Other White Dog Poop?

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The past few days I have noticed a white "crust" on the dog poops. They seem dry and brittle. The only major changes in the past month is of course the heat, it's over 100 degrees everyday. I changed to pork & peas last month so don't think that's it. However, I do notice a huge decrease in the amount of stool since the switch.

Google searches come up flat because I don't raw feed or have not given any bones. I do understand its decomposing a calcium deposit. Thinking maybe I need to add some wet food or water when it's so hot out to ensure they are getting enough moisture for digestion. I don't want them constipated.

My question is should this worry me? From reading it sounds like its not a bad thing. Just want to be sure.


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As a raw feeder I would not be worried. Less poo means better digestible food, less goes to waste. Pork and peas are no s**t, but great nurishment :2thumbs:Adding some water seems a good idea cause of the heat.
 

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Oh that happens all the time here, it's the Fromm we feed. The outer layer of the poop turns white in spots. I thought it was add at first and then started comparing their poops when Jack wasn't on Fromm yet. Not sure why, better ingredients comes to mind though?
 

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Come to think of it now, it was happening to until I switched them all back to the Beet Fritatta. Emma was on the pork and peas and then I was mixing it all together. I haven't noticed the white the last week or so. :hmm:
 

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Sounds normal tome. Sadly I have seen it and thought nothing. Just figured it was drying out quicker cuz the heat.
 

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Vegas is not on Fromm and his poop turns white within a day of baking in the hot FL. sun, that is how I spot it to pick it up (lol, I'm lying, Joe picks it up :ROFL:) BUT that is how we spot it in the back yard.
 

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It's the heat and the sun...and moisture content...even dogs on crappy Purina have this happen. More water is always good though, especially in the high heat!

We get a lot of wild animal :poo: in our yard and on the trail we walk on. It's amazing how the consistency and looks change...:)
 
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I figured the heat played a huge part in it, it's not the first I have ever seen but it is coming out that way so that's why I was curious. I'll add some water and see if that helps :)


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We mix warm water in our guys kibble, we started doing this when they were young puppies because I thought it would make it softer for them to chew, and then as they got older, they are both 16 months old now, we stopped it for a while, but they didn't seem to like the kibble as much, especially my male Bulldozer because he has a severe underbite and his teeth don't meet, so he eats much slower than his sister, I started adding the water again, and they devour the food, it makes a kind of gravy for them, and it gives them extra water, because It seems they don't always drink enough water.
 

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If you move North....you wont have the problem. Orion is on the Pork and Peas....and it rains a lot here. I've never seen the white crust because I never see the sun.
 

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I noticed this since I put them on Fromm too... never thought anything of it becasue it tends to happen in the warmer months
 
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Ok so I think I figured it out. The past few days the humidity has risen due to incoming monsoons. In Arizona it's really really dry in June!!! Even tho it was 100+ degrees you would barely sweat kinda dry.

I never did add water to the food. But since the rise of humidity their poops have gone back to normal. As a matter of fact, there seems to be a ton of poop all the sudden!

So I think it was the heat in combination of the dry air, caused dry poops!


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