GSD with chronic wind!!

Wellyboots6

I currently get the 15kg bags for £34 each. My dog walker gets hold of them from somewhere, although he won't tell me where! I have looked around and can't find them at that price anywhere else. He also delivers them for free for me too so its very useful.

Tyson will be changing on to this http://www.csjk9.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=35&idcategory=9 once he has finished the current bag, as it is supposed to be very good for joint stiffness and also skin conditions. It will be a bit of an experiment though.

Wellyboots6

I tend to agree that it is unlikely to be the joint sticks, but the cheese is now looking to be the likely culprit! That or the medication

krlyr

I find mince works quite well, you can form a little meatball around the tablet. If you know he's OK with chicken then maybe try some chicken mince (or lamb)?

Wellyboots6

Oooh good plan.

If I make up a few of these at a time do you think the tablet would spoil if left for a day or two? They are just round aspirin-type tablets not capsules or anything.

Just thinking if I open a pack of lamb mince then it would go off before I used it all, whereas if I made a batch up I could freeze the ones I wasn't ready to use yet.

Frozen, clearly labelled so I don't end up using them for my tea in a moment of absent mindedness. One of us with flatulence is plenty!!

Dollardog

The link to that food mentions peas ha ha, a very windy food. Also, I had heard that tomatoes are bad for joints and leek, which is interesting as I don't put leek in my dogs 'stew' as I didn't think it was good for them.
I have heard that ginger is good for joints and was going to put some of that in my dogs food.
According to that other article of krlyr's on a thread about dogs and joint problems, celery is supposed to be very good.

krlyr

I don't know if you're be OK to freeze the tablets. Why not make a whole pack of mince into meatballs, freeze (spread out on a tray and open-freeze first, then chuck in a bag together - they won't stick that way) and then you can defrost one or two a day and add the tablet just before you feed it

Wellyboots6

Right, so amended plan is now...

Keep the joint sticks

Ditch the cheese and try meatballs or something else

Try and solve the gas problem before starting on the new food

Monitor wind power when on the new food, and revert to original food if experiencing gale force conditions.

Maybe I should just invest in a gas mask and put up with it!

Dollardog

katy721 wrote: »

Maybe I should just invest in a gas mask and put up with it!

Ha ha, love it!!

Dollardog

You could always try the chicken version of Arden Grange, although again, if he was ok on the lamb before the tablets, it won't make a difference, or try the senior version of Arden Grange,

Wellyboots6

I can't believe we have used up 2 pages talking about 'dog farts' as krlyr's link so delicately puts it!!

It has given me a lot to think about though. Funny how discussing things can help you get straight in your mind how you are going to tackle something. Many thanks

And maybe one day I will stop being so childish and giggling at the whole thing!