Pro-biotic supplements or digestive aids - Page 1

Pro-biotic supplements or digestive aids.

Do you use them?

Why or why not?

If yes what product do you use and why?


Thanks!

Natural green tripe.

The REALLLLLLY stinky kind, not the white or canned kind.

My dogs' digestive health was VASTLY improved by adding one tablespoon per meal of pureed pumpkin blend.  The brand I use is expensive but worth it: Fruitables Pumpkin and Cinnamon.  One $3 can lasts for eight dog meals.  You can find cheaper versions in the supermarket, and I have used them in a pinch and they were fine.

there are quite a few pre and probiotics on the market that are really well for health and food absorption. here are a few of the more effective formulas whether its strictly a pre or a probiotic or an all around health supplement containing both pre and probiotics.

1.total-zymes

2. proviable

3.joint mobility canine complete by wholistic pet

one great thing about this joint mobilty supplement is that it contains everything you would need for regular health plus glucosamine, msm, and chondroiton for the hips and the supporting tissues. the other two i listed are strictly pre and probiotics with or without enzymes.

I give my dogs plain yogurt sometimes (live cultures), and give green tripe on occasion too.

I don't like the idea of adding digestive aids such as enzymes. I don’t know this for a fact, but I wonder: won't they inhibit my dog's natural ability of produce their own enzymes over time? I just don't think it's necessary anyway.

I feed raw.

enzymes add or aid, not take away from the dogs ability to break down food. . why do we give our dogs anything , but food anyway? yogurt serves a purpose as well as any other supplement, because it's nothing but a secondary but useful additive. i would rather give my dogs some of the earlier mentioned additives than tripe. not that it is'nt good, but it's a bacteria contained part of the cow. if i fed tripe i would periodically utilize a anti-bacterial product to treat my dogs for worms or other harmful pest.  many of the foods today contain enzymes from one to several sources, even your lesser quality foods. so again i say pre and probiotics serve their purpose like any other additive. this is'nt a response to be or sound negative, but just to be helpful to someone as i would need help. so i say look at some of these products in which i've described and you'll be quite surprised how well each of these products perform.

My favorite is   "Probios"   .

You can either order it from Revival animal health,  or get it at your local farm store like tractor Supply.  Very low cost. 

I use this product everyday for a multitude of reason. 

`1.  a dog that has been on meds.  like antibiotics, can strip the gut of the good bacteria as well as the bad.  

2.  a dog that has been stressed, or just having a hard time getting used to new food. 

3.  a dog that has been wormed and it upset their digestive tract. 

4. A dog that has chronic loose stool , even if parasites are not an issue. 

5. a dog that seems to eat a ton and not gain the weight properly. 

6.  mix in with my Puppy mash, to help  them break down the dog food that their systems are really not ready to handle yet. 
Shepherds are not really meant to process grains very well.  Puppies don't have the ability at all when little. 

these are just a couple of reasons,   Hope it helped.

Fastrack from Conklin Labs.

We give it to our 15 year old who has incipient CRF to assist in breaking down protein by-products and support his kidney function. It's much less expensive than Azodyl.

We also give it to our 16 months old who has chronic loose stools but does not have EPI though his pancreatic function is somewhat impaired.

Thanks for all the suggestions