Is there any illness factor that can affect the colour of dog poo ?[fresh ]
My Springer Spaniel is doing white crumbly poo with no change in diet, water
availabe at all times

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Is there any illness factor that can affect the colour of dog poo
?[fresh ] My Springer Spaniel is doing white crumbly poo with no
change in diet, water availabe at all times




It sounds as if your dog is picking up bones somewhere. Check with your
neighbor and see if they are perhaps throwing bones over the fence.

diddy wrote:

It sounds as if your dog is picking up bones somewhere. Check with your
neighbor and see if they are perhaps throwing bones over the fence.

Assuming the dog is fed a commercial diet, it's also possible that
the formula has been changed. I believe manufacturers have up to
six months to update packaging to reflect a change in ingredients.

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diddy wrote:

It sounds as if your dog is picking up bones somewhere. Check with your
neighbor and see if they are perhaps throwing bones over the fence.

Assuming the dog is fed a commercial diet, it's also possible that
the formula has been changed. I believe manufacturers have up to
six months to update packaging to reflect a change in ingredients.


I would think that much added calcium in the kibble would make it pretty
obvious there had been a formula change. More than likely, the dog is
picking up a bone source somewhere.

diddy wrote:

I would think that much added calcium in the kibble would make it pretty
obvious there had been a formula change. More than likely, the dog is
picking up a bone source somewhere.

As long as you are sure, I guess there is no reason for the OP to
consider any other possibilities.

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r j holloway wrote:
Is there any illness factor that can affect the colour of dog poo ?[fresh ]
My Springer Spaniel is doing white crumbly poo with no change in diet, water
availabe at all times



So this is an on-going change - not just one odd looking bowel movement?
When my BCs were pups they had some pretty weird looking poop after
ripping to shreds and consuming a brand new double-sized roll of toilet
paper.

Kathleen

diddy wrote:

I'm not sure, but asking the OP to consider stupid possibilities seems a
bit senseless

Another stupid possibility: lightening of feces could indicate that
something is wrong with the liver or pancreas. In the absence of a
change in diet, I think consulting the vet would be a very good idea.

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diddy wrote:

I agree with that. as well as the potential of toilet paper from a previous
poster. Your suggestion of health issues is NOT a stupid possibility.

I suspect you would not think my previous suggestion was stupid if
you'd ever had an animal that was seriously sensitive to a common
food ingredient, who for years did fine on a food without that
ingredient, then suddenly was not doing well, only to find out that
the ingredient you were avoiding had been added to the food but the
packaging had not yet been updated to reflect the change.

Considering that the OP doesn't say what sort of diet the dog is on,
I don't think it's stupid to investigate a change in feed formulation.

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r j holloway wrote:

Is there any illness factor that can affect the colour of dog poo
?[fresh ] My Springer Spaniel is doing white crumbly poo with no
change in diet, water availabe at all times

I've seen this in my own Pup, after my SO gave her a boiled ham bone
against my "best wishes"...

I'm with ditty on this one, your Springer has found some bones. Check
your yard for recent excavations or any remnants of the phantom bone.

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Thanks everyone , especially those of you that mentioned BONES, I now have a
confession from the other half that she gave the dog raw chicken bones.
Great peace of mind for me,the dog is none the worse.the other half is
quiet.
Again Thanks