Rescue dog diarrhea

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We've had our ten month old rescue terrier pup for two weeks tomorrow and since day three she has had diarrheah and extremely soft poos. She's from Bulgaria so a few days of an upset tummy was expected but it's dragging on now and I'm getting a little tired of cleaning up overnight kitchen poop!
She was on Harringtons food, now switched to tails for sensitive tummy and also prokolin paste aince yesterday but she's still having squishy poops multiple times a day.
Rice helped but as soon as dog food was re introduced we are back to sloppy poops!

When I adopted my dog from rescue, the rescue had put her on food for sensitive tummies because she had bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting and they could not find anything wrong with her. She continued to have diarrhoea every now and then despite me putting her on a diet recommended by the rescue's vets. My own vet suggested I try her on grain-free dog food, which I did and no problems since. Perhaps worth a try for your dog? (I get James Wellbeloved grain-free wet food pouches, used mixed in with JW or Harrington's grain-free dry foods.

I'd put good money on her having giardia

@CMOTDibbler I was also coming to suggest Giardia so many Eastern European dogs are positive and some can be very, very difficult to resolve.

Have you seen a vet? Our rescue took a while to get used to her food etc. We have her on a sensitive food now and the vet gave me some Lomotil tablets if she has diarrhoea.
Two weeks is still very new, we had two months of upset on and off. Give her time x.

I would recommend Chappie.

Try Chappie, the original one in the red can.

I was also thinking giardia. I had a cat that had it, and who managed to get himself shut in the spare bedroom with it. The mess was impressive.

I'd suggest contacting the vet if you haven't already.

Thanks everyone. I haven't contacted the vet yet as she seems perfectly fine in herself, eating well and absolutely full of beans but if her tummy is still unsettled next week then i will definitely book a vet visit.

Make sure you are super hot on hygiene Giardia ( and some of the other bugs) can be transmitted to humans.

And is very nasty in humans (having had a 2 month bout myself).

If she's still got the runs next week, phone the vet - they may need a stool sample.

I don’t know enough about girdia to comment on that. However, if I had a new rescue dog and had already changed their food twice in two weeks I would expect them to have the symptoms you describe.

Another one to say Chappie - we had a rescue dog with a loose tummy previously and the vet recommended it.

Yea that wasn't a good idea I agree

And is very nasty in humans (having had a 2 month bout myself).

My friend had it, bloody hell it was awful, it took months to recover.

Chappie wet food or dry?

We have a Bulgarian rescue.
The exact same happened to us.
I would personally avoid wet tinned food, but raw pet food (found in the freezers at pet shops) make sure its defrosted. We give our dog between 4-5 cubes of food twice a day with her Tails biscuits but she's a 27kg dog
My dogs tails biscuits are free from pretty much everything.
After a week or so her poo was solid.
Again similar to you that our dog was completely fine in herself apart from this problem.
Please try what I've suggested. We've had our dog for 3 years now and she's been great since.

Also if you'd like to know which raw food we use from Pets at Home let just send me a PM, I can even give you the outline of our Tails order too.
You will need to persevere for a week or two before you see a dramatic change. I think ours only took a few days though before we started seeing a difference.

I’m wary of grain free food. It has been linked to heart issues ( especially in golden retrievers.)

The tinned version op. My Patterdale has always had a sensitive tummy but is absolutely fine on Chappie, and looks the picture of health. Tbh sometimes I think he’s fine and allow him something else, or he gets too many titbits at a party and his tummy immediately reverts to awful slimy, mucusy poos and he’s obviously uncomfortable.

However as yours has come from Bulgaria I think it would be worth getting her checked out for giardia etc. And just a general check up at the vets to make sure there is nothing else that needs dealing with.

Canned chappie.
Our rescue greyhound had terrible tummy trouble, which we think was caused by stress. Once she started on tinned chappie things calmed right down. Honestly, it really does help.
Obviously if things don't improve more investigation is needed.
Good luck

We had the same and bought Pro-Kaolin on the recommendation of the PDSA. It is easy to get and is in a paste form so you just squeeze it on the food.

If our terrier eats anything out of the ordinary she gets the poos, so we always have some at home.

Firstly book in with vet for stool sample. They will run different tests to rule out anything. What was the dog fed on before you got her. They can pick up bugs via raw food. I had this problem with my rescue. With many rescues they are fed on whats donated. I recommend chappie. You need to use the tins it worked with mine after 3 days. For training treats I use the dried chappie. If the vets tests don't pick up bug or parasites it could be an intolerance. Therefore dont feed meats beef, pork , chicken etc. Definitely don't feed raw as dioreah will be far worse. You could gradually introduce them and see what the intolerance is over time. Chappie is fish and rice. My dog is ok with fish any meats make him ill. I can't recommend chappie enough my vet swears by it.