Vabulldog
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I have an 8, almost 9-month English bulldog puppy. Ever since he got back from being boarded his evening stools are soft. Not diarrhea, but sometimes I have to pull grass to be able to get it. It's formed, but soft. I've given him probiotics with his morning meal the last 3 days to help.
One more thing. I measured out enough food to last him and then I added an extra scoop. When I picked him up the tech said he ran out of food and they gave him Hill Science. I asked her to repeat herself, she went into the back, and then said that she made a mistake and that he had the last of his food that morning and didn't have any for dinner. That was fine since I picked him up at 6pm. That left me wondering what really happened. I would NOT give a dog random food. I'd rather let him skip a meal than to give him a random food. I'm still not sure that a different food would affect him in this way.
I feed him 1.5 cups 2x a day. He poops 3x a day. Food has not changed although I wonder if he got into someone else's food at the vet. He poops first thing in the morning. I feed him and then he poops when I get home from work. I feed him again and then he goes around 8 - 9pm. Am I just taking him out too early and that's why it's soft? I've thought about pushing his dinner back and not taking him out at night to give his stool at chance to harden. Most adult dogs that I've had poop 2x a day. I'm not sure when a puppy transitions from 3x to 2x a day. Maybe that's what's going on.
Brutus doesn't ring a bell or signal at the door. I break up the day in equal parts and that works for us. He doesn't have any accidents in the house and is crate trained when my wife and I go out and at night.
One more thing. I measured out enough food to last him and then I added an extra scoop. When I picked him up the tech said he ran out of food and they gave him Hill Science. I asked her to repeat herself, she went into the back, and then said that she made a mistake and that he had the last of his food that morning and didn't have any for dinner. That was fine since I picked him up at 6pm. That left me wondering what really happened. I would NOT give a dog random food. I'd rather let him skip a meal than to give him a random food. I'm still not sure that a different food would affect him in this way.
I feed him 1.5 cups 2x a day. He poops 3x a day. Food has not changed although I wonder if he got into someone else's food at the vet. He poops first thing in the morning. I feed him and then he poops when I get home from work. I feed him again and then he goes around 8 - 9pm. Am I just taking him out too early and that's why it's soft? I've thought about pushing his dinner back and not taking him out at night to give his stool at chance to harden. Most adult dogs that I've had poop 2x a day. I'm not sure when a puppy transitions from 3x to 2x a day. Maybe that's what's going on.
Brutus doesn't ring a bell or signal at the door. I break up the day in equal parts and that works for us. He doesn't have any accidents in the house and is crate trained when my wife and I go out and at night.
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