When Is It Too Much...

[silverdog]

Another thing to consider is the overall amount of food you are feeding. Dogs have a very short digestive system, so if you are overfeeding a puppy, all that extra food will simply come out the other end, and usually as the runs.

It could also very well be the chicken. One of mine girls is VERY sensitive to chicken (and this includes eggs). Gets the runs, farts up a storm, ears flare up with yeast for days after she gets anything chicken based. She does very well on turkey, rabbit, and fish as her main sources of protein.

The others are happy with whatever gets put in front of them. LOL.

I switched to raw feeding about two years ago. Took about a month for everyone's tum to settle down to it (and that was my fault for dragging it out combining raw with dry... once I cut out dry and fed them nothing but raw, their tums adjusted quickly). And wow.. once they did settle, the reduction in poop production was dramatic. Made me realize just how much filler I was paying for when feeding kibble. (And I was feeding top quality, premium kibble, with less filler than some of the cheaper brands).

[BCPuppy]

Poop is sooo fascinating dont you think My Oh thinks I am wierd as I examine every nugget so closely

Marlin has been on raw since we brought her home, lots of bones of all sorts, chicken or kangaroo meat & she does get mashed pumpkin and natural yoghurt most days. Poops are firmish little nuts about twice daily, by the time I get to pick them up they are nicely sun baked and as VJB said easily scooped up