Lets talk about poop.
 

Okay so I am not finding what I am looking for so I decided to start a new thread. A few weeks ago I switched Amirah's dog food. She was having the itches from the soy in it. I was feeding Nutro. My mother had told me as long as I went up in brand it would was fine to just switch her. Well Amirah was getting picky fast and in a desperate attempt to get her to eat I started mixing a bit of Wet dog food into it. And of course it had corn, but it was what I could find at the time and I was desperate for her to eat. And she ate it....she loved it. So for about a week I fed her this canned stuff with the Blue Buffalo wilderness for puppies. But her farts started smelling awful and I noticed her poop was a bit green and runnier. Not diarrhea but really soft. So I went to the pet store and got her wilderness canned food too...and she loves it...I mean loves it. This is the easiest time I have ever had getting my munchkin to eat. So over the last two days her farts have gotten way less stinky and way less often. Her poop is back to being solid. But it is still greenish! Should I be concerned? I know I should have probably eased her into the food, but I thought I was doing what was best considering how badly she was itching. She was miserable. So the green poop thing? Is this a big deal? Do you think it is just her body regulating things now!? Also she poops a bit more than before. Is this due to the protein?

I should add that she is acting fine. Healthy and spazy as per her normal.

My Taycie has one sensitive stomach and I have been the "rounds" on food. The color could be from food, however do you think she got into anything recently?

As far as pooping more on the food, it could be just be to rich or it could be to cut back down on the serving size. Higher protein foods have higher calorie per cup percentages so I would check the bag how many calories are in 1 cup and that might give you an idea of of how much she should be eating. Also, remember if you add any treats during the day, that will also affect her poop.

The best advice I can give about food is once you find something that works stick with it. All dogs are different and no 2 dogs will thrive on the same thing.

And, because I run to the vet for everything, you could just take in a stool sample and have a fecal done to make sure everything is ok.

It is tough. As Emily mentioned, every dog is different. It also could be that she's cleansing her body of all the icky stuff. I'd wait a couple more days and see if the green goes away.

Max had greenish poop when I tried a couple of high protein foods with him. I decided he did better with his lower protein food. When he went back to old food, the green poop went away.

I don't know what causes the green, but it concerned me too.

Wanted to add, if you are feeding 100% canned food, make sure it is a "complete diet" food. Many canned foods are pure protein and meant only as supplements.

I am not giving Amirah more than a teaspoon of canned in her dry food. It seems to be enough.

Also if you are switching foods, I always add a little bit of plain canned pumpkin. It helps with the loose stool and it helps with them not picking the old and the new dry

Whenever I try to switch foods they just pick out the new stuff- so there is no way to change over slowly around here!
Great note about the higher calorie count- Ziva gained an awful lot of weight on the Fromm food, very quickly, I forgot all those frequent healthy poops added up to too much food!
I use a teaspoon of wet food on the dry for their evening meal- I steam chicken and veggies and freeze it in small containers or ice cube trays, and take one out every other day. Maybe you can freeze the canned in little dabs...

googled & found this: Canine Medical Problems Indicated with Dog Feces - VetInfo

The green indicates bile from the liver. Sometimes when there is a digestive upset the liver will over produce bile. Sometimes they throw up a yellow fluid which is bile but in the poo it usually shows up green.

I would just try to back off on the canned as much as you can and still get her to eat. Don't switch her again if you can avoid it. Certainly don't buy anymore of the cheep canned food.

Hope she gets back to normal soon.

Thanks for all of your advice her poop is slowly going back to brown and getting less stinky...cheap dog for I swear(and let's be honest the price wasn't cheap)

I know. You can spend a lot of money for some really bad pet food. Reading the ingredient list and checking out the companies are our only defense.