Eight Tips To Reduce Dog Flatulence

(I find that if you have to deal with dog flatulence, training doesn't even rank a close second of things to do with the dog. Here's an article I found with tips to reduce dog flatulence that helps! That way you can get close enough to the dog to even want to THINK about training...)

Eight Tips To Reduce Dog Flatulence
By Andy Machin

If your dog is prone to an occasional bout of flatulence or excessive gas it can be embarrassing as well as smelly. Your dog might not like it too much either. I have prepared eight short tips below which may help to reduce dog flatulence.

Tip 1. Give your dog a good quality diet. Feed your pooch with only the best dog food you can afford.

Tip 2. Don’t feed your dog food which you know is likely to give cause to gas and flatulence. Think about it – you know what gives you gas so feeding your dog on the same is likely to cause the same result!

Tip 3. After your dog has eaten, given them a spoonful of natural yoghurt as a little treat. This can aid digestion and help to prevent a flatulence outbreak.

Tip 4. If your dog is prone to “wolfing” down his food, try feeding them on a “little and often” basis. If your dog is “wolfing” he’s swallowing air with his food – a cause of flatulence. Feeding little and often can help to cut down on that.

Tip 5. Raise his bowl off the floor a little. You can buy, inexpensively, dog bowl stands. This can help him to eat at a “natural” height and also help to stop him “wolfing” and swallowing air.

Tip 6. Try to cut out those treats you can help but dish out when your dog gives you “that” look. It’ll help to keep his weight down too. Or if you really must give in to temptation from time to time, give him a little piece of chicken or good quality kibble.

Tip 7. Regular exercise. A dog who gets his share of “walkies” will be a happy and healthy dog. Another aid to digestion and flatulence prevention measure. Plus – if any gas does “escape” while your out with your dog it can escape “naturally” and not cause a “nasty smell” in your house.

Tip 8. Talk to your vet about vitamin supplements – the right vitamins can help cut down on dog flatulence as well as being good for your dog’s health in general.

Hopefully the tips above can help to reduce your dog’s flatulence. Perhaps the best tip is the most obvious one. That is to keep your dog as fit and healthy as possible. He or she will certainly be all the better for it. And at any time if you feel your dog is overly flatulent or not as well as he might be generally consult a vet as soon as possible.

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Top Dog Training Tips

When you have a dog like mine, or are about to adopt a new dog, finding top dog training tips can be a really necessary step in maintaining your sanity (and your carpet and your yard and anything/anyplace else with which your dog may interact.)

While I love my dog Shasta, she can be a real handful. I have a sneaking suspicion it's because we only took the time to accomplish a few things in the early days: housebreaking, teaching her to sit, and showing her how to 'shake'. (Okay, so we didn't really take a lot of time at all - could be part of the problem!) Focusing on the 'cute' aspects of puppyhood left a lot to be desired in the overall doghood picture.

Now that she's almost 12, it's a little late to bemoan the fact that she won't stay when told to, won't stop barking on command, doesn't play well with other dogs, and begs at the dinner table (or at my desk as that's where I have most of my meals), among other things.

Lately, though, I've been taking to watching DOG WHISPERER by Cesar Milan on National Geographic Channel (one of my favorites for now one more reason). I love it that he takes what seem to be hopeless cases and shows that any dog can be taught the basics or 'rehabilitated': how to heel, how not to pull, how to reduce barking, how to improve relationships between dogs and their people, how to get your dogs to get along with each other, how to reduce aggression against people and other pets and so much more. I don't always agree with everything he teaches (probably because I'm still not quite sure how to implement it with my dog), but the majority of it is just plain common dog sense, something most of us don't use when dealing with our canine buddies. (Or our people sense with people, but that's for another a whole other blog...)

So while I look for ways to make Shasta more of a good dog, thus making her more of a good friend, I figured I'd post the things I find in case it helps anyone else with their problem pooch.