Interesting question about dog faeces - Page 2

Hi all,

Just wanted to provide status update on my dog's faeces "issue".
After switching him gradually over a 7 days period to Acana Pacifica, my dog faces are now looking solid and normal. They have been looking normal/solid for the last 8-9 days, continuously.

Thank you all for your constructive comments and suggestions.

Awesome!!  I wish in Maya's case that it had been that simple.  Count your blessings that all it was was the food.  You lucky dog!!!

My dog will get very mushy stool due to stress or high activity level-  unusually intense training session, a weekend with a lot of other unknown dogs around, or a long run in hot weather. I give him Purina's Fortiflora once a week and it helps keep him more regular.

We've made the same observation as howlk9: intense activity changes the consistency of our dog's stools as well. This dog has always had output problems, mostly mushy stools, sometimes firm. EPI and SIBO and/or other organic causes have been ruled out via testing.

We take a lot of lengthy road trips with our dogs and noticed that when this dog is confined to a crate after eating and is not allowed to run free in the yard as he does at home, his stools are reliably solid. As well, when at home and he does a lot of focused exercise, his stools get mushy.

We now take him out after meals to pee but then keep him inside the house for a couple hours after meals. This has vastly improved his output.

Keep a diary of your dogs activities (exercise time and intensity, outings, visitors, etc.), excess water intake, food intake (training treats, table scraps, suppliments), grass eating and poop consistancy.

After a couple of months, if you see a pattern you will have good clues as to what's going on. If there isn't a pattern and also no troubles, you will have gained a very important skill.... close monitoring of your pups health status which could help for you to see any future illness later in life.

It could be caused by so many different things - many of which have been already discussed here.

Check poop for chewed toys or other things, blood, slime, worms..... pups get into all kinds of stuff.


If your pup is growning well has shiny coat and plenty of energy, its most likely nothing to worry about.