Sometimes CVS or other phamacies will carry probiotics, especially since the craze has hit. If not you can always order it online, honestly buying it from the manufacturer might even be cheaper? If you start on them though start slow, do half the frequency at first. If it says take one a day, take one every two days for the first week.
Its not that they will hurt you, its your body is used to trying harder than it needs to, to digest the food you eat. Now thay you have all the new bacteria in your body you might find your bowel habits changed. usually you will have a slower frequency of need to evacuate(take a crap) and your stool for the first week might be green.
That green color is bile. Bile is a digestive enzyme that breaks down fats and protiens. Since you now have bacteria doing some of the work your body might not know to re absorb the bile and it will be in your stool. It wont hurt you, it will just make your stool soft. Or your body might relax too much and you might get harder stool.(you wont get constipated though, its just a slight change.) you may also produce more or less gass as your body adjusts. After a week or two you'll ajust and you will feel great and also get sick less often. (if good bacteria are eating all the food in your bowels bad bacteria cant go and start eating food thats not there... not to meantion you will be getting more vitamins from your food.)
I would probably go twice as slow with your dog since dogs seem to be more sensitive to digestive changes.
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