My Great Dane, Sadie has bad gas. What should I do?

Question

We have always gotten the same kind of dog food. She always either farts more or gets sick when we change it. Please tell me what to do.

Answer 1

If the food you are giving her is a 'complete' dry food, you could try soaking it in warm water first so that it has already expanded. The process of expansion in her gut could be what causes the gas. That way you're using the same brand, but just removing the amount of effort her gut has to do.
Good luck, Josie.

Answer 2

My dog struggled with this for awhile... I know what you mean. Dog's gas is the worst. It could peel the varnish off an old foot locker. Here is what you need to do.

Take a look at what you are feeding her. Does she get table scraps? Some human foods don't digest very well in the canine system, and can cause vapours, just like in humans. Some dogs are also lactose intolerant, resulting in noxious fumes after consuming dairy.

This little trick works great!!!!

If upgrading your dog's diet doesn't help, it may be time to look for other solutions. A teaspoon of low-fat yogurt with each meal will reduce internal gas, thanks to the bacterial cultures in yogurt.

This gives your dog the feeling of being full, but also can contribute to a smelly gas problem, and in sensitive dogs, severe allergies. Feeding a higher quality food, with the top ingredients listed as chicken or lamb, can not only mean a more comfortable pet, but a less odiferous one as well. High quality kibble will also reduce the amount of waste product, meaning less poop, and less smelly ones too. As bad as it sounds, the contents of your dog's bowel movements can determine how healthy your pet is. A good diet results in less end product, because more of the meal is actually digested, leaving less mess later.

Good Luck...

Answer 3

Feed only once per day.
Exercise her before feeding her. Many dogs benefit from a brisk walk before eating.
If you treat her with human food, it should be lean meat (chicken or turkey) in small amounts.
Feed only the reccommended amount of dog food.
See if she's eating too fast (that will cause gas too).
Raise her food dish off the floor (pet stores carry special holders for large dogs).
When changing dog food brands gradually replace the old with the new.
No junk food.

If none of these work, take her to see a vet.
Good luck and wear a gas mask. : )

Answer 4

First have her checked by a vet to see if there is a problem. Second, what do you feed her? Poor quality foods give dogs gas galore. Our pets need quality pet food. Read the ingredients list and learn what the stuff on there is and what it does (or does not do) to/for our pets. A quick pet food 101. If the pet food contains corn/corn products or by products it is a poor quality food. Do not pay attention to advertising, they all say there food is great. Corn is a filler that can trigger skin problems. (allergies, skin problems, itching and excessive shedding) By products is anything from an animal not fit for human consumption, including cancerous tissue. Quality foods have meat as the first ingredient. California Natural, Solid Gold, Innova and Merrick are a few of the best brands available. If you want to learn more check out: http://www.sagekeep.com/petfood.htm www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359& more=1 http://animalark.eapps.com/animal/PetFoods.nsf/$$PetFoodsByRating?OpenForm

Answer 5

I had a great dane who also had terrible gas. It is trial and error with the food as they are sensitive creatures. You just have to try different foods until you get the right one. When we did the same with my dane he had a few explosions before we got it right. Another thing that helps for a sensitive tummy is to boil ground beef and mix it with equal parts of cooked rice. Feed that to her once a day or every other day to settle the tummy while you are trying new foods. Good luck.

Answer 6

Have you tried Natural Balance, Canidae, Wellness, Innova, or Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul?

When you change foods you need to make a gradual change. Start mixing the new food in with the old and gradually add more of the new every day until she is eating just the new food.

Answer 7

A factory in Europe produces methane for natural gas powered vehicles to run on. Hundreds of tons of manure is poured into a chamber holding billions of earthworms. They recycle the manure into highly nutritional plant food, while the sealed chamber sucks the odourless fuel up a tube and into compressed gas cylinders. It is odourless because there is no bacteria in the gas.

This is not what is happening in your pet, because its bowel is loaded with bacteria living on the partly digested food you gave it. If you give your beloved food it can digest more than 80% of, and give him a treatment to kill the bacteria in his bowel now, you'll never have a problem again.

Answer 8

Try elevating her food dish.
Some larger breeds of dogs ingest a lot of air when they are fed on the ground...causing gas.
Check out your local pet store or try Doctor Foster and Smith on line....they have what's called digestive aids....which can reduce the amount of gas dramatically.

Answer 9

Keep your dog off milk (if it has milk)
Keep it of cheese (all dairy products really)
Think about mixing your dogs meat with dry food biscuits that are organic.
Feed it at different times off day like before walk - so when walk the dog is does it's poops and releaves it.

Answer 10

Try getting Charcoal bones. This will help any kind of acids that cause gas. You can buy them at pet stores.