Yogurt & Beno for Farts

[LizaLou]

I have a almost 12 year old male-we just adopted him from a friend, and boy is he smelly!!! I read on another post about how it can be diet and will be looking into some of the brands suggested (Nurto Natural and Wellness). Several of you mentioned Yogurt and Beno. What amounts of each and how often? Also anything else that would help? Thanks!

[KatarinasMom]

What kind of food are you feeding? My first girl had horrible gas when we were feeding her Canidae. When we switched to Innova she still got gas occasionally, but not nearly as bad as with the Canidae. We would put a heaping tablespoon of yogurt in her morning meal and that seemed to cure the problem. I would start with making sure that it's not his kibble that's causing him the tummy issues, and using the yogurt as "back up"

[brunie's mom]

Before starting with Beano,etc., change his food to a better quality food. A food without corn, wheat or soya....these are often the gas producers.
Nutro Natural is a mid-grade food and not recommended here. Wellness is good, as is Innova, Canidae, California Natural,etc.

What is he eating now? If it's anything from the grocery store or Walmart....it's bad.

Gina

[bliss7373]

I agree that the first step should be to change his diet to a higher quality diet. I will not be surprised if that makes a big difference.

If you have to add something, I would add plain yogurt (my dogs do best on goat's milk yogurt)- a tablespoon per meal. But give the new diet a month or so to take effect.

I would not add beano. Your dog's constant gas is telling you something- that his diet is not agreeing with him all that well. If you mask that symptom with a product like beano, you won't be able to tell when you're fixing the underlying issue.

[LizaLou]

I cannot think of the name of the food right off my head. It's a RX one for Petsmart that is made to help his joints, so it's not cheap. I am way open to trying new brands. What brands do you all recommend and what food within that brand?

[brunie's mom]

Put him on a good food...such as Innova, Wellness, Healthwise, California Natural,etc. Most of these foods are NOT found at Petsmart..but in smaller boutique type of stores, or feed stores. Just do a google search on the name of the food, and it will let you to their website, which will have store locators.

I would also just go to the health food store, or pharmacy and by some human version of glucosamine/chondroitin/MSN supplement. The little that is added into most pet foods...is not enough to help most older dogs.

Gina

[sweetlee]

For the glucosamine supps, I buy the Sam's Club glucosamine/MSM. It's about 12 bucks for 300 of them.
Also if your dog has horrible gas I use a product called dogzymes from naturesfarmacy.
It's a good mix of probiotics that comes in a powder form which dissolves very easily in a small amount of water.
The initial investment is about 45 bucks for a 2 lb canister, but it lasts a really long time.
Also if you have a gassy, sensitive tummy dog a simple food would probably be best.
I use California natural lamb and rice formula, the ingredients are few, the calorie count is high so I can feed him less food.
Don't get me wrong, he still farts sometimes, but it isn't every 10 minutes every night like it was when I got him.
Actually it's very rare that I have to leave the room because of a dog fart. Thank Goodness!!!!

Sharon

[LizaLou]

He has been on Royal Cainn, but I will be looking into some of the brands you guys suggested. Another question-some brands come is senior some large breed senior. Should I get the large breed or does it matter?

[AngelBunny]

When I fed our dogs premium kibble, they had gas once in awhile. Now that they're fed the raw prey model (over 14 mo) dog gas is almost never smelled in our house.

bliss7373 is on the mark--your dog's gas is likely a sign of incomplete digestion. Less expensive foods are often loaded with grains because these are cheaper to put into dog food than the protetin source dogs need--and that's meat. A dog's digestive system isn't designed for effective, efficient digestion of grain--it's too short and fast. Giving him supplements for gas simply mask the condition causing the gas in the first place. Don't put a bandaid on the problem. Get to the root of it.

Changing your old guy's food will very likely end the gas problem.

Thank you for adopting the old boy. You have a kind heart.

[brunie's mom]

Originally Posted by LizaLou

He has been on Royal Cainn, but I will be looking into some of the brands you guys suggested. Another question-some brands come is senior some large breed senior. Should I get the large breed or does it matter?

Royal Canin is mid-grade food, high in grains. You really don't need to get a Large Breed food, or even a senior food. Just get him on a higher quality food, and add your own gluc./chond./msn to his food....as well as wild salmon oil. Great for arthritic dogs.

Gina

[AndOne707]

since yogurt is being discuss, here is my question.. What brand of yogurt would you guys recommend, use or have seen great results with ??
I personally like plain Greek yogurt; but i don't want my taste to be involved or make a decision on what to purchase for Maxx when there's a better choice out there.

[bliss7373]

I prefer goat's milk yogurt - my dogs tolerate it better than they do cow's milk yogurt. I buy an organic brand at Whole Foods - something like Stone Hill Farm.

[livertw]

Daisy ate Canidae from puppyhood on and got a tablespoon of plain yogurt in her meal morning and evening. She never had gas. Too bad it doesn't work for husbands, though......

[AndOne707]

Originally Posted by bliss7373

I prefer goat's milk yogurt - my dogs tolerate it better than they do cow's milk yogurt. I buy an organic brand at Whole Foods - something like Stone Hill Farm.

thank you!!
I'm familiar with organics and natural markets in the area. I'm gonna give it a try and see how Maxx likes it.

[Merlins Mom]

Along with a premium kibble or raw change in diet, try a digestive enzyme and or flax seed/flax seed oil