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Welcome to the Absolute Dog Sex in a Squirrel podcast . I'm Lauren Langman . I'm one of the world's leading dog trainers and it's my mission to help owners become their dog's top priority . In each episode , you'll discover how to gain trust and communicate with your dog like never before , creating unbreakable bonds that make you the most exciting part of their world .
Okay , well , that was fun , wasn't it ? We had a podcast with no audio . No audio . So we are now take two of podcasts . We were talking heads too funny . So tummies , we're talking tummies today , and I know you've had a fairly stressful 24 hours with a poorly tummy and I don't mean your tummy , linda . I'm fairly fit and well , actually .
Thank you very much . High five to fit and well . I'll take high five to fit and well . You're fit and well . But little Bobble , he's a baby . He's not a baby human , he's a baby dog and he is . He's a small poodle . He's a tiny poodle . He's like one kilo of poodle and he's had a bad tummy .
He's been away from home , he's been training , he's had some rich food , he's had some fun experiences and his tummy's upset .
It is , and his tummy was not a good tummy before he got here . Yeah , remember , he's a poor eater . I haven't been able to get things into him that would build his gut biome before we came .
And you said he's a poor eater . The reason you can't build him easily is because he actually won't eat it . So all of the things that we might use typically to help build a gut microbiome , he actually refuses or potentially will refuse . So
¶ Puppy Tummy Troubles
we've got the tummy episode .
Right now , we're going to talk about the gut microbiome and we're going to talk about what we can do in the future , and we're going to talk about the gut microbiome and we're going to talk about what we can do in the future and we're going to talk about , um , how we might feel as owners , but we are in the middle of poonami .
So , whilst we're in the middle of poonami , actually what can we do ? And I think this is really important you're laughing . Still , it's really important . We acknowledge that . You know what . You've been up every hour and a half , yes , in the night , yes , you're looking great considering and you actually need a solution right now .
So we're going to talk through the solutions right now because , obviously , number one , if this dog is lethargic , if this dog is lacking like lust and like life , is they need to get to the vet . Yes , and I will check temperature . If you've got high temperature or if you're running like a fever .
You need to get this dog to a vet and ultimately , whilst I typically and l Linda typically won't take our dogs to a vet in an episode like this , our dogs aren't lethargic and our dogs are still acting fairly normal , full of life and got spark .
It's about the spark . If that spark's still there . You see it in their eyes , don't you ? Yes , you do , you see it in their eyes .
If your dog is not , and sometimes I mean they're not smelling right , and I know that sounds odd , but sometimes when a dog really smells odd , you know that there's something more more sinister maybe going on or more serious , or it can just be a real , real tummy bug , um .
But in the first instance , let's say the dog is um good temperature or normal temperature , in the normal range and temperature . Remember you take the temperature up the bottom , so it's a rectal temperature when you do um any dog's temperature . But let's say our , our dog is fairly normal in themselves . He is normal in himself , right ? How is he behaving ?
He's full of beans . He's playing . He's trying to steal the big dog's food . He wouldn't actually eat it if he could , but he's possessive . He's still a cheeky chappy . He's still being cheeky . He's still biting and being a pain .
And how old is he ? You know biting and being a pain , and how old is he ? He's four months . So he's four months old , still being a typical puppy and still being bouncy . So we know he's got a bad tummy . We know he's been up every hour and a half now .
A lot of students and a lot of people that I know they don't necessarily know what to go to and they don't have their first aid kit , so to speak .
And you've come away and you've got your first aid kit and the first thing you're going to go to is Rescue Canine or a similar product which is sort of your probiotics , your clay , your tummy clay , your probiotics , your electrolyte , which is really important , those types of products . Ours is AOK9 . It's Rescue Canine and it's the rapid support .
That's what you're going to use in the middle of the poo-nami . Yes , you've got the poo happening . It's not pleasant for anyone . It's not pleasant for you . It's not pleasant for anyone . It's not pleasant for you . It's not pleasant for the dog , it's not pleasant for the other dogs . Um , I know , in my dogs I've ever had bad tummies .
