I knew I shouldnt have clicked on the thread just as I was munching on my croissant..

 

shane;s looks like the last pic in the ''50'' score. its not VERY soft, just soft =p.

oh and im eating now as well =p.

 

I heard from other websites that if the stool is very hard then it can mean the dog has ordinary constipation, and in the chart above the score is 100 for very hard can anybody explain?

 

^^^ But if her stool looks like a score of 50 then it IS very soft. If it were firmer it would score higher

 

her??? shane's a guy......
it looks like the last score 50 a lo but sometimes looks like 75...id score it a 65 for most times.

 

Him, sorry LOL :tongue:

For some reason I thought Shane was a girl...

 

Whoa. Not making fun of your dog man...I have only seen the picture of him in your avatar and from that you can't tell the gender. And we have 3 separate dogs here at my clinic who are all female and named Shane (one of which is a golden), so its not unheard of to call a female dog Shane. Chill dude, not everyone here is out to get you :tongue: :wink:

 

LOL ok, did you get some of these photos from my back yard :tongue:LOL!!! My dogs dont have the bloody ones but yeah I can see its some from my back yard:biggrin::wink:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ok im sorry, i just thought most people kne shane was a gy's name never heard it being called to a female.

 

No worries :biggrin:

 

That's gross




Informative





but gross

 

Great chart. ((Gag)) :biggrin: Just kidding. In all honesty it is nice to have something to compare poops too. I'm glad to report that Lucky's doo doos are almost always in the 100 range. Small, on the dark side, hard, very easy to pick up. She's a great pooper! :tongue:

 

Hey, I am new here, just wondering what a 'modified' BARF diet is. there are soooooo many views. I kinda think that no kibble with raw makes sense since the digestive enzymes for raw would totally be different then the processed kibble. Hubby wants to finish the kibble, I want to donate it. what to do!!???? I have a friend that uses a BRT as a service dog!!! PS: Uzie has the 80ish to 100 since I have him on raw but was feeding him 1/3 of kibble in the am with his dispenser ball which is so cool for him as he is Basenji!

 

My boy's poops look like the 100 pics.

 

Well this is a first I've heard of this.

 

Hard stool and constipation are two *completely* different things. Hard stool cannot be constipation and vice versa.

 

lets see if we can associate the scoring with the food brand hehe:

Score 0: Iams
Score 25: Pedigree, Purina,
Score 50: Diamond (Canidae, TOTW, SG)
Score 75: Wellness Core, Fromm, Blue Buffalo
Score 100: Orijen, Acana, Evo, Nature's Variety

hehe, i was just having fun with this

 

Hilarious, thanks for the laugh. :biggrin:

Could also be a sign of disease too. I have one like that with Barnum.

 

About a month ago, while feeding kibble, I would seriously pray for the poop scored between 70 and 100. It would cause me to have sleepless nights because Jody (70 lb. German Shepherd) wasn't gaining weight and kibble caused her stool to come out very large and soft. Trust me...I wasn't overfeeding her.

I month later on raw food the poop picture scored at 100 looks huge because now that she is on a raw food diet her stool resembles large rabbit pellets and is completely firm. She is absorbing all of the nutrients!


(I guess I can get rid of the Tylan powder and Flagyl (Metronidazole) that never worked!!!)

 

I think some are mis reading the chart. Hard and dry is not ideal. on the chart here 2-3 is considered ideal.

 

from my understanding 7 is the worst so 1 should be the best..where do u get 2-3 is best..that wouldnt make much sense to make the best an arbitrary number between 1-7

 

Ever since I added raw to Millie's diet (she gets raw for breakfast) her poops have gone from 50 points to 100 points! Yippee!!

 

I found this to be very helpfull...I have Lucy on TOTW, but will be switching to raw soon, and right now she is in the 50% range, sometimes it is a little firmer but not by much....thanks again, my wife thinks im odd for being obsessed with my dog's poop!

 

OH okay and according to that new chart, she is a 2 or a 3 depending on the day. Used to be more of a 4 or 5 before I started adding raw. I am also switching her from Innova LB Puppy to Acana at the moment. Innova just never gave her impressive stools.

 

I will never look at dog poop the same again....:biggrin:

 

Well, maybe it's being scored on a scale other than best to worst. If I had to guess, it's being scored on moisture content.

 

Well, maybe it's being scored on a scale other than best to worst. If I had to guess, it's being scored on moisture content.>>>>

exactly, 100 or 1 depending on the chart is not good


A healthy dog's stools are small, firm, and moist. Dry, hard stools that cause your dog to strain may be a sign, of constipation, your dog isn't getting enough water, or it may be another dietary or health problem.

 

that is just what i was thinking. too hard is not good.

my husband used to think i was nuts to be obsessed with the dogs' poops but now he understands. :biggrin: he always gives me the reports when he comes in with the dogs. we strive for 2's here (from the second chart) since iorek spent the first 11 months of his life with constant 5's and 6's until we switched to raw. kibble just doesn't work for him. and, i am sure you all can agree, a sammy with 5's and 6's just doesn't work! bummy baths 2 times a day is not fun for anyone!

 

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DaneMama08 and Jiml
Thanks for posting those charts! Odd that the charts seem to be published by "Purina", because nobody ever seems to say anything good about their food! I had a wonderful, sweet brindle Dane and her name was "Ruble". She had every medical issue known to dogs...and then some! She was allergic to chicken and tons of other stuff, and the dog-food the breeder sent WITH her...made her stools like soup! After running the lab panel on her....the only food that we could get for her, at the time, was Purina Pro-Plan, Beef and Rice. And that was far from perfect. Or, I could cook for her, daily...which is basically what I did. I got really "up-close-and-personal" with Ruble's bottom...as she had to have several surgeries. One very controversial surgery she had, was I had to have her anal sacs removed. She had HUGE anal sacs, and from the moment she arrived, she drained. We expressed her daily, but she STILL drained. I'm talking STINKY, FOUL anal sac material draining 24/7 all over her, all over the house, and all over US!! It was horrible! After the surgery, we had to dab her little bum gently, with soft paper-towels and warm water, after every trip outside. Her sphincter muscles just weren't strong enough (for about 6 months to a year) to pinch off the poop, correctly. We also had to put hot, moist compresses on the area 3 times a day. She actually learned to LOVE it! Poor Ruble, she had soo many medical problems, but she was the sweetest, bravest dog! I will post pictures of Ruble as I figure out how to do it. And, I will tell you her story, as well.
Currently, my Dane, Turner...is having problems with soft stools. He's changed from a 3 (on the newer chart) down to a horrible 6! It's really awful, in one respect, because my new cottage has a tiny, little potty area....about 5'x6', and it's covered in pet turf. I have to pick up the poop IMMEDIATELY, and flush it down the toilet. So, when it's runny and gooey...my life SUCKS! I've switched his food from the Purina Pro Plan to Canidae ALS because the Co. assured me that his soft stool problems would be over! NOT! Now, I'm switching him, again, to TOTW. But...I don't think this is working either. He has had terrible gas, soft, soft stools and this new Vet has no advice. My KINGDOM for some nice score 2...#2!!! Any ideas? Other than raw?
Lynn