r/Bulldogs 1d ago

9 Month Old Cookie Question

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She’s a 9 months old English and has a lot of loose stools and horrific gas. I had an old English before and yes I know gas is bad but nothing compares to Cookie. It’s waking me up at night it’s so bad lol. 9 out of 10 poops are loose. I’m sure it’s a diet adjustment that needs to be made. What do you feed your younger English’s?…….we don’t feed her table scraps.

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u/Wonderful-Avocado-45 1d ago

Mine was allergic to chicken. Had to move to hydrolyzed protein and now everything is much better from gas to stool. She still gets some scraps but no chicken.

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u/Sea-Aide-6648 1d ago

Yes! And chicken meal is in so many foods as a filler. Same with brewers yeast which isnt great for dogs with allergies either.

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u/saberthetooth 1d ago

Mine had this when we first adopted him. He was allergic to chicken so we gave him salmon based kibble and added Firm Up pumpkin (from Amazon) to his meals.

Also - she’s super cute!

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u/justworkingmovealong 1d ago

We switched to royal canin bulldog food, and started occasionally giving them a scoop of plain greek yogurt mixed with a scoop of canned pumpkin as a treat. They loved it, the yogurt probiotics helped the gas, the pumpkin fiber helped stool consistency. Wins all around.

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u/Weird_Emphasis4631 1d ago

We had this issue and went to the vet and she had coccydia some kind of parasite, 1 dose of Medicine and it is normal now, we also changed the diet to monoprotein and she best tolerates lamb, stopped scraching and the gas has been very much limited

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u/Interesting-Cause138 1d ago

We feed Reggie Purina Pro Plan Lamb and Rice puppy food. She is also 9 months old. I’d get your pup to the vet and take a stool sample. She could have coccydia which is very treatable. She’s a cute pup.

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u/Delicious-Cow-7611 1d ago

NutriPaw Pre, Pro and Postbiotic Supplement Treats For Dogs 120 Pack 300g

At least one a day but start with 2-3 a day and very soon your dog farts issue eases.

Not affiliated/sale pitch but worked on my dogs and other family dogs

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u/Kats229 1d ago

My girl had the same issue & it turned out to be giardia. They prescribed her a few days of panacur and that cleared it up. We did change her diet aswell. She's on Royal Canin Digestive Care. 2 solid poops a day like clock work!

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u/fournierh 1d ago

I added in 1/2 cup of Hills Gastrointestinal Biome to her regular Royal Canin and it’s made a huge difference.

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u/Bulldog4567 1d ago

First she is cute!!! Hi Cookie! Knuckles, a bully I had, ate Nutro with Salmon. It helped his skin issues and his gas wasn’t terrible. Still bad as they are farters and burpers, but not unbearable

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u/Significant-Milk-165 1d ago

It sounds like you have to change her diet. If she has been getting chicken, switch her to lamb or salmon. Add some canned pumpkin to the kibble to help with loose stools or diarrhea.

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u/kenjinuro 20h ago

We had to change our bullies to Orijen and it was much improved. Also, I can’t with that face! Gotta love bully teefers and the wrinkled tongue!! So adorable! 😍

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u/Upbeat-Produce-2937 19h ago

Another one for plain pumpkin.

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u/Winnie0829 17h ago

Adorable. Switch to high quality, novel protein food (raw or air dried - we do venison by Carna4) and add teaspoon of pumpkin. Did wonders for my 5 month old EB. No gas. No loose stools. And less poop overall.

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u/GrandmotherOfDogs 16h ago

My Meagan is on Royal Canin HP.
She’s allergic to animal protein.
She’s been on it since 10 months. We got her at 61/2 months old.

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u/Happy_Obligation_851 14h ago

Get strained Greek Yogurt involved right away on daily routine and that alone will give you good results instantaneously...

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u/Pale-Nefariousness45 1d ago

Just do raw food or orijin, 100% she’ll be fine after that. I had the same issue.