Foods/brands to avoid smelly gas??

[Bobbi Park]

Untasteful as it is, I have to ask.....my Coco about runs me out of the room when he passes gas...it's AWFUL....(silent but deadly.....hahaha).....he's eaten dry Pedigree since he started eating solid food (he'll be 4 mos. May 1st)....I asked my vet and he said I could add 1/3 of a can to each feeding (twice a day), because he seemed to be tiring of the dry.    Is there an herb or supplement to add, to reduce these smells?   Help!! hahaha

[Amy, Cubbie & Ollie]

Bobbi, take a look at the Recommended Foods List: http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/thefoodgroup/forum/topics/recomme... 

You will see that Pedigree is not on that list so you may want to consider switching to a more quality food which will probably help Coco with his gas issue.  I haven't looked at the ingredient list for Pedigree, but I would assume that one of the first few ingredients in corn.  spend some time reading through the many pages of discussions in the food group and you will see that foods purchased from big box stores are pretty low on the quality scale.  Most people in this group feed Orijen, Fromm, or Taste of the Wild (at least from what I have read) and most seem to be much happier than when they were on a lesser quality food.

Switching to a better quality food may seem like it is going to cost more, but when you feed a better food you actually have to feed less of it than you would with the Pedigree so there isn't that much of an increased cost.  But like I said, be sure to read through some of the discussions and look at the recommended brands list and you will learn soooo much (I know I did!!)

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Assuming you are feeding pedigree puppy, this is the ingredient list

RICE, GROUND YELLOW CORN, WHEAT, CHICKEN BY-PRODUCT MEAL, MEAT AND BONE MEAL, CORN GLUTEN MEAL, WHEAT MILL RUN, ANIMAL FAT (PRESERVED WITH BHA/ BHT), BEET PULP POWDER, NATURAL POULTRY FLAVOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL (SOURCE OF OMEGA 6 FATTY ACIDS*), SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, FISH OIL (SOURCE OF DHA*), VITAMINS (dl-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE [SOURCE OF VITAMIN E], CHOLINE CHLORIDE, L-ASCORBYL-2-POLYPHOSPHATE [SOURCE OF VITAMIN C*], VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], d-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, BIOTIN SUPPLEMENT, RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT [VITAMIN B2], VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENT),TAURINE*, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, TRACE MINERALS (ZINC SULFATE, COPPER SULFATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE), IRON OXIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, MARIGOLD MEAL (SOURCE OF LUTEIN*).

Anything before the fat is a main ingredient. As you can see, there is not whole meat (only byproducts which is often heads, feet, beaks, etc not the quality meat we would eat). There is also alot of corn and wheat, which are just fillers.

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/ is an unbiased list of ingredients to avoid and to look for in foods - it doesnt recomend a brand of food, just teaches you about pet food. its a fantastic source of information

Pedigree is cheap per bag, whereas high qulailty food is expensive per bag. However, you feed much less of the high quality foods so per meal it often works out cheaper

eg if  fed my dog (60lb adult) pedigree, i would feed 5 1/2 cups a day according to their guidelines.

If i fed my dog Orijen, i would feed 2 cups a day.  A 15 lb bag lasts me just over a month, which works out about $1 a day

Looking at the price of pedigree on http://www.petfooddirect.com it is about half the price of Orijen for similar size bag ($22 for 16lb as opposed to $38 for 15lb). I would feed almost 3 times the amount of pedigree than Orijen. So feeding pedigree would cost me over $60 a month whereas orijen would cost me less than $40 month

orijen is 1,000 times a better quality food, and it will show in your pets health (and reduce vet bills). Poop will be less, and you will have a less stinky dog!

[Yvonne (and Maggie)]

Hi! Just to give a different perspective, my Maggie is on taste of the wild and she still passes gas that stinks really bad... U know what they say about silent farts! They're the worse!

Jokes aside, I agree that changing to a better quality food will be better for your puppy but I'm not entirely sure it will rid her of the gas.

[Anne G.]

I feed Murphy Lotus which is also on the recommended list and I never smell any gas from her. Now my DH is a different story (LOL)....

[Mara, Sadie & Zoe]

It took a while before I found the right food for Sadie, the odor was deadly!  I suppose they all react differently to each of the foods. No more gas for her once she settled on Fromm and The Honest Kitchen.