Dog Pooping on Floor at Night

[Lady of McCamley]

This is good to know. She does poop five or six times a day sometimes.

Interestingly, enough, though, my other dog (in my profile) had pancreatitis, eats low fat food, and still only goes once or twice a day. But maybe that’s because she’s smaller.

Aw. She looks like a lab or lab mix. We raised lots of labs in the program over our 10 years with it.

Yes. I think your feeding schedule and food choice is likely driving this.

Pooping 5 to 6 times a day is extremely excessive especially at her age. Watch corn content which is a common issue with voluminous pooping. The foods we eliminated in allergy trials were corn, wheat, and chicken. One guide (who was dropped due to food allergies but we kept as a pet) began food trials in that order. We put her on an allergen free Hills Science Diet ZD, which I think is vet only but may be over counter now, then after a couple of weeks introduced one food trigger at a time. A lot of sensitive diet foods have a lot of fillers which may be triggering her.

At guide dogs, we fed once a day at 8am or so. Keep a regular schedule. Poop is usually a few hours after feeding.

Also I suggest worming if you haven't done it recently. Worm build up can cause digestive issues too.

LofMc

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[Evadig]

We put her on an allergen free Hills Science Diet ZD, which I think is vet only but may be over counter now, then after a couple of weeks introduced one food trigger at a time. A lot of sensitive diet foods have a lot of fillers which may be triggering her.

At guide dogs, we fed once a day at 8am or so. Keep a regular schedule. Poop is usually a few hours after feeding.

Also I suggest worming if you haven't done it recently. Worm build up can cause digestive issues too.

I'll look into the Hill's, and good to know about the fillers and the worms. I'd gladly feed her once a day, but Eva eats her main meal in the evening, so I think I'll give Annie hers in the morning and then just a handful at night so she doesn't feel left out.

Tonight we're going for a good walk, too!