One of my boys has quite bad wind, he always has had really I suppose :( .  He was on Burns but for the last week ive been feeding him on Skinners salmon and rice, im hoping to change him over to this as it doesnt look much different to burns (its just half the price !) 

I was just wondering how long you would expect to feed a food before it makes a difference to the digestive system - eg. stools/wind.

Claire

when looking to change my dogs food years ago I tried RC  this gave all 3 of them terrible wind ...I changed them again to AG it was normal in less than a week, I have recently changed one of them to fish4dogs fish and potato as she is scratching a lot , seems to be doing the trick.

You may be better trying a grain free food such as potato and salmon or white fish from fish4dogs or wagg salmon and potato

that is a good point about the grain.  I cant feed RC as this particular dog cant have chicken.  Ive just looked at Wainwrights, they do a salmon and potato these are the ingredients Salmon Protein (min. 23%), Potato (min. 21%), Sorghum, Whole Grain Barley (min. 10%), Atlantic Fish Meal, Whole Linseed (min. 4%), Sugar Beet Pulp (min. 5%), Sunflower Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Alfalfa, Natural Seawood (min. 0.5%), Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Methionine, Marigold Extract, Yucca Extract, Rosemary Extract.

what do you think ?  I dont want to feed rubbish but I felt the Burns for what it is was getting a little expensive (and he still suffered from wind on it !)

http://www.karenruggles.co.uk/ruggleit_pages/ruggleit_diet.htm

My springer has been known to have awful wind, it could clear a room. However with trial and error we now seem to have it under control . . . .only the odd one now and again.

He can't have cooked chicken. . . . raw is fine, but the smallest ammount of cooked will not ony cause shocking wind but will also make him loose.
That was chicken based foods gone, Salmon or any fish seemed to agree with him condition wise however the wind seemed to be more frequent when on 'Challenge - Salmon and potato', JWB white fish also seemed to be a fart enhancer.
We have now found lamb based foods agree with him the best and having been on AG lamb and now 'Natural dog food company Lamb and veg variety' his flatulence has been greatly reduced.

My two labs have never had a problem with it, and seem to be able to eat anything and do well on it.

I would suggest maybe try a lamb based food if you don't see any improvment with skinners, however you may just have a prolific farter whatever you feed.

My dogs all fart something terrible after eating raw bones. We've had to resort to giving bones outside only and in the morning so they can stay out all day! It never happens with any other food and is gone by the next day.

We had a Rott bitch who could not eat anything with beet-pulp in, the consequences were horrendous

When I was a teenager, and the family budget was becoming slightly larger, I remember my mother buying some tins of PAL for our original lab (he whose name cannot now be mentioned!) ....and at the time the PAL was being advertised as Prolongs Active Life!    However, judging from the way that he could clear a room in nano-seconds, my sisters and I decided that it stood for Pharts A Lot!

Now, if we have an over-abundance of wind, I'm inclined to feed some live yoghurt.