XPost: rec.pets.dogs.health   
   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   Your dogs GET indigestion and intestinal problems   
   from STRESS, not diet.   
      
   "Kurtis D. Rader"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2004.09.12.16.29.21.810353@skepticism.us...   
   > On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:11:15 -0700, G.K. Konnig wrote:   
   >   
   > > Everyone in a room with the farting dog will die a horrible   
   death.I fear   
   > > my dog is a WMD. What can I do ?   
   >   
   > I sympathize. My german shepherd's flatulance could wake me from   
   a sound   
   > sleep when he first joined my pack. Thankfully it was early fall   
   so I   
   > could leave the windows open. He also had almost daily diarrhea   
   for a   
   > couple of weeks. He clearly had not been eating properly.   
   >   
   > Once past the puppy stage of life many dogs stop producing   
   lactase so they   
   > have trouble digesting milk products. Two of my four dogs are   
   lactose   
   > intolerant. Even small amounts of cheese is likely to produce   
   > objectionable gas and soft stools in those two. So if you've   
   been feeding   
   > your dog products containing lactose that would be the first   
   thing to   
   > change.   
   >   
   > If that doesn't improve matters try other dog foods. Your dog   
   may have an   
   > intolerance for one of the ingredients in the food you're   
   currently   
   > feeding him.   
      
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