posted on October 12, 2000 12:41:09 AM new
As I sit here my head is reeling, my lungs are wheezing, my eyes are watering, and my feet are cold. Tonight it is cold enough that I would really like to turn on the heater, but I don't dare for fear that the house would go up in smoke. The source of my misery is lying three feet away on the sofa.
My 150lb Great Dane, Chandra, has gas. Bad. And I mean *really* bad. Major eruptions eminate from her every few minutes. I would open a window or turn on a fan, but it is too cold. I fear going to bed, too--Chandra sleeps on the foot of my bed. And one must also take into consideration that the minute sparks set off when you flip a light switch can ignite natural gas... I am seriously considering putting her outside for the night...but it *is* cold & she has short hair & never has slept outside in her life. The neighbor's plethora of cats also traipse into my yard at night which sets her off barking. My neighbors would likely murder me if she did so in the wee hours.
There she goes again. I swear the air is beginning to change color in here! My other two dogs are now hiding out in another room altogether. I have now made a decision. If by some chance I survive this night, tomorrow I will race to Petsmart & buy the doggy version of Bean-o. I now consider it an indespensible household item.
posted on October 12, 2000 03:42:12 AM new
LOL now my eyes are watering bunnicula from laughing so hard! Sorry, I know it's not funny to be locked up with a gassy dog, I'm laughing thinking about my own occasionally gassy dog
Poor thing, everytime he gets into the cat food he gets horrible toots. Cashews have been known to do it too. Did he get any extra "treats" tonight? That could be it.
On a side note...one night I was up late and the whole house was quiet. I was on the computer doing my own thing and the dog was sitting next to me. I kept hearing this strange little sound. I looked around once and listened harder, couldn't figure out what it was so I ignored it. It started up again and I looked up again. I looked at the dog and he had a strange look on his face. Then I realized he was tooting! I started to giggle and he looked at his butt like, "darnit, you gave us away!" I started cracking up it was so comical!
(By the way, we call him our living cartoon.)
~~MouseSlayer is not a cat =^..^= ~~
Yes, I'm MouseSlayer everywhere. It's a great name, so I use it!
posted on October 12, 2000 04:31:13 AM new
Lily, our otherwise-beloved Lab/Golden cross, has had gas since we adopted her six years ago. The folks at the shelter thought she smelled - uh, odd because she'd been skunked. Nope. Just her own sulfurous "emanations," as you say. She's been on every ultra-bland kibble on the market. Her poops are fine. We got her to lay off the kitty food years ago. Still - every night, a series of subtle pffffffff just as we turn out the lights.
posted on October 12, 2000 04:58:40 AM new
With my dog, it's rice-based dog food that does it. She has become less than svelte over the summer (long-haired dog + heat and humidity = little desire for exercise) and our vet put her on a low-fat rice-based diet. Like Bunnicula's Great Dane, she immediately became a walking fire hazard.
If I could have captured the output, we could have run a generator and supplied power to half the city.
Also take a look at the Milk Bone-type dog cookies, if she receives any of those. Some of them have rice flour as an ingredient.
As a last resort, try searching eBay for a gas mask.
posted on October 12, 2000 05:18:51 AM new
I have a longhaired orange tabby cat that is worse than the Border Collie ever was. He's such a cute ball of fluff that everyone just loves to squeeze him. Then he rips loose! He can clear a room faster than the biggest boor at a party.
posted on October 12, 2000 03:44:45 PM new
I had an Airedale named Cliffie who broke wind that smelled like truck exhaust. I know what you're going through! He couldn't eat tomato sauce like on pizza. Not even a smidge. Also, those rawhide bones did it to both of my dogs. My husband used to say that Cliffie's toots were so bad that he was afraid the paint would peel off the walls.
posted on October 12, 2000 03:51:57 PM new
LOL! The AIR is turning different colors? ROTF! And where someone said their dog looks at its butt afterwards? LOL! My dog does the same thing...like hes saying "whazzat?"
posted on October 12, 2000 04:00:40 PM new
Mine turns and looks at his butt too when he does that! Then gets real embarassed, hangs his head and leaves the room!
posted on October 12, 2000 04:22:17 PM new
We had a 100 lb rottweiller that burped , tooted and snored. It didn't bother her one bit when her back end exploded, she would just walk off trailing a burst of natural tear gas behind her.
Her snoring was so bad that we ended up putting her in the garage at night and we could still hear her.
Even so we would have kept her and found a way to deal with it but she broke every chain we tried to keep her on and managed to vault over our six foot fence more than once.
She scared out neighbors half to death.
I was really afraid she would hurt someone so we found her another home further out in the country.
Talk about a difference, when out 5 lb Yorkie Cleo toots she hides her head under the covers like she is embarressed.
posted on October 12, 2000 06:33:07 PM new
(clutching sides) ROFL! This thread is too funny!
My shih tzu gets the toots sometimes, too, especially when she gets rambunctious (sp?) and starts jumping around. Pretty soon you hear PBTHTHPBPB!! She whirls around and looks at her backside like "WOAH! What was that???" , then she tucks her head and acts embarrassed. It's hysterical!
My other shih tzu snores. Loud. Louder than my husband, even! he he
My yorkie doesn't get gas often, but when he does, he gets a case of the SBV's. That's Silent But Violent for any toot-newbies out there (giggle). You don't hear a thing, but suddenly this green cloud floats up .... .... and he looks at you completely innocently, with a "What's wrong?" expression.
(edited 'cuz violent is NOT spelled violet!)
[ edited by thedewey on Oct 12, 2000 06:34 PM ]
posted on October 12, 2000 08:56:53 PM new
Well, I survived the night. Unfortunately the Petsmart nearest me was out of doggy Bean-o, though. I don't know what set Chandra off last night--she didn't eat anything she doesn't normally--but tonight she's back to normal. Thank goodness. The more I think about it, I really think I should have brought my dog to the attention of the military last night...chemical warfare has *nothing* on what Chandra was passing out!
posted on October 13, 2000 03:38:17 AM new
When Gunther was a pup and he would toot, he'd whirl around and look at his butt like, "what was that!?" too. The first time I saw him do it I about died laughing When he would burp he'd go almost crossed eyed trying to figure that one out too. Now he just tries to play nonchalant and pretend it wasn't him. And yes, he snores too (but hubby is still way louder!)
~~MouseSlayer is not a cat =^..^= ~~
Yes, I'm MouseSlayer everywhere. It's a great name, so I use it!
, then she tucks her head and acts embarrassed. It's hysterical!
.... and he looks at you completely innocently, with a "What's wrong?" expression.