Probiotics, any recommendation?
My 15 yr. older dog is on a two week course of antibiotics for an abscessed tooth and I cringe to think of what that does to her intestinal flora. I can add some yogurt to her food, but that is milk based and I wonder if the dog will get anything useful out of that for colonizing her intestines with beneficial bacteria she can actually use.
Does anyone have any suggestion or experience with probiotics specifically formulated for dogs?
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Permalink Reply by Alison Prasavath on
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Anna-when Noodles had his bowel movement issue last year, I was given Purina's probiotic (Purina FortiFlora Canine). It comes in a box with 30 packets and you sprinkle the mixture on top of his food every day. That really helped him out and I've kept him on it. His vet said at his last appointment that he is looking great! We made some other changes to his food at that time as well and I don't think he's been in better condition as what he is now. He's even at a lower weight than what they thought he would get down to, so I'm pleased with the changes.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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In our endless battle against clostrodium perfringens, we have used Proviable with good results. I believe it's by Nutramax. Comes in a capsule but you can open it and sprinkle it on the food. Vets carry it. You can also get it on Amazon or Drs Foster and Smith. It's got 7 species of microorganisms.
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And don't give probiotic within 3 hours of antibiotics. Probiotic is best given with food.
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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on
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Thank you Alison and Beth for the detailed information, I will look both products up and then see what is available here. The antibiotic also needs to be taken with food (2x a day) so maybe I'll just wait until she is finished with that and then start the probiotics.
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What I do is reduce each meal by a small amount, then give a bedtime snack of the rest of their food plus probiotic plus a human food add in like yogurt or cottage cheese.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I used the probiotics from Puritan's Pride. You can order on line. I used these on Bella several years ago for her stomach problems and liked them.
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Thanks Jane, I'll keep those in mind as well.
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Permalink Reply by susan on
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When Jeli was very young she had recurring UTIs and went through several rounds of antibiotics. I would put about a teaspoon of plain greek yogurt on her food to provide the probiotic. She never had any stomach issues and never had diarrhea from either the medicine or the yogurt. I also would make frozen yogurt cubes and give one as a treat once in a while. I still do. I recently heard that yogurt is also helpful in reducing tarter on the teeth, maybe from enzyme action, but I have not researched this myself.
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Thanks Susan. I have often given yogurt to my dogs for various reasons, including that they like it.
What I question is whether it supplies the strains of bacteria that are normally found in a dog's intestinal tract. I know that, if you don't ever eat milk products, the bacteria provided by yogurt (which rely on milk) will die out and my dogs don't get milk products. I imagine probiotics specifically formulated for dogs would have different strains. Since I really don't know enough about the subject, I decided to throw out the question....
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Anna, I found this wonderful yogurt and it even lists the live cultures. It also has 14 grams of protein and only cane sugar. Only 5 ingredients and that included the fruit. It's siggi's.(siggi'sdairy.com) I love it and would feed it to my dogs. At work today they had some brand and it didn't say anything about live cultures...hmmmmm.
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Funny Jane.... I looked at my Stoneyfield Organic Yogurt and nowhere does it say "Live Cultures" nor are strains mentioned, not even ingredients listed! I couldn't believe it, so I went to the website: nothing there either. Back to the drawing board for my own self. Oh, the things one takes for granted.
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I have used and like the Stoneyfield too...but found the siggi's and LOVE it! I also just bought Kalona Supernatural and it also lists the cultures...haven't tasted it yet though.
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