CaniNectar Health Hub

Understand your dog's gut.

Straightforward information about digestion, stools, feeding, the microbiome and everyday digestive wellbeing, written to help dog owners understand what they can observe and when veterinary advice may be appropriate.

A useful starting point

Changes in digestion can have many causes. Our Health Hub is educational and is not a substitute for veterinary advice.

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Practical guides for dog owners

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Understanding the Gut

Acid Reflux in Dogs: What Can Cause It?

Reflux occurs when stomach contents move back into the oesophagus. It can be associated with anaesthesia, delayed stomach emptying or problems affecting the junction between the stomach and oesophagus. Lip licking, gulping and regurgitation can also have other causes, so recurring signs need veterinary assessment.

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Understanding the Gut

Can Gut Health Affect Itchy Skin in Dogs?

Itchy skin can have many causes, including allergy, parasites, infection and environmental irritation. But the gut, immune system and skin are biologically connected, so digestion and microbiome health may also form part of the wider picture in some dogs.

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Food & Feeding

Changing Your Dog's Food: What Happens in the Gut?

Changing your dog's food changes the nutrients being digested and the material available to gut microbes. A rapid switch can coincide with changes in stool consistency, gas or bowel habits. Unless your vet advises otherwise, introduce the new food gradually and monitor how your dog responds.

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Understanding the Gut

Chronic Enteropathy in Dogs: What Does It Mean?

Chronic enteropathy is a broad veterinary term used for dogs with persistent or recurring gastrointestinal signs after other causes have been considered. Diet, immune activity, the intestinal environment and the microbiome can all form part of a complex picture.

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Food & Feeding

Could My Dog’s Food Be Causing Their Itchy Skin?

Food can contribute to skin problems in some dogs, but true food allergy is only one possible cause of itching. The useful clues are often the pattern, whether ears and paws are involved, whether digestive changes occur too, and how the dog responds to a properly controlled dietary trial.

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Understanding the Gut

Diet and the Canine Gut Microbiome

What a dog eats helps shape the nutritional environment within the gut. Protein, fat, carbohydrate and fibre can all influence which substrates reach microbial communities and what those microbes are able to do with them.

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Food & Feeding

Is Pea Protein Good for Dogs?

Pea protein can help manufacturers increase the protein percentage of a dog food, but that headline number does not tell you about amino acid quality, digestibility or mineral availability. If peas and pea fractions appear prominently on the label, it is worth looking much more closely at what is actually providing the dog's nutrition.

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Understanding the Gut

Pancreatitis in Dogs: What Owners Need to Know

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas and can range from mild to severe. Signs can be vague, so persistent vomiting, abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite or marked lethargy should be assessed by a vet rather than managed as a simple digestive upset.

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Food & Feeding

What Does Digestibility Actually Mean in Dog Food?

Digestibility describes how much of a food can be broken down and absorbed by the body. A food can look impressive on the label, but what matters nutritionally is how much of its protein, fat, carbohydrate and other nutrients the dog can actually access and use.

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Food & Feeding

What Happens When a Dog Eats Something Different?

A new treat, chew, table scrap or scavenged snack can change what enters the digestive system. Even one unusual food can alter nutrient load, fermentation and stool quality in some dogs, especially if it is very different from their normal diet.

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Understanding the Gut

Why Does My Dog Have a Dull or Flaky Coat?

A dog's coat can reflect many things, including grooming, season, diet and overall condition. When coat quality changes, it is worth thinking about nutrient intake, digestion and the wider health picture rather than assuming it is purely a skin problem.

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Stools & Digestion

Why Does My Dog Have Loose Stools?

Loose stools can happen for many reasons, from sudden dietary changes and scavenging to changes in routine or digestion. The most useful clues are often how long the change lasts, what else has changed and how your dog seems overall.

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Understanding the Gut

Why Does My Dog Keep Getting Itchy Ears?

Itchy ears can be caused by several things, including allergy, moisture, inflammation, mites, bacteria and yeast such as Malassezia. Recurrent ear irritation can sometimes sit alongside wider skin and digestive issues, which is why looking at the whole dog can be useful.

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Understanding the Gut

Why Does My Dog Smell Yeasty?

A strong “yeasty” smell from a dog’s skin, paws or ears is often associated with changes in the skin’s microbial environment. Yeast such as Malassezia can normally live on canine skin, but under the right conditions it may multiply and contribute to odour, itching and irritation.

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Everyday Digestion

Why Does My Dog's Stomach Gurgle?

Gurgling and rumbling sounds can be a normal part of digestion, but changes in frequency or intensity can sometimes reflect movement of gas and fluid through the gut, feeding patterns or recent changes in diet and routine.

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Understanding the Gut

Why Is My Dog Always Licking or Biting Their Paws?

Repeated paw licking can have many causes, including irritation, allergies, environmental exposure, discomfort, habit and microbial changes on the skin. The gut and skin are also connected through immune, metabolic and barrier pathways, which makes digestion and microbiome health part of the wider picture.

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Everyday Digestion

Why Is My Dog So Gassy?

Some intestinal gas is completely normal in dogs, but noticeable changes in frequency or smell can sometimes reflect eating habits, diet or the way material is being fermented further along the digestive tract.

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The Gut & Behaviour

Why Is My Dog So Reactive to Sounds?

Some dogs react strongly to noises that others barely notice. Temperament, previous experiences, arousal, sleep, environment and physical health can all influence sound sensitivity, while emerging research suggests the gut–brain axis may also be part of the wider picture.

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Using the Health Hub

Observe first. Understand the context.

Digestive changes can be influenced by food, feeding patterns, routine, environment and many other factors. The guides here are designed to help owners understand those possibilities without trying to diagnose the cause.

Look at patterns

Consider what has changed, how long it has been happening and whether there are other changes alongside it.

Think about the whole diet

Meals, treats, chews, scavenging and sudden dietary changes can all alter what enters the digestive system.

Know when to seek help

Persistent, significant or concerning changes should be discussed with your vet.

Where does CaniNectar fit?

A nutritional approach to the everyday gut.

CaniNectar is a complementary feed designed for use as part of the normal diet of healthy dogs.

It contains Enzyme Rich Malt Extract, produced using a patented process designed to preserve naturally occurring digestive enzyme activity.

The nutritional idea behind CaniNectar starts upstream: what happens during digestion helps determine the nutritional environment encountered further along the gut.

Important

CaniNectar is not a veterinary medicine and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. If your dog has persistent digestive changes, unexplained weight loss, repeated vomiting, blood in the stool, significant discomfort or you are otherwise concerned about their health, speak to your vet.

Want to go deeper?

Explore the science behind digestion and the microbiome.

The Science Hub looks in more detail at digestive enzymes, microbial communities, metabolites and the nutritional environment within the canine gut.

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