Hi all,
I putting this post out in desperation, as my dogs breath currently reeks!!!!
It's always been a bit bad to be honest but it's the kind of thing you get used to I suppose, but yesterday I was playing with another dog at our training school and realised how much worse our dogs was to theirs.
I have fed her for the last 6 months on Eukanuba dermatosis FP, which is a vet diet product my vet recommended when she had a bad tummy upset caused by a bacterial infection. This cleared up quickly with antibiotics and the food really seemed to suit her so we just stuck with it really. Poos great, coat lovely, and the food is hypoallergenic and fish based, with starch from potato rather than any cereals so I figured as dried foods go it was as good a choice as any. Before this we tried orijen, but to be honest it didn't suit as I think the protein levels were a little high for her, and I struggled a bit with her having runny poo's.
I am very lucky in so far that she has a bit of a cast iron stomach otherwise so can pretty much eat all treats/chews etc so she does get a fair bit of this type of stuff especially as she is training all the time (only a year old and in the "teenage phase") so I am sure this isn't helping so will aim to reduce this to one or two things and try and eliminate anything obvious.
I don't think its her anal glands as she usually "bum scoots" when this is a problem.
Any suggestions on things that could improve the situation, was going to try digestive enzymes to see if this helps, and have tried some of the dentastix to see if that helps but not sure what else to try.......
Ps - teeth and lip folds also fine, checked those too just in case