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Originally Posted by KatysMom  Poop too soft to pick up? May bite if she is picked up?
1. Suggest you need to pick up her poop. You earlier wrote that vet had said her poop ("always wet") was normal. In my experience, "wet" is different than too soft to pick up. Except for bouts of diarrhea, I don't recall a time when my sweetie's business was difficult to pick up--even then, I managed to pick it up and dispose of the waste.
Pick up the poop and keep the area where you walk her clean.
2. Biting?
I don't think it is normal for a dog to bite someone who loves them and treats them well. While it might be a behavior/training issue, it well might be a health issue. OR ... it could be a combination of both as it doesn't sound like this came on suddenly.
I would take the dog to the vet and have her checked out. (Bring that day's stool sample with you.) If the vet you normally see won't help you with these issues, find a vet who will.
" Help, My Dog Bites! ..." 2012
I'm sure there are many, many other good references about this on the internet, but I'd start with the vet. |
I always pick up after the dogs, once they finish their business. Today I took out sasha alone, and she pooped again to which I had to awkwardly follow her around with a poop bag right under her. She was not very happy. Some of it still fell on the grass, and when I tried to pick it up- it slathered all over the grass....like trying to pick up melting butter or something.
I don't know if the second one is suggesting I don't love or treat my mom's dog well or if I am reading it wrong. But I treat her with a great deal of care. So does my mom, however I may have mentioned in a previous post from last year that she was attacked by a neighbor's dog and ever since then she's never wanted to be picked up or touched in certain areas.... We have taken her to the vet before. She doesn't bite, bite. It's just she snaps if picked up. Simply does not want to be picked up by anyone. She likes being pet, and never really bites. I just feel she gets so excited her nipping feels a tad painful sometimes. She was always like this since she was bought. My mom got her when she was 8 weeks old, given to her by my sibling on account of her wanting that kind of dog.
I personally felt like crap that some guys pitbull attacked her. I wish I could had prevented it. But that's partly why I took control of her. My moms got some illness called lupus so I am trying to take charge of a few things that I can. I want to give these dogs the best I can. Which is why I go online to educate myself. My problem with her stepping on her own poop is mostly that I don't want her to get sick or something from it.
The vet long ago said "Since she has always been this way since birth. She is fine. It is her stomach sensitivities. Just avoid giving her table scraps or treats unless in very small portions. Since you have been changing her diet properly every 5 months or so to see which kibble affects her the least I don't think this is something that will go away. Likely it might be congenital. You can try adding a little bit of pumpkin puree to help with her digestion, it may or may not work. At this point I recommend that you find a limited ingredients kibble, and leave it at that."
We left it as such, we stuck to wellness salmon recipe since long ago and only in the recent years have I noticed that her poop has been slightly softer. She's not getting any treats anymore to avoid issues.
She poops 2x daily which was always normal. Her poop has been soft.
In this new house she's often getting into barking contests with the neighbors dog when I walk her in the yard to let her poop. The neighbors dog is a golden retriever and sasha seems to get very very defensive and agitated and I feel that this may or may not further contribute to her problem.
As for the vet, yeah I am switching vets soon. I am taking maggie in 3 weeks for her lastly yearly shots, during which she and sasha will get a complete check up. A few days after maggie will get her dental done.
Not sure if I should change sasha's kibble as it may have changed without me noticing it. But she only started getting this issue recently. I just thought it wasn't something too big because her poop wasn't liquid, it was just soft. She has been behaving the same otherwise.