Poo Problem?

[tainferdia]

First of all I'd like to thank the Forum. We've had Paddy since March, from Elaine in Bishop's Stortford, and I've visited the forum a couple of times for advice. It's been very helpful and calmed our fears about things that others have experienced and are actually nothing to panic about - eg night cramps!

Needless to say living, with Paddy has changed our lives - it's exhausting being loved this much! ;D

This time I couldn't find quite what I needed so I've had to declare myself and sign-up to the Forum.

Since we've had Paddy he has always had at least 3 poos a day (morning, lunchtime and evening) but sometimes, particularly on longer walks, he will have 2 or 3 poos on one walk. The first is normally fine, but then the 2/3 poo will be very soft and sometimes even quite runny.

Having walked dogs for a rescue charity before, I know some dogs will 'force' another poo as they don't want to go in their kennel later. So I thought this was something he would stop doing once he realised he was getting 3 regular walks a day.

We've thought about changing his food, but he otherwise seems perfectly healthy - glossy coat, clean teeth, sparkling eyes and 'wow, isn't life great' character.

We currently feed him Alpha Maintenance (19% protein) mixed with a little Prize Choice raw, minced meat or tinned tuna to give it a a bit more flavour. He has rawhide and vegetable chews that he loves and gravy bone treats.

Is this normal for a greyhound? Should we be worried?

[suethejam]

I don't know if it's normal for all greyhounds but it's certainly normal for ours!

[rachael]

This is totally normal. Does he do any running on his longer walks? That always gets the system going! Glad you are having fun with him.

[pumalass]

I agree with the others it's perfectly normal for them as long as the first poo is firmer, our Mersey is nicknamed Shitsu, and she can manage 4 or 5 sometimes.
So don't change a good diet.
Chris

[sarah]

Baby generally has 3 poops on a walk but not unheard of for her to go 5 times in the space of 5 minutes of being on walkies

[Ian]

Our Sean is the same as you describe, although he's on relatively short walks now, getting a bit old for the long ones and he tends to only go once. But yes we found the more times he goes the softer it gets, although it does usually get to the runny stage, but close.

[prince]

prince some times has soft poo, i balance him out with pate on toast for lunch sometimes, and if they get too hard i feed him natural yogurt. and it works. i was told that if you walk your grey for a long time they can be loose sometimes and it is normal.

[gail]

Ben was exactly the same when we first got him, then gradually changed over the first year, and now 2 years on he usually produces 2 in the morning and one later in the day, all firm!

[tainferdia]

Thank you all - that's very reassuring. I hadn't thought of it before, but yes the more running around or longer the walk the more is produced!

[Deleted]

Seems to be a very popular subject with us greyhound owners!! I can confirm that Ted also has a 'threesome' every day and yes, it does get softer and softer!!!

[nicky]

Yep totally agree, all normal

[katie]

Nice to hear Paddy is doing well, he was such a lovely dog when we saw him in kennels at Ockendon, prior to his move to Elaines. And i totally agree with the others very normal.

[jennyr]

Hi, Yep, My hound Mousha is the same as well. On a longer walk she poos about 3 times and the last one is always very runny!!