They are Boxers and they fart constantly and I have them on a high quality expensive dog food. It doesnt matter what I feed them they fart all the time. Seriously. I know it's a funny question but it's true.
2007-06-19 15:55:34 · 17 answers · asked by Kel Kel 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
My neighbor has a boxer and it also has a fatulace problem, I thing it's just the breed.
2007-06-19 15:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by cbrdgt. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What do you consider a high quality, expensive food? If you are buying it at the grocery store or Wal Mart it is not high quality or expensive. The person that told you to feed dog food that is high in corn has no clue about good dog food. The first ingredient in any dog food should be meat. There should be no by products, no corn, no wheat, no glutens of any kind. I feed my dogs Solid Gold and it is basiclly meat with carrots, and other human grade ingredients. Try Solid Gold, Innova, California Natural, look on line for premium dog foods, and stay away from grain based foods. Hope this helps.
2007-06-19 16:11:55 · answer #2 · answered by doris s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Boxer was the green fog queen. I switched her to a quality food and raised her bowl off the floor and that helped some. Having her slow down while she ate also helped (she'd eat 2 cups in about 60 seconds.) I also realized that she had an intolerance to wheat and corn. I read every food and treat label to be sure it didn't have them in it. Her gas decreased even more and she stopped regurgitating her food (she didn't vomit. There was no retching. She would just "blurp" and there was a pile of half digested food on the floor. Or the couch. Or the bed...)
Unfortunately, in brachiocephalic breeds (Boxer, Pug, Bulldog, Bullmastiff, etc...) there is an inherent side effect of snoring, snorting, drooling, and farting. It is something that you can only minimize, never eliminate totally.
2007-06-19 16:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had our boxer puppy on Science Diet and switched to Candae and both brands made her have gas. It's the breed. Boxers are notorious for farting. Our puppy farts and the looks around as if to see who did it. It's too funny.If you have any other questions about boxers, boxerworld.com has an amazing forum that answers every questions with boxer lovers!! Hope this helped!
2007-06-22 11:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by osuflexrdr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol... yep dogs sure do fart. But I don't think you can train them to do it on command. And if you feed it weird foods to produce gas, you could end up with a little more of a problem than just wind coming from the poor thing!
2016-04-01 06:32:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxers are just generally gassy dogs. It doesn't matter what you feed them. We are currently on our second boxer and it just doesn't stop sometimes...haha. But there is anti-gas pills that you can get at the pet store...and the picture on the package is a boxer lol...so CUTE!
2007-06-19 16:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by whatever 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You say it is high quality, but is it really?
Is it grain free? Boxers are notorious for having problems with grain. I know Evo and Nature's Variety have grain free versions, but there are other brands.... google: dog + food + grain free
I would switch to grain free kibble or a raw prey model diet...
www.rawmeatybones.com
www.rawfed.com/myths
www.rawlearning.com
2007-06-19 15:59:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jocelyn7777 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My only experience with this problem was when my dog was on wet dog food and also when I mixed it half dry and half wet. When I switched him to dry alone the farting seemed to disappear or at least was less noticeable.
2007-06-19 16:04:00 · answer #8 · answered by paul_doglover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the ingredients on the dog food label. If it's high in soy, that's prabably why. Try a brand that is mostly corn.
2007-06-19 16:00:29 · answer #9 · answered by motorcyclegrandmama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it is a funny answer but it is true. The dogs are covering for us. I can eat all the bean burritos I want then blame it on the dog.
2007-06-20 21:30:08 · answer #10 · answered by Tin Can Sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