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Dog Farts (Part 2) ? Simple Ways To Reduce Your Dog’s Smelly Gas
Switch to a premium food: Sometimes just switching from a low-cost dog food to a premium brand will reduce gas. Read labels before you make the change. What you're looking for is a food that lists whole ingredients such as chicken, beef, lamb, and egg at the top of the ingredient list. If you see the word by-products among the first few ingredients, you'll know the food is going to be more difficult to digest.
Experiment with flavors: Every dog reacts differently to different foods. If you notice the gas is increasing when your dog eats a beef and potato based food, switch to one with lamb or rice, or even one containing venison or rabbit and potato.
Reduce protein: Since it's mainly protein that makes a dog's gas so smelly, you may want to switch to a lower-protein food, especially if your dog has been eating a high-performance chow. Some foods supply more protein than dogs need. You can cut back without compromising good nutrition. Protein is a key ingredient in every diet, however, so talk to your veterinarian before making the change.
If you do decide to change foods, do it gradually. Dogs who are suddenly switched from one food to another tend to get diarrhea. You can make the transition more comfortable – and less gassy – by adding a little bit of the new food to your dog's usual diet for a few days. Each day, gradually increase the amount of the new food while cutting back on the original. You'll know in a month if switching foods is going to help.
Remove table scraps: Dogs will eat just about anything, but their bodies aren't designed to handle most of the foods people eat. Table scraps are often the culprit. If you're slipping your dog bologna or cheese or ice cream, that may be what's causing the problem.
Rawhides: Dogs love these tough, chewy little treats, but rawhides don't always love them back. They're very high in protein, and dogs who eat a lot of them tend to get gassy – not just because of the protein, but because they swallow buckets of air while chewing them. Give your dog some other treats for a few weeks and see if the air improves. Or give him larger, tightly tied rawhide bones, which take longer to eat.
Digestion: You can buy a gas-reducing product in pet supply stores that have a digestive enzyme that helps break down foods in the intestine, leaving less fodder for gas-producing bacteria.
Feed your dog more often: Dogs who eat their food all at once tend to have more gas than those who eat smaller amounts more often. You should feed your dogs two, three, or even four times a day. Your dog will still be eating his usual amount, but spreading out the serving times will help the intestines work more efficiently.
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