Puppy wind

[Greenveg]

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I have recently bought a Cockapoo puppy , he is just over three months old. I have been feeding him Wainwrights puppy dry food Turkey with vegetables Grain free., as recommended by the breeder. He enjoys the food, but he has a lot of very smelly wind. I realise that puppies quickly eat and gulp in air which could cause excessive wind. I have seen slow eating food bowls for sale, but there are warnings that they might start chewing the partitions, which could be very dangerous if swallowed. Can anyone recommend a food brand that could help.

 

[JoanneF]

It's really hard to recommend a food brand as what suits one dog brilliantly won't suit the next. I have several thoughts, none of them are more or less likely to work than the others so see whether any of these might be worth trying.

Quite often grain free foods have pulses, to fill them out so it might be worth looking for the equivalent food with grain, unless there's a reason that grain free is important to you.

Alternatively, you might need to experiment - a lot of dogs do very well on raw, is that something you'd consider?

I don't think I'd bother with the slow feeding bowl. Like you said, they can create frustration and anxiety over food, and - hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think smelly bottom wind is created by the gut bacteria further down the digestive system; a slow feeder might help if he was burping but not so much at the end you have problems with.

You could try giving some live natural yoghurt or kefir and see if that helps.

No doubt others will have ideas too.

 

[JudyN]

Would you consider raw feeding? My dog had awful wind whatever dry food I gave him. It cleared up more or less overnight when I switched him to a raw diet. I had imagined that it would be messy and complicated but it really is hardly any more effort than kibble when you get your head round it. Do say if you would like any more info on raw feeding.

Or you could look at the website AllAboutDogFood - you can put in various parameters such as the dog's breed, age and weight, and your budget, and it will recommend brands and varieties. Though the results seem to have changed since I last looked at it and I can only see the nutritional information and an overall percentage, not a summary review, so I'm not sure what's changed there.

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[Greenveg]

It's really hard to recommend a food brand as what suits one dog brilliantly won't suit the next. I have several thoughts, none of them are more or less likely to work than the others so see whether any of these might be worth trying.

Quite often grain free foods have pulses, to fill them out so it might be worth looking for the equivalent food with grain, unless there's a reason that grain free is important to you.

Alternatively, you might need to experiment - a lot of dogs do very well on raw, is that something you'd consider?

I don't think I'd bother with the slow feeding bowl. Like you said, they can create frustration and anxiety over food, and - hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think smelly bottom wind is created by the gut bacteria further down the digestive system; a slow feeder might help if he was burping but not so much at the end you have problems with.

You could try giving some live natural yoghurt or kefir and see if that helps.

No doubt others will have ideas too.

Thank you for your reply. I am trying to house train him. Sometimes he pees and poos in my back garden, and in the house also. I have tried puppy training pads, but he shreds them, I am worried about him eating the shredded bits, so I have stopped using them. I take him in the garden as much as I can.

 

[JoanneF]

Have you seen our house training guide?

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[excuseme]

Often, bad wind is because of something in the diet that does not agree with the digestive system
As mentioned by @JoanneF , a good dollop of Natural "Live" yoghurt or Kifer natural live could help place good enzymes and bacteria to help the gut a couple of times each day.
Wainwrights is not made of the best ingredients, with as much as 40% turkey meal (whatever Turkey meal might be!) and as much as 7.5% Turkey fat. Some of their kibbles have RICE in them and RICE is a grain which does affect quiet a lot of dogs..

Check on whatever treats you may be giving him as these may be made with a lot of un-digestable grains.
Some of the more expensive GRAIN FREE products are very high protein and can cause upset tummies.

As raw has already been mentioned by @JudyN I will add a little more!
I feed raw to our lot. I have used this for 45 years.
All ages including the weaning of puppies from 2.5 weeks of age do extremely well on the product.
I find that puppies do not have the full bloated tummies that an awful lot of young puppies have that are fed on kibble, poo's are nice and very firm. I would suggest this as an excellent choice.
If you really must stay on the kibble, "Millies Wolfheart" is an excellent product for all life stages. Low protein choices are available for beginners, I find their "Forerunner" 60/40 excellent for puppies and can be fed with meat without problems if required. An all raw diet is absolutely fine for them too. Online prices include delivery.

Our old lady who is now 13 years came to us when she was 7.5 to 8 weeks of age. She was kibble fed at the time she arrived, I changed her over in 2 days to a raw diet which was just the same as what our adults were eating, (just less! )

PHEW.

 

[Flobo]

I can't add to the above good advice, but if your pup is eating super quick(and I agree this is unlikely to cause the wind, but probably isn't a good way to eat kibble), you could just try putting a smaller bowl, upside down, in his feeding bowl so the food goes around it. This has the effect of slowing down the eating without having to fork out on a plastic slow feeder.

 

[lovemyboy]

My pup had terrible wind as a puppy, I changed her food and added a probiotic and she is now wind free although she is 3 now so maybe it was a puppy thing.
What are her/his poops like as that could an indication of if it’s the food or eating to quickly.