Any way of 'curing' dog smelly wind?

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Our lurcher goes through phases where she has the most horrendous smelling farts- she can literally clear the room.

She has a good dry food diet with no treats or human food so I'm at a loss as to what's causing it. No loose poo or anything, she goes regular as clockwork twice a day and it always looks ok...

Quick google search has suggested yogurt/ probiotic/ clothes peg. Has anyone done anything to deal with this or do we just need to put up (and breathe through our mouths)?

Different food, not every food suits every dog. If not fed Arden Grange my boy has a smelly arse.

My springer x is the same when he is fed anything but cheap old Chappie.

He was fed on Burns and other similar dry food but could strip the paintwork with his wind (and look mildly surprised at the same time).

We switched to Chappie and he is so much better (unless like today, when he has been stealing cobs of maize from the field).

I know it's not for everyone, but a raw diet totally cured our dog's notoriously stinky arse. I think the theory is that dry foods have lots of indigestible grains in there, which contribute to the windiness.

I looked into a raw diet but I just couldn't do it, mainly because I don't have enough space to store it all.
She has James wellbeloved and goes days without any noxious fumes then suddenly it's nasty again. We watch her really closely and she rarely eats anything else- always on lead and supervised in the garden!

My younger lurcher is noxious - we joke about the invisible green cloud. It is much worse on some foods than others. Normally they have Burns pork and potato or Vitalin sensitive, but a foray into an expensive other brand (it was supposed to be hypoallergenic and was on offer in Countrywide) required breathing apparatus even though his poo was OK.

We've just changed to Burns as my westi cross boy was competing with DH and winning. It seems to be helping (although DH is resisting my idea that he also switches!).

Does the food you're feeding contain rice, Bounce? It gives my dog TERRIBLE wind, as soon as we cut it out of his diet he was fine. But I was also recommended to try charcoal biscuits like these; www.littlepetbiscuitcompany.co.uk/products/charcoal-aniseed

I think you can get them for humans too, Loli

Thanks all. It does have rice in it so that might be a factor. It's just strange that she doesn't do it all the time, which makes me suspect it's not just her diet!
Maybe I should try a different brand...when we've got through the 15 kilos under the stairs

some dogs don't do well on food with grains as it ferments inside causing gas.

others don't do well on different proteins i.e. some don't tolerate chicken well.

Recommend trying foods that are always grain free, and then try different proteins. when we started feeding our lab Millies Wolfheart Countryside mix (mixed sometimes mixed with 25% Millies Wolfheart Salmon & Veg) the wind disappeared in a couple of days.

If we feed him Millies Wolfheart Riverside mix he gets wind, I believe he has problems with either trout or herring as that seems to be the common factor with Riverside mix and other foods he's tried and the wind returned.

The only times he has wind now is when he has left overs (usually roast chicken) or dines out on something dead that he's found.

check out the allaboutdogfood site to search for brands that are grainfree and see their ratings to help guide you to a good one.

Thanks, will check it out. I thought I'd done my research and ended up with James Wellbeloved but looks like I need to experiment a bit!