Does your Dog Fart?

Omg, if you say no, you are kidding. All dogs fart, sometimes. You may not hear the rectal bugle, but certainly, you must catch the drift -- the passe' of the p-u is in the air. So, now that you know that your dog does fart, now you can learn why your dog farts and how to reduce the farting.

What Causes Dog Farts?

The Digestion Process. The digestive process breaks down food and metabolizes it to be distributed as nutrients throughout the body, a bi-product of digestion is gas.  Oh well, can't do much about this one.

Eating too Fast. Dogs fart if your dog eats too fast.  If your dogs eats too fast it will probably swallow mouthfulls of air which in turn creates pockets between food (gas pockets) and what goes in, must come out.  Can't change that one either. 

Certain Foods: Some foods, much like foods that cause gas in people are also gas producers for dog...especially beans. Also, poor quality foods are terrible on your dog's system...in more ways than one. Some store bought dog foods are laced with garbage unfit for human consumption. Although farting in certain cultures is a compliment to the chef, a gastronomique display of approval, it's simply not a compliment if it's caused by cheap, nasty dog food.... A rule of thumb is if you won't eat it, don't feed it to your dog.

Nervousness. Your dog can get an upset stomach from being stressed.  It's little nerves can produce instability in it's stomach.  You've had that gut wrenched feeling sometime in your life, right?  Well, the turbulence of the stress can cause gas.   If your dogs farts from stress, please don't shame him for farting, he's stressed enough.

More ways you I help Stop Your Dog From Farting:

1. Try burping your dog. Pick up your dog up and lay it's belly on you with it's head on your shoulder and gently pat. Yes, this is just like burping a baby and helps remove the air that it swallowed.  It also helps relieve the feeling of bloat.  (Hey....I ate too fast, can somebody burp me?) 

2. Feed your dog several portions of food per day. This not only helps control gas, but it's better for your dog. It keeps everything working harmoniously and balanced...it helps keep blood sugar consistent and removes the feeling of starvation  -  good reasons enough to keep the food coming. You've heard of "whoofing down your food....well, it's like this.....there are 24 hours in the day, so if you had to eat for 2 minutes and had to wait 23 hours and 58 minutes till your next meal...you'd be whoofing it down the next time it came your way too.... and I bet you'll get gas -- and it will smell nasty.

3.  Keep a feeding schedule.  Start with the basics....breakfast, lunch and dinner.   If this is too much, your dog will let you know....or reduce the quantity each meal.

3. Feed your dog in it's own space so it can eat comfortably. This is especially important if you have more than 1 dog....it's like a contest of who can eat the fastest and that is a sure brew for flatulence.

4. Exercise your dog more. Exercise keeps everything moving -- it's better for digestion and better for their bowel movement.   The more your dogs move, the more things get moving  -- like flushing a toilet -- it can't flush unless the water is moving.  If you exercise your dog outside, you may not even notice that your dog farts either - another bonus.

5.  Take your dog out.  If your dog is farting, that's usually the beginning of the need to have a bowel movement.