Comments on: Do Probiotics For Dogs Really Work?

By: Eilidh Somerville

Eilidh Somerville — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:45:20 +0000

In reply to Julie Jones. Really glad the tablets helped your dog and I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me what company you used. Thanks.

By: Rich Sadowsky

Rich Sadowsky — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:01:06 +0000

Our little rescue was experiencing pretty severe diarrhea after a treatment of Doxycycline for Lyme disease. A prescription medication was given but it didn’t help. I called the vet back and they suggested perhaps she needed some additional fiber and a probiotic. I did some quick research and found a product that people raved about for the probiotic and used 100% pumpkin puree for the fiber (very small amount). The benefits were immediate. We’ve weened the dog off the extra fiber but still use a small amount of the probiotic powder mixed into her food. Her energy and bowel movements are back to normal. I am so glad the vet recommended we try this.

By: Julie Jones

Julie Jones — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:56:12 +0000

I have a working Lab who when he was young drank out of a stagnant puddle which caused him severe stomach upsets. Every time he swam in water he had ‘the runs’ within half an hour and it appeared our competition days were over. I gave him a year off and tried again but still the same. A friend had been to Crufts and recommended a company that specialises in dog products and do probiotics. I contacted them and they recommended one of their products. It consisted of probiotic tablets, 3 a day at first which I gradually reduced over time and he did eventually have a complete cure, so I would have no qualms about using their products again, very impressed, and now have a happy, healthy dog.

By: Karen Mitchell

Karen Mitchell — Tue, 16 May 2017 05:44:32 +0000

I’m in Western Australia and finding a natural probiotic is difficult. I’ve been feeding our three dogs raw goat milk kefir for the past 3-4 years and its never let me down. There have been times when I’ve had to up the dose to treat certain things and its help tremendously.
I don’t buy commercially made kefir, I source the raw milk from a local goat farm and ferment it myself.
Any readers can find lots of information on raw goat milk kefir in Facebook groups. There are specific kefir groups as well as pet/dog groups.
I’ve been running a group (raw feeding, natural prevention/treating, for a few years myself and have seen many dogs saved and benefitted from a change in diet and adding a probiotic/enzyme to the dogs diet.

Thank your for the article, its one of the better ones I’ve come across. At least it has some references 🙂

By: Karen Mitchell

Karen Mitchell — Tue, 16 May 2017 05:36:35 +0000

In reply to Barbara O'Steen. That's great. 2 years is a long time on the same one. The dog may benefit from a change/rotate in probiotic. Some holistic vest recommend this. Think about another source, such as raw goat milk kefir (RGMK), or fermented veg to name two. I've helped many dogs to heal through RGMK. These can be easily made at home for best quality. Once you have another source, you can rotate them.

By: BSM

BSM — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 23:11:48 +0000

My lab has colitis. Has done since 10 weeks old. No good changes improved the situation so I made his menu virtually veggie. 5 uncooked vegetables per day with a small amount of cooked oily fish or white meat. He has a small no fat yogurt at night. Haven’t looked back. Very healthy happy Sam – 9 years later.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 19:12:17 +0000

One of our lab puppies has a sensitive stomach and probiotics is something that aides in easing the issue. Not just a probiotic on its own though. We feed a high grade food that assists in average stool piles but less frequently. The probiotic keeps the stool formed and the stomach misery away. I am a holistic living kind of person so I took him off to see if it made a true difference and it did. The issue returned within a day. We use a canine specific probiotic. We do use human grade supplements for brain, eye, and coat but we stuck with canine specific probiotics and it works for this particular pup.

By: Barbara O'Steen

Barbara O'Steen — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:49:11 +0000

When our yellow lab was about 4 years old, she had loose, watery stool and terrible gas. We thought it was something she ate but it continued for several days. Our vet prescribed her probiotic pills which cleared up her problem within a few days. She has been on the pills for about 2 years now and her stool has been normal (except when she eats something she shouldn’t). Like A Ridland, it’s made a difference for us and her.

By: Trevor C Taylor

Trevor C Taylor — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:09:26 +0000

When I adopted my black male Labrador, he was approaching thre eyears old. He was in general good health but he suffered from extremely frequent (every 10 minutes or so) foul-smelling wind. I searche dthe internet and found many suggestions, but the most simple to try initially was natural greek yoghurt. I bought a pack of Activa natural yoghurt with bifidus, each small pot being 125 grammes.

After his evening meal I gave him a pot of yoghurt which he thoroughly enjoyed, and low and behold, that very evening the house was truly “wind-free” – it was an instant miracle! He has had his daily pot of yoghurt every evening since then, and he very seldom breaks wind at all, and when he does it is not very strong smelling.

By: Linda Lewis

Linda Lewis — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:08:42 +0000

When I got my labrador/golden retriever puppy a month ago the breeder gave me a pot of probiotic powder to add to her food. She has just finished it all today. Having read theverything above am now wondering whether I should not have given it to her. So many different opinions about everything to do with dogs on the jnteresting I am very confused. Thinking of not looking at anything else and just using my own common sense.