Our lab has always been "loose" when it comes to his bottom. He's a typical lab - given the chance he'll eat poo (any variety) and any litter / crumbs / whatever he can find. But because he is prone to diarrhoea we've always been careful about not giving him treats/snacks. He's well trained, was easy to train because he's so greedy, but because of his loose ish bum we've always just used his kibble as rewards.
He's had a few episodes over the years where he's had sickness and bad diarrhoea and I've starved him for 24-48 hours and then he has settled. When he was young and I gave him rice his poos looked like pancakes. So I've learnt starvation works best.
Anyway. If he has a swim in the river or a drink of a muddy puddle I can pretty much predict diarrhoea. But the past few weeks he seems to be having episodes of diarrhoea but without any apparent reason.
He is shut in the kitchen at night and this morning I came down to a pool of shit again and decided something needs to change. So I've been to the farm store where I buy his kibble and bought the same brand that he's had all his life but today I've bought the sensitive variety. The shopkeeper told me to introduce it gradually. Fingers crossed then!
But I just wondered if there were any words of advice out there?