My puppy poos a lot - help!

[meandmygirl1]

Our 15 week border collie pup is a delight apart from pooing a lot. She had colitis and had antibiotics for 2 weeks and we changed her food. She is still pooing 8-10 times per day and some are solid, some less so.She has got slightly better but we are still up twice a night as she needs a poo. We feed her three meals of dry food -80grams each at 6am,2pm and 6pm. Can anyone advice what i am doing wrong? I cant feed her any earlier than 2pm due to working.

And sorry for more information, she farts a lot too

What food are you using?

It is a dry food mix from local pet shop. Recommended due to her colitis.

It is their own mixture so not a branded one

How long has she been on the new food? Colitis can take a while to settle, my lab x collie had it very bad as a pup and it took us a long time to find a food that settled it.

A friend who has switched to raw feeding for her cavaliers is delighted they poo less as a consequence.

Might be worth a try?

Thank you for advice. Am scared to change her food again incase worse!! Do u think worth going to vet for advice?

Vets aren't nutritionists.

Has she been checked for giardia? We find a lot of puppies with diarrhoea have this. It is an intestinal parasite cases diarrhoea, tummy rumblings and wind.

Ok any ideas?

Yes think will get her checked thanku

Always try a new food for at least 2 weeks as it can take that long for things to settle down, the only food that really helped my dog was chappie, was recommended by my vet.

Chappie was mentioned by a few people thanku

Just to update we been at vet and she has to get medicine syringes for next 3 days which they are hoping will clear it up. Otherwise stool sample to be sent away

My dalmatian has colitis, the only thing that stops him pooing several times a day was switching to raw. I don't do it "properly" though, I just feed the frozen blocks on mince you can buy at any pet shop.

We still get up to 2/3 poos per walk, so at least 6 poos per day but it is much better consistency and he doesn't suffer with the awful gurgling stomach that used to make him so uncomfortable.

I struggled to find the right food for my collie, Skinners was OK but Genesis has been brilliant. It is twice the price of Skinners but I use much less so it actually works out as better value.

The poos are just so much easier to pick up!!

Better quality food = less poos. We've always fed Hill's Science Diet to our dogs and it's seemed to keep poos to a minimum (2 - 3 per day) because it has less indigestible bulk in it.

Down to 6 poos a day now and she is sleeping now through the night!!

I have a collie he pooed loads too. He also gets an upset stomach rather easily but we feed dry chappie and he now poos about 2/3 times a day instead of his 5/6 before. I think it might be a breed thing maybe?