Dog Health Questions: Dog Gas Help! Food and treat suggestions?

I have and Australian shepherd and a lab mix. They have both been a little gassy on nutro puppy sensitive stomach and iams puppy chow (on right now), but it gets HORRIBLE when they are at dog training classes because of the treats. My lab will ONLY eat pup-peroni treats, so I train them both with these treats, and by the end of the class, I see some of the other owners dry-heaving because the smell is so bad. Since I need to give them lots of treats for training, is there a good treat that won't cause gas and any picky dog will want? I"m not real concerned about the food, but if there is a food that will illuminate their gas altogether, I may switch. Thanks!

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Instead of looking for a better treat, I would strongly recommend eliminate the treat during your training. As an instructor, we see way too many dogs that listen great when there is a treat in front of their nose, but as soon as the treat is gone, they won't do anything they are asked to do.
I would eliminate the training treats, use your voice and hands for praise, and give them a better quality treat at home or after you are done with class.
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If you feel you must use the treats, why not boil some chicken (from the grocery store), cook it well done, and leave it sit on the counter to drain. It's healthier for the dog, and may not have as much gas problems.

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• My dog eats Kibbles and bits, and the only time he has gas is when I give him Chicken jerky treats. So, if we are going out or somewhere where there are other people, no chicken jerky! He loves the Kibbles and bits, and there are several flavors.


• Try California Natural or Healthwise Lamb & Rice. Its good for sensitive stomachs. The Healthwise is a little lower quality than the CN but its cheaper. Try giving small pieces of boiled chicken as snacks. Its healthier for your dogs than pup-peroni and shouldn't give them gas.


• Do you think they enjoy to be all "gassed" up?
  What you feed is crap and it simply disagrees with their stomachs.
  That's all.


• have you tried just plain chicken? Just boil them in water with no seasoning and dice them up. clearly you need to store them in the fridge and they don't last long but it's very healthy and since there is no additives, they shouldnt have bad gas. Also vets recommend plain chicken and plain white rice when dogs have upset stomach so just chicken should be great for your dogs with sensitive stomach.


• Nutro and IAMS are both crap. I feed my dogs Canidae, a premium food, and they very rarely have gas. There is NO reason to use food for rewards when training. I just give lots of praise. No food is guaranteed to completely rid a dog of gas. You might want to try cooked liver for treats instead of Pup-Peroni treats, they are garbage too. Or perhaps some boiled chicken would even be better.


• go to http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com and do a search for iams puppy chow. you may be surprised to find what a poor quality food it actually is.
  on that site, you can find a better quality food for your dogs. gas is a sign of stomach upset, but some breeds are naturally gassy. (i've got a world-champion farter that will clear a room living with me!)
  as far as treats, look for all natural items like freeze-dried liver or jerky treats. some people just used plain cooked de-boned pieces of chicken which you can get cheap and just cook at home and cut into little bites.
  adding a tablespoon of plain, non-fat yogurt to your dog's food each day may help with the gas. it works for my guy, and is a cheap and easy fix. the good bacteria aids digestion and keeps his tummy happy too.


• Maybe you should try bringing their dry dog food with you at training lessons, and give them that.
  
  Or you could stop giving them treats at trainging lessons and give them praise in replacement.
  
  Maybe you should try giving them dry biscuits or treats like these in the link.
  http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js…


• Try using their normal food as a treat thats what I do with both of my dogs and they seem to either not care or cant tell it's not a treet. Besides the treets and foods that have dyes in them are not all that great for your dogs. All my dogs get are none dye foods and treats


• I use my dogs food as their treats, they don't know the difference. I would just take a little baggy of their food because they will obviously eat their dog food! And it wont make it go away obviously but at least the other people wont be gagging!


• I steer clear of the soft and chewy treats, they give my lab horrible gas. The only treats he gets are dog bones, carrots, green beans, and bananas - all in moderation of course! I noticed that when I fed my lab Iams he would poop up to 7 times a day, that's just not normal, so I changed his food. He is now on Nutro Ultra for large breeds and doing great.
  What you may want to do is just use their dry food as treats, 1 'crunchie' as a reward, but if you are giving them lots of treats make sure to take that into consideration when you feed them, that way they aren't being overfed and gain weight.


• I find California Natural to be the ONLY food that my dog with a sensitive stomach can eat (I feel like I have tried them all!) Give it a good two months after switching to see results-the first couple of months you could see more gas and loose stools, but after the dog's system adjusts to the new food, you'll know if it will work. If you need treats for training, try liver or chicken or even cut up summer sausage (whatever you use, cut it up in tiny pieces if you are having to feed a lot of it). Pup-peroni is no better than Iams or Nutro-quality foods will make a big difference.