You'll see the others like walk around , like oh my god , don't stand near that . And watering can comes out hose , pipe , hot wash brush , like all the things . Uh , get out there . But your rescue canine , it's your rapid support and and it's your stall rescue pace for dogs . This is so easy to use people .
Forget that . You don't need to be bothered about trying to mix powders or
¶ Emergency Gut Solutions
anything . These syringes are so easy to use . You just fix it to the dose that the dog's going to need . So you said he had two mil . Perfect , not very much at all . Got my two mil , got your two mil . Then I would just open the side of the mouth so the loose skin , uh-huh in the cheek and bang squirt squirt . The stuff in bang squirt he will go .
I don't like it , so don't do it near your best sofa and try and spit it on the floor and he'll go .
So all I do is I hold his chin up . So so then he's going to keep trying moving it in his mouth and eventually he'll just swallow it .
And you also said something last night that you did , which I thought was great , when you said about putting it down the side of his mouth , sort of with a finger sometimes , or just getting another way of getting it .
Put it on the finger , put it in , even smear it on his tongue , drag it off , spit it down on the floor , Magic magic .
Now , what I really like about a product like Rescue Canine , it's rapid support . It's your stool rescue paste for dogs . So for me it's actually very stressful as an owner having a dog pooing everywhere or having a bad tummy . Not only are you worried about the dog , you're cleaning up , you're coping with the smell .
You might have other dogs , you might have other people , you might have children or family or mum or dad or granddad or grandma , or you might be grandma and you've got granddaughter .
All of those scenarios are stressful and you're stressed that they might have an accident .
That's the one that plays into my mind always yeah , and I mean I can tell you now like cleaning poo on this floor is a nightmare . Carpets oh my god . I had pebble dashing not that long ago from skittles . Matt said we should have taken a video ready for telling people about how to use it because within 24 hours she was back to normal .
However , the pebble dashing of our gorgeous bathroom was not fun like and she really , and she hadn't told me . I all , I all I saw . I got up in the morning . It was 7 am . I got up , I walked into the bathroom and it was like some sort of scene . Um , and it was . It was everywhere . It was everywhere . Linda , I'll show you a picture .
It was everywhere . I took a picture . First thing to do take a picture and go . What do I do with this ? And your words are isn't that interesting ? And what you're really thinking is for god's sake , what the hell is this ? And Matt was like what's up ? Lauren , isn't that interesting , matt , as you walk in there and the smell like knocks you out .
I don't know about you , but I've got a hugely sensitive nose , like I notice , notice anything . I really like a nice smelling house . I like nice smelling dogs , I like nice smelling things . So to go into Poonami is like no fun for anyone . It's no fun , it's pretty disgusting .
And so for me , immediately I picked her up , I got that into my mouth and I will use this . And typically it says on a product like this use it twice a day , both ends of the day , use this . And typically it says on a product like this use it twice a day , both ends of the day .
I personally will use it multi times a day and I'll use it multi times a day until I get a firm stall . And when I say a firm stall , I mean a poo that's not sloppy all over the floor , I mean a poo that has shape and form . And I know you guys are thinking why are we talking poo shape and form ?
We're dog owners , we handle dogs all day long , you pick up poo all day long , so I wouldn't really overthink it . It's just the poo shape and texture , absolutely and what about you , linda , because I use that all day long .
Typically it'll say am and pm but I use it all day long , so so the puppy got that all all day yesterday , so every few hours he was getting some of this and I thought we were on the mend yesterday afternoon . Um , because he's we're talking poo shape , poo shape . Uh it , it was starting to be firming up again .
Well , not firming up , but just , rather than being explosive , more density and all of that . And watery , it got a little bit more texture . I thought , oh , that's good before . And the other thing I I noticed in that there may be no scientific evidence for this whatsoever , but I noticed they start . There's a point where they start to pee more .
