Hoover Nosed Black [PoorWordUsage] Machine

[Ufatz]

About 18 months ago an old pal gifted me a runt black Lab pup to help me recover from the loss of my faithful old pal Annie. Well, I could go on and on boring you fellas with what a wonder dog this is but chances are you have heard it all before. I think she makes Lab #14. She is a Hoover Nosed, dock Leaping, Unstoppable Monster! What a driven little girl! But, and this is something I have not dealt with in years past, she is also a [PoorWordUsage] factory, with apparently an assembly line ability to make piles three and four times a day. She is healthy as a horse. She will (and don't you wish you could do this)[PoorWordUsage] on command IF I want her to.

So what's with the [PoorWordUsage] compulsion? At first I feared she was not getting all the nutrients from her food (Purina) but apparently that is not the case as she is strong, good coat,great gleaming white teeth and bright clear eyes.

She will be my last dog ( I fear she will outlive me) and she has turned out to be a loyal and loving little dog, so easy to train it's not even work and when I park my large carcass for a break she is right between my feet grabbing a nap.

But the [PoorWordUsage]!! I haven't seen this much waste product since I quit politics!

Thanks for your deliberate and wise analysis fellas.

PS. When you respond do not use the P word because you see what happens when you do! LOL

[leech~~]

What goes In-Comes out! Not sure if you are feeding her more or less or something different then your last dogs? But, she isn't "making" any more crapp then the rest of them by herself?

[CaptainMusky]

Yeah, I would strongly look at the food you are giving her. If any of the first ingredients are corn or some other type of filler that is largely why she craps so much!

[Ufatz]

I am seriously thinking about switching food because I am hip to that of course. But have fed various Purina chows for decades and had healthy hard working dogs.

I know there are all kinds of new foods on the market today and on occasion have tried a couple of them. Oddly enough, one of them produced the same results we are now seeing with this dog! Ha Ha Ha!

I usually don't get all bent out of shape over a dog problem like this so am more curious than anything. The dog is totally healthy and could easily wear out two fourteen year old boys. And one old man.

[CaptainMusky]

Yeah she is just a mad crapper. LOL

The thing is the more they defacate (tired of using the word dump) that is basically the waste or what their body didnt use. I dont buy the $80 a 5# bag of food that some people do, but I look at the ingredients of the stuff I buy and have found a few different ones available all over that are reasonably priced.

It is also possible she may have some sort of alergy to that food that your other dogs didnt, but I am certainly no vet.

I know I used to buy real cheap food and the dogs ate WAY more and you guessed it left a LOT more mess.

The trouble is finding one they like that doesnt break the bank and also performs well.

[gspman]

Take a stool sample to the vet and have them take a look.

[Don Brinkman]

If you like Purina, I would suggest you use Purina Pro plan. That's what I've been using for 5.5 years for my GSP no issues. One other thing dogs have anal glands that they use to mark territory, when my male comes across wolf scat or coyote scat, he always try's to pinch one off right next to it.

[BLACKJACK]

I think a better quality dog food might help you out, less filler in the dog food, less output. Also is there a chance that she eating other stuff, like beans out of your garden, compost pile, apples?? My labs love apples!!!

You didn't say whether you live in town in a fenced in yard or out in the country?? I know that the first thing I do morning and evening when the dogs get let out of their kennel is take them for a walk down the driveway - "Hurry up!!! Hurry up!!!" -- and they run off to the edge of the mowing and do their duties. When it comes time for something exciting like throwing dummies, I do a couple and then we take a break and a walk so we can do more duties "Hurry up!!! Hurry up!!!.

If this is the worst problem you have with your pup consider yourself lucky!!