Originally Posted by Britster (Post 3180102)

Like, how frequent? What food does he eat?

Runny stools are very often caused from over-feeding. I've actually learned recently how many dogs are overfed. The bag is usually a WAY over estimate of what a dog should be fed.

Jackson is 15-16lbs and eats 1/2 cup of Acana Grasslands a day. 1/4 cup in the AM and 1/4 cup in PM. A tiny bit of wet food is mixed in both times. Every bag suggests he eats 1 cup-1 1/2 cups a day and that would be way too much for him I've found out. He rarely has a problem with runny stools except when he eats too many treats or something nasty outside.

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985 (Post 3180784)

Kaji is fine. He's got solid logs. :p

I've actually seen that marking with poop behavior. One of my roomies chihuahua mix loved to mark. She was obsessed with it! She would pee everywhere she could and when she ran out she would switch to poop. At first the poop looked like little logs, but she wouldn't eliminate completely. She'd actually save it so she could poop somewhere else. Eventually the poops got softer and softer until they were the same consistency of really soft spaghetti. Same size too.

Originally Posted by BlueBelle (Post 3180900)

I have been battling this with Sophie for a month now. Previously she was very regular and very solid. I was out of town and my DH was feeding her and I think he gave too much moist and she was getting a little soft. Then she got into a visiting dogs Pedigree coming in a pouch food which was very gravy like. She went right to seriously runny poos. When it didn't stop after having her on chicken & rice for a few days the vet said the fecal test was fine and it put her on an antibiotic for five days. She got better but as soon as she went back to her regular food it started again. It was even runnier. Back on the antibiotic but after being on it for one day she seemed ok. Afraid not to complete the treatment I finished out 5 days. Two days later back runny again.:eek: Another round of treatment. I have put her on chicken & pumpkin and some probiotics. She is responding well, but I am coming to the end of this course of meds soon and I am worried what will happen. I don't like her being on so much antibiotics, but don't know what to do.:confused::confused: Before this she NEVER had a problem and we could even change her food and it didn't matter. She is 9 mos old.

Originally Posted by BlueBelle (Post 3180900)

I have been battling this with Sophie for a month now. Previously she was very regular and very solid. I was out of town and my DH was feeding her and I think he gave too much moist and she was getting a little soft. Then she got into a visiting dogs Pedigree coming in a pouch food which was very gravy like. She went right to seriously runny poos. When it didn't stop after having her on chicken & rice for a few days the vet said the fecal test was fine and it put her on an antibiotic for five days. She got better but as soon as she went back to her regular food it started again. It was even runnier. Back on the antibiotic but after being on it for one day she seemed ok. Afraid not to complete the treatment I finished out 5 days. Two days later back runny again.:eek: Another round of treatment. I have put her on chicken & pumpkin and some probiotics. She is responding well, but I am coming to the end of this course of meds soon and I am worried what will happen. I don't like her being on so much antibiotics, but don't know what to do.:confused::confused: Before this she NEVER had a problem and we could even change her food and it didn't matter. She is 9 mos old.

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom (Post 3181071)

What is the medication? Honestly, I'd repeat the fecal. Giardia often hides under scope and can be missed many, many times. It is not all that uncommon for a dog to have 2-3 fecals before giardia is finally seen under scope.

Is there blood? Mucous? Is it grainy? Has she been around standing water, bird poop, other dogs, outside, anything?

Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 3181081)

How scary! Most dogs are always outside, around bird poop or other dogs. Why do dogs love to sniff bird poop so much?

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom (Post 3181085)

Puppies/young adults are much more vulnerable to giardia than adults. An adult could get it and they could have a day or 2 of funny or bad stools, and you'd wonder what was up, and then it may be gone. Or, an adult may have no symptoms. But, giardia can actually be deadly in puppies bc of the dehydration...the stools are soooo runny and frequent. Marcel had it twice as a pup, and it scared the, well, poop out of us both.

I don't know why dogs are so attracted to the bird poopery, I don't get it either. Maybe it smells like food still?

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom (Post 3181071)

What is the medication? Honestly, I'd repeat the fecal. Giardia often hides under scope and can be missed many, many times. It is not all that uncommon for a dog to have 2-3 fecals before giardia is finally seen under scope.

Is there blood? Mucous? Is it grainy? Has she been around standing water, bird poop, other dogs, outside, anything?

Originally Posted by BlueBelle (Post 3181141)

No blood, just pretty much soft poos, sometimes mucous. The medication the vet put her on is the vet equivalent of Flagyl. She continues to act her normal self. She is outside sometimes in our back yard and she will try to eat almost anything (except dog food!) she can get in her mouth.:eek: she is never unattended as I spend the entire outside time chasing her to get whatever she has in her mouth as she plays "you can't catch me".:mad:Any advise is greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985 (Post 3181122)

Is mucous significant? Like a sign towards something?

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom (Post 3181381)

Oh...do you have a PetCo near you (not petsmart)? If yes, you may want to pick up some BeneBac - it is a high potency probiotic paste that is meant for times like this, and sometimes it works little miracles. It's cheap, easy to give, and I always keep this stuff in my ER kit. I usually get the "ferret/small animal" size rather than the big dog size.