Lab still has runny poop - please help!

[Stillmonday]

My 13 year old lab has had runny poop for as long as I can remember. Vets have squeezed her anal glands twice but it's made no difference.

Vets can't find anything wrong with her but say next stage would be an op which obviously we don't want to do.

Tried swapping her food to just plain rice for a few days which hardened her poop up somewhat but then when re introducing food it's gone back to normal.

Foods we've tried are Arden Grange which she used to be fine with, tried Chappie from recommendations but that's made her worse.

What can I do? Feel really sorry for her not to mention us!

My pointer had runny stools until we discovered he had a sensitivity to chicken. Apparently quite a lot of dogs do. It's a bit tricky because loads of foods not labelled cjicken flavour still have poultry fat in.

@Iamenough

I suggested the OP have the dog tested for giardia, and not feed a diet that may cause heart failure.

Are you not above to read other posts in the thread?

Hi there, firstly I am sorry to hear your dog is having issues with his stools. It can't be nice for you or your pooch. I have to agree with lamenough in regards to raw food. One of its many benefits is that it improves a dogs digestion, thanks largely to the lack of grains or supplements that resemble them. A good raw dog food will be made of only natural ingredients and the raw meat has high protein levels. There are a number of benefits and most importantly it will eliminate the runny poo problem providing it isn't an underlying health condition. Here is some more information about the benefits of raw dog food. I hope it helps and your dog is feeling better soon.