As my dog has yet again forced me to cover my nose I wonder why this has become an everyday event now when she rarely did it.  I feed her on Burns - (did try raw for a while but otherwise have never changed her food)  She is now 7 years old.  Is this just something that occurs as dogs get older or should I be concerned?  Wondering whether her food still suits her - she does get extra biscuits during the day too.  Otherwise besides the odd foxpoo tidbit there is nothing to explain why she is producing so much gas!

I'd definitely try changing her food, it's not a normal thing for healthy dogs to do. None of my collies have ever had vile wind, even the very elderly ones but I do know several people whose dogs regularly stink - I can only assume it's due to their food not agreeing with them?

Slightly off topic but how do you find her coat on Burns? I've tried it but found a loss in coat condition with all the dogs, it improved when going back to their usual food.

Agree, the production of wind is natural but for it to be excessive is not. It is, I believe, caused by the food fermenting but why it should do so I am not sure but believe it to be slow transit through the system. Dogs have a much quicker transit of food from start to finish (mouth to poo bag) than the human (forget poo bag) but would think in the case of dogs with excessive wind may have slow transit of their food.

Would change the food, try Arden Grange, feed twice a day and make sure she is drinking a normal amount, if you are giving additional biscuits then try charcoal ones.

To Chaumson my dogs did not do well on Burns either, dull coat and loss of weight although their muscle condition was good.

What about adding yoghurt/probiotics to get some good bacteria into the gut and hopefully sort out the digestion and stop the foul smelling wind.

Are the anal glands OK?

The only time mine have ever had Gas was when they got cooked chicken, and occasionally used to get it when I fed the original chicken formula Arden Grange (the one with a mix of fresh and meal), but have never had any wind with the lamb.

It does sound like there is more fermentation, change in digestion and I'd change the food especially if stools are not as firm as once they were.

Used to have a Rott and found that ANY food with 'sugar-beet pulp' had the same effect.

She isn't a serial grass muncher? One of mines in particular is very smelly after indulging in some grass and roots chewing. It doesn't seem to bother the other 2 but boy does Otis smell of rotten turnip!!

Check she isn't eating extra on your walks - mine are hedgerow hunting for blackberries and wild plums at the moment (stones an' all !)

If it's more of an issue in the evening it might simply be down to the amount of time the food is sitting in her system - take her for a short walk a couple of hours after dinner  to aid peristalsis.  One of my dogs definitely needs to get moving to 'get moving' :)

Finally, try an alternative food for a period of 6 weeks and see whether it helps

In truth I do find that some dogs are naturally a little more gassy than others but it often comes with a minor shift in diet - one of mine turns into the Cabbage Pants Kid after too much fruit, and he was fairly awful after whole tongue last week! - but excessive wind is unusual and long term might suggest an intolerance to one or two ingredients in their main food.  Do you know whether Burns have tweaked their food?

She is a grass muncher yes - especially when we go training.  The field there is really great grass at the moment and you would think she was a sheep when she gets there - it is only a displacement activity because she is so excited but she does crop when she is out for walks.  Her coat btw is excellent.  She is the only dog I have had when put into kennels (with a good supply of her own food) that comes out looking glossy coated!  She occasionally has a bit of dry skin.  She does sometimes have to be helped to clear her anal glands  because she is scooting but that is not very often.  It is definitely all wind because I hear it.  Not sure what rotten turnip smells like :-)  but her smell is pretty consistant!

dogs a babe - the only extras she takes onboard is poo - fox or cat is the best she thinks - but fresh horse is pretty good too.  I keep a close watch when we are out for what she eats.   However thinking about that - my husband has been grabbing her to take the first walk quite alot recently and he does not notice what she is doing!  Will have to keep a diary I think of things my dog eats and who has walked her along with smelly events.

The only time my girls get bad wind is when they are pregnant!  Don't know why but all my Spanish have been the same LOL.

No fear of that.  I have just fed her and within 10 minutes she is off again.  Phew!  

The only time my girls get wind is if they have a touch of the runs,they are pretty un smelly,which Ive always put down to raw feeding.I think I would change her food to one without grains,just out of interest,why did you take her off raw food?I believe dogs do not need grains or much carbohydrate,it could be that?

Colliepam - Burns contains rice - I did hear someone say that their dog could not tolerate rice once but it has suited her for a good part of her life until now -

I did not continue with raw for several reasons - firstly a friend of mine who is a vetinary nurse and very experienced with dogs told me that even raw bones could give problems later in life, secondly I have to put my dog into kennels when we go away and I can't continue with raw feeding then, and lastly sourcing the food isn't easy - haven't got room in the freezer either for bulk buys.  I am not convinced that buying raw food from places like Petsathome is necessarily any better than a good dry food.  Raw feeding also means keeping the place scrupulously clean when you have small children running around.

I left a frozen block of mince out to thaw once and forgot it - I couldn't understand where the strange smell and the flies were coming from (I had put it on top of the freezer out of the way) another time meg vomited all the mince up on my carpet - I decided life was alot easier feeding prepared food. 

Just to add to my problems I have just gone out in the garden and found 2 piles of cat poo right where Meg likes to lie in the grass - If this is happening on a regular basis then Meg is eating more than I thought!!!!!  What with cat poo and slugs gardening isn't much fun at the moment!