white sh!t

[swagboy 9]

got 3 dog all eating the same and one has just starting to sh!t a chalk like sh!t what am i missing out or too much in his diet the food has a 18% protein level

[Moll. 1,769]

Don't worry, it's a bone poo (they have it after eating bones)

[skycat 6,172]

Too much bone in the diet: dog shouldn't strain hard and crack out white bullets which are powdery and bit the ground and bounce. Dogs are like people: what might suit one dog as a diet might not suit the next. Add more meat, reduce the amount of bone and increase the fibre: oats, minced veg, wholemeal pasta etc.

 

Just noticed that you said that the food is 18%protein, so assume you are not feeding a raw diet! In which case your one dog may have eaten all the bones intended for 3 dogs? Do you give bones and just put them down for the dogs to chew on as they please? Not a good idea. Don't feed big leg bones either, or knuckle bones as these are very hard, and can not only damage a dog's teeth, but if its greedy and possessive more likely to eat all the bones to stop the other dogs from getting them. Bones should be non weight bearing bones from nothing larger than a sheep, and preferably not from old animals either.

[comanche 2,799]

For some perverse reason the subject of white poo almost has a cult following these days . A bit like the Austin Allegros and I guess there is a similarity ....

Most of us older persons will be more than familiar with the sight of a "teacher poo" -as we used to call em on account of the chalky appearance . It adorned grass verges everywhere . Throw back to the days when dog food came from the butcher not the supermarket shelf .

Dogs love bones but as Skycat warns ,a bit of quality control does'nt go amiss.

Edited September 7, 2011 by comanche

[swagboy 9]

i did give them a rack of ribs off a row that was no good for us but that was split in to 3 and fed to them on top off the dry food. so its to much calcuim thanks for the help

[gnipper 6,019]

Out of interest did the other two dogs get the squits?

Mine get meat and bones regularly (not every day atm) and my cousin feeds them his dogs as a treat, my dogs digest the lot and do small firm stools and his tyrolean the yard.

[swagboy 9]

no the other 2 are fine just the dog with the white poo