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June 4, 2008

The five most flatulent breeds

Now that cat day is over, we can move on to bad taste day.

Our first post of questionable taste (at least in the view of two commenters, one of them my mother), was about Gidget, the Yorkie hired as an actress in the new "Sex and the City" movie because of her tendency to hump, well, pretty much anything.

Now we move on to an item posted yesterday by my friends over at Dogster.com, who -- apparently having some time on their hands -- compiled a list of the five most flatulent dog breeds.

"While researching and compiling the history and traits of hundreds of breeds to write our comprehensive dog breed profiles, we learned the innermost secrets of popular pooches, some of which we’re sure they wish we didn’t know!" the Dogster post says.

Here's the list:

1. Bulldog

2. German Shepherd

3. Mastiff

4. Boxer

5. Labrador Retriever

Thanks for sharing, Dogster.

(AP Photo)

Posted by John Woestendiek at 12:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Comments

Labs eat so many disgusting things that there's bound to be an end result!

The others? I dunno. Are these all breeds represented in the velvet painting of dogs playing poker? Does the wild night out give them digestive troubles? ;-)

Posted by: Mary Schmidt | June 4, 2008 10:06 PM

I have trouble believing pugs aren't on that list.
Hi John!

Bess

Posted by: Bess | June 5, 2008 5:30 AM

I agree Bess! Pugs are awful gas passers.

Posted by: Kevin Smith | June 5, 2008 7:53 AM

I think they should have reserved the #1 spot on the list for "whichever dog lives at my house." That would probably take care of it.

Posted by: Anne | June 5, 2008 9:06 AM

All Boston terrier owners will beg to differ. These days I require a gas
mask - I have changed my dogs diet, tried givingh him
probiotics, etc still no luck
in alleviating the problem....
I think my pooch should be deployed
to the Middle East!!!

Posted by: San | June 6, 2008 3:57 AM

It seems to me that these are all "guy" breeds mainly owned by grown males or children of either gender who think that farting is funny. Showy little dogs who are owned by showy women never pass gas because their owners never would.

Posted by: Eve | June 7, 2008 10:10 AM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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