Doggy poos

[potiche]

Dog always has at least 4 dumps on a walk. The consistency starts firm& normal but by no4 it's totally liquid, what's the problem?

[Tilly2]

Nothing.

[rockyracoon]

My hound is exactly the same, and the longer the walk, the more poos and the more the squirt.

[aelmpvw]

i'm the same

[chrissa1]

All of them firm here.

[Gizmonster]

I've got 2 Yorkies and one nearly always has 2 poos. The 1st one is firm and the 2nd is usually runny ish ............

[ladybirder]

What are you feeding your dog on potiche? What comes out at the rear end is often dependent on what goes in at the front end.

[lankeela]

Provided the first one is firm then nothing to worry about. The motion of walking and running prompts the body to expel, but if most of it comes out in the first firm poo, then the rest is just unformed poo not quite ready to come out! If however it has tinges of blood or mucous it can be collitis and would indicate a visit to the vet, but if the dog is healthy in all other respects I would wait 24 hours to see if the next one is ok.

[potiche]

Thanks all for that reassurance. As for his food, I've been all round the houses with that one & that makes little difference to his pooing pattern.We rehomed this old dog 9mths ago & have had Vet bills for other problems so I'm relieved that the consensus is that this is 'normal for him'. I was wondering if dog's guts needed yogurty cultures like humans.

[johnny37]

The wet discharge could be his attempting to empty is anal glands. Look it up.

[divegirl]

My dogs get the odd pot of natural yoghurt in their diet if they have been sick or squitty!

Lisa x

[pugthedog]

i was fed up till i saw these answers some of them made me laugh

[rockyracoon]

Pug, if you want more of a laugh go and search out some of desktop's earlier threads.