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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 315925" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>If your dog isn't one of the breeds with pushed-in faces, they are tooting because their diet contains carbohydrates that they cannot break down.</p><p></p><p>Basically, the carbs go through the system and ferment in the colon. Fermentation creates a LOT of gas.</p><p></p><p>Corn and corn products are the worst offenders for this as dogs really cannot handle the amount and types of carbs in corn--the stuff is added as a filler.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend (at the least) finding a dog food where the first few ingredients are meat based and where the only grain is rice/brown rice. Some of these foods will add stuff like apples and carrots for more fiber.</p><p></p><p>Get a dietary supplement containing Yucca Schidegera. The Yucca greatly decreases both the odors of flatulence and of the actual stools.</p><p></p><p>If you have very short faced dogs such as bulldogs, boxers, etc., they also wind up swallowing a lot of air, which increases the flatulence problem.</p><p></p><p>The Yucca will help there as well, and you should still switch foods if needed. Placing the food dish up on a feeding stand will cut down on the ingestion of air.</p><p></p><p>If you want to tell me what you are feeding and what sort of dogs you have, I'll be happy to advise further.</p><p></p><p>(One other nice side effect of going with a super premium food is that you feed a lot less of it, and you pick up a lot less of it out of the yard as well.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 315925, member: 1963"] If your dog isn't one of the breeds with pushed-in faces, they are tooting because their diet contains carbohydrates that they cannot break down. Basically, the carbs go through the system and ferment in the colon. Fermentation creates a LOT of gas. Corn and corn products are the worst offenders for this as dogs really cannot handle the amount and types of carbs in corn--the stuff is added as a filler. I would recommend (at the least) finding a dog food where the first few ingredients are meat based and where the only grain is rice/brown rice. Some of these foods will add stuff like apples and carrots for more fiber. Get a dietary supplement containing Yucca Schidegera. The Yucca greatly decreases both the odors of flatulence and of the actual stools. If you have very short faced dogs such as bulldogs, boxers, etc., they also wind up swallowing a lot of air, which increases the flatulence problem. The Yucca will help there as well, and you should still switch foods if needed. Placing the food dish up on a feeding stand will cut down on the ingestion of air. If you want to tell me what you are feeding and what sort of dogs you have, I'll be happy to advise further. (One other nice side effect of going with a super premium food is that you feed a lot less of it, and you pick up a lot less of it out of the yard as well.) [/QUOTE]
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