Yes , yes , because inflammation in the gut holds water . Yeah , and then if the inflammation starts to go down , they'll start to pee it out . Yeah , and I thought yesterday afternoon he was gonna be okay
¶ Facing the Poonami
, but he had had some kibble and stuff , yeah , as a reward .
Yeah , so I think that sets us off again back a bit , and that's something to be careful of , isn't it ? What else are they getting in between ? Um ?
So , thinking on your blood , yeah , just think , thinking a little bit smart , what they're having and actually sometimes um , an empty tummy for a little while isn't a bad thing , and especially if your dog really is food refusing , I actually will let them food refuse for a bit , because sometimes you know what it's like if you need to refuse food .
Yes , it's actually your body telling you something . And , like I said , if your dog's lethargic , get to a vet . If your dog's not lethargic , then these are things that we do and these are things we we've got . Now you say you carry these types of things in your first aid kit . How does that make you feel ?
well , that means I've always got the all eventualities covered when I'm traveling , because there's nothing worse than having a dog on a van and living , you know , staying away from home and and these sorts of things happening and you've got nothing that you can use to do it . So I have a first aid kit on my van which includes the tubes of paste .
Yeah , and you think it's a first aid kit and clean-up kit and it just makes life easier and we've got like the bin bag , we've got the spray , we've got these types of things , we've got like a and bacterial wine .
Yeah , it's all there it's all there , all on my van , it's ready .
We've even got dressings and bandages and it's all there it's all there and I think this is really important to acknowledge . Guys , it's all there and it's all ready to use . Now that one's obviously in the in . Like you said , you're doing that all day long and you can do that as often as you need to .
It says when you've got an emergency , when you've got an emergency , that's what you use . You're not using that day-to-day , you're doing that in a punami , so using that in a punami . However , we also talked about there's lots of ways we can look after our dog's guts generally and , of course , there are like lots of good fermented foods .
There's kefir and there's lots of other things that you can make at home , but also in a packet form that sometimes um is for me , a good go-to and actually it's going to get you millions and millions and millions of good gut bacteria . I know both of us will use ProBio . Yes , why do we ?
use that so that routinely goes into their food . That gives them a resilient gut biome ? Yes , so that then you're less likely to get this sort of episode I've got with the puppy . Yeah , I wouldn't expect my older dogs to get into trouble with their gut biome because they are protected , because I'm constantly paying attention to building a healthy bacterial load .
I'm looking at this now and I'm thinking actually I probably should use this instead of the one I'm using . It looks pretty darn good and so actually it's pretty strong . It is actually all in a human grade . So it's all human grade and I think that's good to know . For all of our products they everything canine is human grade , which is a really nice thing .
Now , how do you give your dogs that so ?
that's mixed in their food . So mine are fed raw , but I make up a veg mix that goes with their meat , which includes some fermented products , and it includes this um , their probiotic , nice um , food , and me too , I might get raw .
I pop it in a mix , I batch , cook , because I might say cook , I freeze . Yeah , with 10 dogs you kind of need to um , and for me , when I'm making a batch up , I will mix up that batch raw sort of tub and I'll put that into bones and then I freeze it . Why you can keep your probiotic frozen but you cannot heat it .
So for me it's actually safer to put it in a freezer . So actually I always freeze it and I give them something . Then it's also enriching for them . So they've got something to do .
Uh , and you were saying that actually , um , in the summer yours will be in a cool box if you've got any on the bio , or yeah , if I'm traveling , then it will go in the cool box .
At the moment it's fine because , yeah , the temperature is low temperature is low .
Basically , um , you're trying to keep it out of direct um sunlight and um you want to keep it between 10 and 25 , which is still quite a sensible temperature doesn't go over 25 , but to be honest , it doesn't go over that in the uk ever . Anyway , if you live in one of those places
¶ Building a Healthy Gut Microbiome
, pop it in the fridge , um , but those are sort of places that you can and all of this and keep in the fridge .
