Kekly

I love my two dobies so much...But when we sleep, they eventually turn around under the covers so the butt is to my face..nice huh...then to make it even better, you get the dobie gas...OMG...what is it with dobermans that makes is smell so bad!!! If anyone can come up with way to make them pass Fabreeze instead, I will pay you!! lol

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Kekly

ok, it was asked in fun, but I really want to know why they smell soooooo bad? I have dogs all my life and never smelled such a sewer smell from my dogs. Any answers? am i banned...what?

Shell81

I can't answer your question, I can only sympathize. When I had Bruce in for his 2nd set of shots last week he farted on the table, and his vet said "oooohhhhh dober farts, aren't they great?" in a sarcastic way, so yeah I'm guessing we aren't alone.

VZ-Doberman

You could try a different food and see if that dials it back. Bacchus had horrible gas on one kind of kibble but when I changed it to a different brand it really helped.

Shell81

I switched Bruce, and it has helped a lot but he still has the odd deadly one lol.

You're very right though, it is often diet related.

SGranger Ph.D

There is no cure :-/ but your not alone- they make some pet gas stuff you put in their food that cuts down on the amount of farts you deal with?


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JNKHANGMAN

Good luck, been around 5 dobes in my life, all had the gas....
They should note this as an "attribute" of the DOBERMAN in encyclopedia.
Could be the answer our energy crisis, vehicles powered by "DOBE" methane?

I wonder if the "show dogs" have gas, or too much class? LOL

Kekly

I wonder if the "show dogs" have gas, or too much class? LOL[/quote]

LOL too funny! You made my day!

Anton-Caesar

1st thing i would ask is what are you feeding the dogs? Caes had about a 3 week spell of gas when he was on Orijen LB but that was it luckily, now i have switched him to Acana WP and he hasnt had any apart from the other day when i gave him an egg! That seemed to have an effect....

vivienne00

I do NOT have that problem. It is the diet. I feed a raw diet and they only get gas if they get any biscuits or treats containing grains.

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LindaH

Gas is totally diet related. If any of mine ever started having consistent gas, they got a diet change. Parker has had a change because of it.

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bean

Agreed - Si only has gas when he gets too many treats or gets a "special" treat. Change the food brand, maybe the protein. I'd also consider grain-free.

Good luck!

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lolonurse

it is diet - Dobes have notoriously sensitive digestive systems... and it isn't necessarily always about fancy foods or raw or grain-free diet... if it were, we'd probably all be feeding the same stuff. each Dobe is individual, and some are just more sensitive than others... ours have days which are pretty stink-free, then some days which are unbelievably stinky - yet the diet is the same... or nearly. i make their "wet" food to add to their kibble... it's meat, veggies, fruits... i think sometimes the combinations don't agree as well - but so far, i haven't found a real pattern. i thought turkey gave them bad gas, yet this time around, didn't seem to bother them...

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Froglet

Hahahaha.....I know exactly what you mean. Mine can clear an entire room of people when he lets rip!! Years ago I put him on pancrease powder, which I got online, which I put in his meals. It did help to an extent, but not enough for what the product costed!! The funniest thing is that he scoots out the room so quick, so he knows it's NOT good. I make the sniffing sound and he is off, LOL

Adara

I guess we are just lucky but so far none of my 3 Dobes have had gas issues. THANK goodness

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lulu582

My dobie farts really loud (which freaks him out and makes us laugh), but they aren't stinky. Now my boston on the other hand is silent but deadly! He also sleeps under the covers, and there have been times when the smell woke me up from a dead sleep. At least with bostons, flatulence was a description in breed profiles, you don't get that with dobies lol!

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Sizzledog

See below.

You know, mine eat raw too... and we NEVER have dog farts in this house. EVER. So I do think it's diet related, and I do think there's a "cure" to the farts.... it's called "feeding raw" - works for us!

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dglvr

It took me a few tries to find a food that both me and my dobe could be happy with, but now he's doing great and I can't say he NEVER farts, but its pretty rare.

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