Whilst Boston terriers are great to have around, and have a wonderful personality disposition, they do tend to suffer from some rather nasty problems, including the release of very smelly gas!
This is why it is important that you are very careful with your Boston terrier’s diet, not only to increase good health but also to reduce gas and stop the need for you to wander around the house with your hands clamped over your nose!
The first thing to bear in mind is that whilst dry complete dog foods can be both nutritious and good for your Boston terrier’s dental health, some can be packed with yeast, and this is no good for dog’s that are already susceptible to smelly gas problems!
You do not have to stop giving your dog dry food but you should make sure that you do not go for foods that are high in yeast content. Foods such as Iams provide your dog with complete nutrition and do not contain high yeast levels like some others, so can help to reduce the problem of gas.
Also, no matter how longingly your Boston terrier looks at you with those wallowing brown eyes do not give in to temptation and start feeding him scraps from the table, such as breads and other high yeast products, as once again this will result in the same problem, and it will be time to get a shed load of air fresheners out!
If you want to spice up your dog’s dry food on occasion you can always try mixing it with meat broth, such as chicken or beef broth, which will make the food more moist and add some more flavor without messing with your dog’s digestion and causing gas to be released.
And don’t forget - always make sure that he has some fresh water to drink with his food!
7 responses so far ↓
1 jan // Aug 6, 2008 at 12:21 am
I appreciated this! Muffin, my ten year old Boston terrier, has really bad gas and am tired of fighting the flatulence! I kept thinking I should ask the vet, but every time I go, I forget. later!
2 Jim // Aug 9, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Thanks for the tip. It is helpful knowing the cause of this vexing problem.
3 Margaret Brice // Aug 9, 2008 at 9:57 pm
What we find out to help with this problem is cooking a soup with vegetables, rice and chicken or meat or veal. Is more work, but at least I know what are we given to our dogs.
The skin is better, no more gases and they are happier.
4 tonia // Aug 11, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Thanks this is helpful, because we all know Boston’s can clear a room!!
5 Sherry&Otis(my BT) // Aug 15, 2008 at 10:34 pm
My boy sleeps under a blanket and the other day the room became filled with this stinch that we reconize as an “Otis Air-Raid”.From out of that blanketed area it came;he stayed curled up in there,we walked away laughing because Otis didn’t move.No scraps from here but I will check my label to see if I need to switch!
6 Kym // Aug 18, 2008 at 9:56 am
Both our Airedale and Boston had this suffocating problem until we switched their food. They are now on Pro Plan Sensitive Skin & Stomach. I wasn’t sure if it would help at first. I mean it’s not one of your ultra pricey “designer” dog foods. But, it has worked and wonderfully I might add. They pass smelly gas now only once or twice a week and that’s usually after they’ve managed to sneak something they shouldn’t eat.
7 Christine // Nov 5, 2008 at 11:25 pm
This whole time i just thought it was just my dog that had HORRIBLE gas but now its clear that i am not the only one suffering..
My Boston, Macie, is only 4 months old and i thought she would have grown out of her gassy ways by now but apparently this will be a life long battle but hopefully with a change in dog food she will be gas free.
thanks for the info….very helpful!
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