Giving your dog a good gut bio is not just about avoiding episodes like I'm going through at the moment with the pup . It's about helping a dog that might have a bad skin or might be reactive and have because its tummy's not very comfortable . There's all sorts of reasons to really really care for your gut .
I like that you said like naughty but nice dogs in particular you feel should have a level of probiotic always .
Yes , always , always , because , if you think about it , if you're finding the world a stressful place in people that can cause tummy problems , people get either ulcers or they get irritable bowel syndrome , ibs is massive , isn't it ?
because stress is really really a big , a big factor ? Yes , and naughty , but nice dogs , we know , are more stressed they are , so it's .
It's just it should routinely be paid attention to it for naughty but nice dogs and I know you talked about fermented foods as well .
Like for my dogs , that isn't always so , it's just there . It's something they always have , particularly if they're at heavy competition as well . The other thing at heavy competition , so both of our dogs compete . When you're at competitions , you are going to see more . There's more out there . There's more .
There's more stress , there's more bugs yeah , there's more potential to get infection . There's more , um , poo , there's more , uh , everything else that goes with poo like there's , it's just , it's just more prone , because you're in an area with hundreds and thousands of dogs at times .
So , um , for me , that is a good consideration , but I know you also add some different foods in , so you talked about your fermented foods , just so everybody gets an idea of that . What do you add ? So ? apple cider vinegar with mother is one that I and the mother looks like that stuff at the bottom .
Yeah , it's a sort of smoky stuff , do you ?
ever take it yourself . No , oh , linda , I do , I swig it . It's actually quite disgusting and when Matt and I do it , we do this and then we go like this as we take it and then after that he normally will try and go in like an ice bath . He's got plunge pool .
I actually at that point feel quite ill and go out and try and do something sunny , um , but uh , and it really . One thing I would not recommend is don't have apple cider vinegar and then oil . I did that once . I had like a um , a really good quality and like shine , like like an amiga . All right , oh my god , that was a horrible concoction .
Apple cider vinegar and a really strong amiga war . No , none of that , we're not gonna . Sorry guys , we'll move on from that point . But yeah , apple cider vinegar with mother really important kefir is the other one , but that goes in my dog and what do you put in your kefir goat's ?
milk or cow's milk . Mine have cow's milk . Yeah , because I'm too lazy to buy goat's milk .
I love that . No , you're good're good . I do feed them goat's milk . Yeah , I use goat's milk , but only because where we live we're such sort of rural territory we can actually buy it from Farmgate . See , I don't like the smell of goat's milk . Oh , it's disgusting , it's absolutely disgusting , and I don't actually like goat's cheese either Me neither .
Actually disgusting , actually gross For the dogs acceptable . So we're going to use ProBio on a daily basis . We're going to use this one in an SOS Poonami experience . The other one that I'll use in the aftermath or during , depending on what's needed , is the Rescue Canine Sashays , and that's a real fast support as well .
I know you have used these in the past lots and lots of times with good support For me . I'll use them post this . That's immediate and it's easy to administer . Like you said , it's ease of use , isn't it ?
That is so easy to use . It's so easy and you know a lot of people trot off to the bit and they get something similar to that anyway .
Yeah , and actually you'll pay 60 pounds instead of like 10 , 15 , 20 , depending on what you want to do , what size you want to consult fee yeah , I mean , you're looking at very different costs . Not that cost is everything , and I know that if your dog is lethargic , yes , get to the vet . But actually for me , the first 48 hours I can probably solve it .
