little plain yogurt from time to time.

Congratulations on your new baby! Pictures are required!

[Dappleganger]

8. Blue Buffalo is what we feed our doxies now.

They love it!


Emma the Dog

[Catshrink]

11. She's beautiful!

You are so lucky to have you -- and you are lucky to have her!

As for the Blue Buffalo - my dogs just like to eat. Period. But they do like the BB!

[poiuytsister]

4. Plain yogurt or canned pumpkin

I had a greyhound and would put a spoonful of plain fat free yogurt or pumpkin in with his dry food. He loved it and got rid of the gas right away. I can't remember where I learned this trick but I can't think of any reason this would hurt any dog.

[jannyk]

7. Second vote for the Pumpkin - cures dog farts and the 'runs'.

A tablespoonful a day, works wonders (un-sugared of course).

I had the same problem with my Cocker Spaniel when we adopted him 2 years ago - I thought I was gonna die! Pumpkin cleared him right up.

[Dappleganger]

9. Ok, I'll pick some up today.

She's outside w/me in the lanai so she doesn't stink up the house as much. ;)

[old mark]

12. Another rec for pumpkin, and a little cooked rice in the food, too. nt

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. One can LEARN...

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...to appreciate a good dog fart.
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Admittedly, it's an acquired, um... you know... taste.
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Be forewarned. If you DO convince your goggie that his/her farts
are golden... well... you KNOW how eager they are to please.
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[hobbit709]

10. When we first got Wheezie

Donna fed her french fries on a road trip. The whole trip I kept my finger near the down window button-the dead skunks on the highway smelled better. One time I was watching her face and her nose wrinkled up. It's gotta be bad when a dog's nose wrinkles up at the smell. Needless to say, as soon as I saw that the window was going down.
Here's the little culprit.