The term 'raw diet' is broad. What exactly are you feeding her? If you are using vegetables, especially broccoli, califlower, kale, cabbage (for examples) your dog will have gas. What other additives are you using?
If your dog was on a bout of antibiotics for anything, then you may need to include pro-biotics to help get digestion back on track.
Digestive Enzymes are helpful in transitioning dogs to a raw diet, but not really necessary once acclimated.
Her diet mainly consists of chicken (with pork, beef, duck, etc when I can get it), eggs, yogurt or cottage cheese, and either a vegtable of fruit (unsweetened applesauce or whatever we are having, but food processed). She rarely gets broccoli, califlower, kale, cabbage.
My one thought is that I have been noticing this more since she has not had any yogurt regularly. She had been getting cottage cheese since I ran out of yogurt and I just hadn't gotten any more yet. I don't know if this is just a coincidence or the yogurt aids in her digestion significantly.
Her stools are all normal, not loose, and I don't notice any gas coming out of that end <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
She has not had any antibiotics since last summer.
My personal thought would be the cottage cheese.
I don't feed dairy products, very little vegetables (once every 3 weeks) and fresh fruit as a rare treat (in small amounts). An egg once a week.
I do use lots of different meats and fish (not Salmon), organ meats, supplements (just tried the Wellness blend), apple cider vinegar(organic-with the Mother), Salmon Oil, Vit C, Vit E. I grow some alfalfa grass for the dogs and cats to munch on.
If she started with the cottage cheese, eliminate it and see what happens. That's the beauty of the raw diet.
You are right, I do think it is the cottage cheese. I replenished my yogurt supply and I am not noticing the horrible smell emitting from her face <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Thanks for the info. Its nice to be able to communicate with others about these issues.
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