My Dog Has Gas....What Can I Do?
Free information on why dogs have gas and what you can do about it
Excessive Gas In Dogs
Once you have experienced the passage of gas by your
dog, you will have no problem diagnosing it.
The cause can vary from:
- A fast change of food
- Feeding a food with too many carbohydrates
- Feeding a food with a fiber that doesn't agree with your dog
- Fast eating
- Intestinal worms
- Too many unfriendly bacteria in the gut
Some causes require veterinary intervention, such as: beginning of bloat,
blockage, and intestinal diseases.
What You Can Do
- Worm the dog, if required; your veterinarian should do this!
- Give charcoal tablets (at drugstores) at the recommended dosage, after
each meal, until the gas disappears. (Human dose for large dogs, 1/2 for
medium dogs, 1/8 to 1/4 for small dogs)
- Change to a home cooked bland diet or one from your veterinarian. Once
the symptoms disappear, slowly introduce a food with a different fiber and
less cereal.
- Add probiotics to the food (friendly bacteria for the intestines)
Life's Abundance dog food contains probiotics and proteins from meat sources
and not from cereal sources. Most digestive upsets are caused by poor
ingredients in the food. (Always check with your vet first to determine if
there is an organic cause of digestive problems).
Fillers in foods like corn or wheat
are not what nature intended for dogs to thrive on. Dogs are carnivores
and need meat proteins, not an overabundance of carbohydrates from grains.
Please do your dog a big favor and start feeding him one of the finest dog
foods on the market.
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