one and a half year old stool is runny at nights.
 

My puppy, Bailey, has had runny stool at nights, while having it being solid in the morning. I'm not sure if I am overreacting, which is something I am guilty of all the time when it comes to my Bailey, but I would like to get more further opinions. Her diet is something I've been keeping an eye on as she is a very picky eater and I want to make sure she is always eating enough, and eating good food. The last few days her morning meal has been unseasoned scrambled eggs, we leave kibble down for her in the afternoon, and for dinner she has a cooked, boneless, fish fillet usually tilapia or salmon. The one thing I am worried about is when I let her outside she likes to eat the bark we have in the landscaping around the trees, this is a habit I'm having trouble breaking her of.

Her behavior seems fairly normal, she still has a lot of energy but she has been spending more time on the couch than usual but she tends to do that when the weather is poor outside and its been snowy and cold out lately. I don't want to take her to the vet everytime something unusual happens if its a minor thing because our vet is kind of expensive, but I absolutely have to make sure she is okay. I've come here for advice in the past and have not only found answers but also people who can relate to how important my Bailey and her health is to me and I appreciate that.

Hi and welcome back. My personal opinion and because I can see how concerned you are, I would take her to the vet to make sure nothing else is going on, she is not getting dehydrated or picked something up. Vets can be expensive but it's worth it for your sanity and the health of Bailey. How long has this been happening? How much does she weigh? I worry that she also could be missing something in her diet because of the human food you are feeding her. I know when you home cook for them they need certain vitamins and supplements. I would search on yorkie talk about home cooking for Bailey to see what else you are supposed to add to her diet. I'm sure there will be others that will come along that know more and to give you advice. Best of luck.

I believe that some mulch/bark products can actually be toxic, so I'd be very very careful with that.

As far as food, you may want to try eliminating the fish meal and instead giving dog food for that meal for a week or two - and see if the runny stool is eliminated by eliminating the fish. If it's not the fish, then I would eliminate the eggs for a while to see if it's that.

Yeah the bark is something we're constantly working on and im sure over time she'll get over it. We are eliminating the food type to see if one of them specifically is causing an issue. I appreciate the responses it's nice to hear so far we're on the right track.

It it was me, I would put a barrier around those trees that she can't get through. Also cocoa mulch is Toxic to dogs! Get rid of it if you have it.


In terms of home-cooking salmon for sure is a *fatty* fish, this could be the cause of her loose stools at night.

If your going to continue to home cook rather than give dog food your going to have to suppliment. People food isnt nutricionally balanced for a dogg. Alot of people on here use Balanceit