My dogs poop has been kinda messy it comes out like how ice cream in a swirl in a cone.. There's never any blood--have brown/dark brown/yellowish
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There might be something in this food that she is allergic to. try a good quality grain free dry food(e.g. Orijen, Accana, Evolve), transition to the new food gradually over a period of 10 days (every day put a little more from the new food and a little less from the old food). keep her o the food for 2 months to decide if it helps or not.
Alternatively you can use a supplement called "Pro Fiber" in order to harden the stools.
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Soft stool is a sign of potential intestinal parasites or dietary indiscretion (eating something she shouldn't have resulting in inflammatory bowels). I would recommend getting her seen by your veterinarian for a routine fecal exam + GIardia test to rule out parasites. Then if all comes back negative the veterinarian can prescribe antibiotics (usually Metronidazole) and potentially probiotics (Fortiflora, Proviable or Culturelle over the counter) to get the bacterial flora in the intestines back to normal. Also giving her a bland or low fat diet would help as well, such as boiled plain chicken and rice or cottage cheese OR Purina EN Gastrointestinal canned food over the counter.
I would recommend investigating what your pet could have gotten into to cause this upset GI tract. Garbage can raiding, changing dog food abrupty, feeding people food, all these things can cause a disruption in the GI normal flora and cause lose stool. So it is best to stick with dry dog food, don't make sudden switches in food (usually done over the course of 7 days), and no people food as it is higher in calories and can not only upset some dogs stomach it can also stress the pancreas and cause sudden acute pancreatitis (inflamed pancreas) which is a more severe disorder to treat.
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