New puppy has terrible gas
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Anonymous
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We have a 14 week old puppy with constant gas that can clear a room. We are feeding him the vet recommended food and no table scraps or treats. He’s a breed known for gassiness, and I knew that when we got him, but honestly this smell is beyond anything I could have imagined. We’ll ask the vet next time we’re there for his next round of shots, but in the meantime, any ideas for reducing the eye-watering gas?
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Anonymous
| I would change the food, regardless of what the vet recommended. There are many high quality kinds out there. |
Anonymous
I’m considering one of the fresh food delivery services like The Farmer’s Dog. Do you think fresh food would help? |
Anonymous
No. Can’t hurt. Just try different foods. Also he’s just a puppy so maybe it’s a phase with his little tummy. |
Anonymous
Switch to table scraps. Dogs lived on them for millenia and lived long and happy healthy lives. |
Anonymous
Heck, it would be easier to make your own and add scraps. Rice, veg, lean meat. |
Anonymous
How would it be easier to make your own dog food than to feed the dog prepackaged food delivered to your door? Maybe cheaper, but not easier. |
Anonymous
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Op,
I would not mess with a puppy’s food too much. You don’t want diarrhea and gas. |
Anonymous
OP already has gas. Switch slowly, OP, but change your puppy's food. Start there -- it cured our rescue dog of room-clearing gas. |
Anonymous
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I woiuld not do any of those fancy alternative meals for dogs.
I don't know what the breeder recommended, but you may want to try slowly switching to something else. Obviously he isn't tolerating it well. The most popular puppy food recommended by breeders is generally Pro Plan -- it's pretty basic and if your breeder recommended something more fancy, maybe it's too fancy for your pup (and maybe the breeder is getting a kick-back from the company, which happens.) What they generally recommend for dogs with diarrhea is plain white rice with cooked ground turkey or chicken mixed in. It's not a long term feeding plan because it doesn't have all the nutrients they need, but it might work to get his stomach reset. The thing about dogs that I had not realized until this happened with ours …. if they eat something that upsets their stomach, it can really wreck havock with the stomach lining and they need antibiotics to cure it. (Which is not my experience as a human -- usually you just need a few days and a mild diet if you get food poisoning.) My dog that used to eat scraps he found on the street (when we lived in a neighborhood with a lot of fast food restaurants and people would just toss their hamburger ends or chicken bones on the ground) is that, once he ate something bad, he'd need antibiotics to get him back on track. He would get bloody diarrhea so it was really obvious that he was in distress. But it might be something like that going on. |
Anonymous
| Worms? |
Anonymous
| Agree on changing his food - slowly. Pro Plan is a good basic food for puppies. You can also add a probiotic which should help. |
Anonymous
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Our puppy had the same problem with soft stools. Their digestive systems are still working things out.
What helped for us: feeding a large healing spoonful or two of canned pumpkin! (Not pie, pure pumpkin) We fed pumpkin up to a year or so, then she was ok. Good luck! |
Anonymous
Apparently she’s blaming it on the dog. 
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