Yeah , um , if I can't solve it , then I'm off to the vet . We trot , haha . And but I actually wouldn't want to rush to the vet with a dog who's already potentially stressed , or or um compromised immunity , um , with a pup that's young and
¶ First Aid Kit Essentials
bad tummy , because I know there's a lot that I can do . First , now , with my sachets , I use those with um their food , and I do that . Or even it could be with kefir , yeah . Or it could be with um in my shaker . I could use it with fresh , yes , yeah , because actually it's really important your dog stays hydrated as well after any episode , isn't it ?
yeah , yeah , so , um , I've been using a bit of bone broth nice just to get some liquid into him . Good um , rather than plain water . Good um , but , but you've got so many electrolytes in this .
It's actually all right for them to drink water , it's just as long as they're hydrated exactly that the electrolytes are taken care of , and I think this is where it's really important to acknowledge how you're going to look after that body .
So the electrolyte , the balance and what's there again really important , so the combination of long-term yep , immediate action , sos punami . Yeah , aftercare , isn't it ? It's that little bit of aftercare to make sure , as he goes on the mend , we're going to use that now . Lots of different real like reasons for poor tummies .
We obviously talked about him being young , uh , him being poor gut microbiome , poor eater and traveling away from home and different food . So he had rich food in training .
Like , there's a lot of things to take into consideration he's still not to learn not to pick up naughty things when he's out on the wall , mmm .
And I remember Katie picking up a snail and swallowed it and I remember thinking that is awful and guys , slugs and snails are huge for lungworm problems and lungworm isn't a worm that you are are gonna um always be able to find and treat .
So it's one of those tests that you really need to do a lungworm test , um , but ultimately try and stop them doing it . So don't let them pick up stones and snails and and things out and about , because all of them have consequences . And that's linda's um homework right now , like disengagement from the environment .
She's working hard on it but he's a baby yeah , and he's going to do it .
Interruption noise that's my go-to see it as normal .
So see , it's completely normal when your puppy does things like this .
Yeah of course they will . They're exploring the world and something sort of smells somewhat tasty , so I'll have a bit of that thing I'll have a bit of that .
Thanks , um bless him . So so we've got um .
The other tip I loved it was when you said you popped it on your finger sometimes , just remind everybody what you do there so that's good , down the side of the mouth , or if that's not possible , then I put it on my finger and open the mouth and I either scrape my finger across the teeth or down the tongue , so , and then I might do that and they will
do this , won't they ? Yeah , so you must support the head so that all the licking and moving it about in the mouth means it goes down the throat .
So we've given you a bit of a tummy SOS .
I know that it can be stressful for you , it can be stressful for us , it can be stressful for the family , it can be stressful for the household , it can be stressful for the floor , it can be stressful for the dog , it can be stressful for anyone who's involved in the dog and actually it can cause real upset in in many different ways
¶ Final Tips and Preparation
, and particularly when you get a dog with like IBS , where it's common and it happens regularly . What we're going to say is there's so many solutions out there for you , so go grab some of the solutions . Yes , today there's a £10 off code that you can go and use . It's over literally in the AO Canine store and it's Happy Tummy .
So it's Happy Tummy , is your £10 off code . You can get it off absolutely anything , so you can get this one really below cost price if you want it . That's the Rescue Canine Rapid Support . So it is Happy Tummy , that's your code and it's over in the AO Canine store .
I'd love you to ask us more questions , to talk to us , to share your journey , because ultimately , if you don't need to head to a vet , it's a stressful experience .
It's best for everybody . Absolutely . It's much better , if you can , to just deal with it at home and move on and like you said , you've got your kit .
You've got your rescue kit , you've got your first aid kit . How do you feel when you're prepared , linda ?
Well , I always have to be prepared . That's part of your nature . I find it very hard not to be prepared and having to adjust when I've forgotten something . So my van is equipped with everything for the dogs , because they're the priority .
So Linda's prepared . Are you prepared ? Are you ready for Poonami ? We hope it doesn't happen , and yet Bobble says some days it does Tummy care . Good gut microbiome , good preparation , good understanding , good knowledge and , most of all , make it a great day , guys .
Go out , educate yourself , get ready for these situations , just in case they happen , and make it a really amazing day . Well done , linda . Have a good day .