Purina FortiFlora Canine Nutritional Supplement contains the beneficial microorganisms found naturally in your dog's digestive system to help manage and shorten episodes of diarrhea. Common causes of diarrhea for dogs and puppies include food changes, antibiotic therapy, and environmental stress.
FEATURE –
Well.....fortunately, we recently came across Forti-flora. I was quite skeptical as nothing had worked since July. But we are now just about 5 days into the treatment, and his gas is GONE!! Wahoo!! Totally and completely!!
I am quite skeptical of "supplements" as typically they do not work and cost a lot. So I finally decided to take a look at the ingredients, and as a physician, I now understand why it works. The main ingredient in this product is Entercoccus faecium. This is part of a normal gut flora. Someone might correct me here, but my explanation of why this works is as follows:
So dog eats poop. Poop is composed of lots of different bacteria like E. Coli, Entercoccus species, etc. These bacteria then overpopulate the GI tract and take over, replacing the normal bacteria (normal flora) with the stink and diarrhea producing abnormal flora. This is much like the pathophysiology of an antibiotic associated diarrhea like Clostridium difficile. So now you introduce Forti-flora, or Enterococcus faecium, in sufficient quantity that it replaces the bad flora, and voila! you have restored the good GI tract organisms and the stink, diarrhea, and other problems are miraculously (not really) cured! Will be interesting to see how long the results last after a 10 day course.
So happy we found this product. It does not cure the dogs bad habits, but can certainly treat him when he gets infected with the bad stuff, which undoubtedly he will again. Just ordered a box and will keep it on hand for exacerbations/outbreaks of foul flatus/diarrhea.
I'm sure there are other products out there on the market, but I suspect simple lactobacillus or other naturalistic type items will help much (as they don't really help a lot in people either).
I hope I did not offend anyone--if I did, I apologize!
Be well!!
FEATURE –
- Promotes a healthy immune system.
- Contains high levels of antioxidants, vitamins A, E, and C.
- Contains a guaranteed amount of live active cultures.
- Excellent palatability.
SAMPLE CUSTOMER REVIEW
1) Excellent product! A little warning from me--this review speaks frankly about stool. - We rescued a German wire-haired pointer back in July and discovered quickly why he had been rejected by so many families.....he has the WORST gas of any dog you have ever met!! Have you read Walter the Farting Dog?? Well, Griffy surpasses Walter's skills at producing the worst gasser exponentially. Now....couple that with the fact that unbeknownst to us, the GWP has a propensity for coprophagia. Our vet had informed us that the GWP breed is prone to this habit, and it is the main culprit in malodorous flatus propulsus!!
Well.....fortunately, we recently came across Forti-flora. I was quite skeptical as nothing had worked since July. But we are now just about 5 days into the treatment, and his gas is GONE!! Wahoo!! Totally and completely!!
I am quite skeptical of "supplements" as typically they do not work and cost a lot. So I finally decided to take a look at the ingredients, and as a physician, I now understand why it works. The main ingredient in this product is Entercoccus faecium. This is part of a normal gut flora. Someone might correct me here, but my explanation of why this works is as follows:
So dog eats poop. Poop is composed of lots of different bacteria like E. Coli, Entercoccus species, etc. These bacteria then overpopulate the GI tract and take over, replacing the normal bacteria (normal flora) with the stink and diarrhea producing abnormal flora. This is much like the pathophysiology of an antibiotic associated diarrhea like Clostridium difficile. So now you introduce Forti-flora, or Enterococcus faecium, in sufficient quantity that it replaces the bad flora, and voila! you have restored the good GI tract organisms and the stink, diarrhea, and other problems are miraculously (not really) cured! Will be interesting to see how long the results last after a 10 day course.
So happy we found this product. It does not cure the dogs bad habits, but can certainly treat him when he gets infected with the bad stuff, which undoubtedly he will again. Just ordered a box and will keep it on hand for exacerbations/outbreaks of foul flatus/diarrhea.
I'm sure there are other products out there on the market, but I suspect simple lactobacillus or other naturalistic type items will help much (as they don't really help a lot in people either).
I hope I did not offend anyone--if I did, I apologize!
Be well!!
By Geoff Crockett on December 13, 2012
2) helped an aging dog - We have a 14 year old Corgi and he was having intestinal problems and loose stool. Since putting him on the FortiFlora all of that is much better. We were buying the product through our vet, but the price on Amazon was to good to pass up. We were at first concerned about the expiration date ordering online, but were pleasantly surprised to see that the date was well into next year. Even longer than our vets product.
By Michael W. Williams on March 11, 2009
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