GSD with chronic wind!!

krlyr

Dog farts is quite mild compared to some of the subjects discussed on the dog forums I'm on!

Wellyboots6

See, you got me giggling again!

How am I ever supposed to train pooch to be a well-mannered, mature dog when I am still chuckling like a 5 year old!

Dollardog

katy721 wrote: »

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!

Ha ha, and there has only been the three of us talking about it too!! No-one else joined in!!

Wellyboots6

Wind update!

So far I have stopped giving his tablets with cheese, and started him on his new food (which he is refusing to eat unless he is starving!)

No change on the wind

I really am thinking its his tablets now. The vet said it could be as they can cause the runs as a side effect.

Really hoping the injections he is on now mean we can stop with the tablets eventually.

He had a really bad gas attack last night, and OH was convinced it was me!

Wellyboots6

Wind update again....

Wind is getting worse and now he is eating his new food his poos are getting increasingly unpleasant

I have stopped all cheese, and joint sticks.

I guess this shows it must be his medication. He has got two more weeks of injections and then hopefully we can stop the anti-inflammatories and so I am hoping this will help.

The food he is on now doesn't seem to be helping matters either. He is going to the toilet a lot more often and it is pretty messy. I am wondering if it is worth trying him on Skinners as people seem to recommend this, or whether to just go back to Arden Grange although that isn't cheap. I don't want to keep swapping his food around though, especially with the gas problems at the moment.

So far with his food changes I have done it gradually, over a couple of weeks, and he is staying on the new food for a couple of months. Will it do him harm to try something new if I change over again in the same way?

StudioBeau

Those joint care sticks caused horrible wind in my mothers 10 year old greyhound boy! If it continues after a change of meds I would throw them!

Wellyboots6

He started with the wind before the joint sticks, but at the moment I am cutting out anything he doesn't actually need to try and reduce it!

His poos are pretty revolting now too and stink to high heaven. I am crossing my fingers we can stop the tablets in two weeks after his last injection.

That is assuming it is his anti-inflammatory tablets....

Could it be his Seraquin tablets? The dosage will be reduced in two weeks.

My house really stinks now