Sniffy

oh yes....definitely different.

and at the end of a walk, when they really, really still want to pee on every tree, lamp post, hydrant, etc....Stanley lefts his leg and does the Two-Drop Dew-Drop. Takes every effort to muster up a drop or two of pee when he's been letting it fly freely every few feet for the past hour.

OH yes, definitely..everyone's mileage may vary on this and all issues! I failed to add earlier that he did have multiple fecal tests for parasites (cleared them all), his dog food has probiotics in it AND he gets Daily Dollops of full fat plain yogurt.

Damn...I didn't get any peeps this year. I mean, the KIDS didn't get any peeps this year. I keep hearing scary stories about the red dye.... like if you eat a few tons of red colored peeps you might have exposure to a carcinogen. Okay, good thing there are about 50 other colors of peeps out there.

YES that is the product! It is just a teeny bit strange to have a dog on a High Fiber Diet...our prior grey had a lot less .... volume...on her walks. But Stanley is doing really well so we thought we'd share in case it helps anyone else out there.

Loose stools are a common characteristic of sighthounds (Stating the obvious here) and this has been attributed to many things including the way they are built (those cinch waists don't leave room for a lot of intestines, etc). After having some (but not complete) success with Olewo carrots, a neighbor told me about what is basically Metamucil for dogs. It contains mostly psyllum husks (the ingredient in metamucil) plus some beet root powder. And wouldn't you know it...wow it works. Can't guarantee it will work for every grey out there, but it works for us. Stanley has earned the nickname "Joey Four-poops" because he 'goes' four times during each walk (sometimes five, his record is seven). The third and fourth of these 'movements' have historically been Of Questionable Character (they weren't fully cured, if you know what I mean). We were happy to get the first two BMs of of the walk to be well-formed, thanks to Olewo. But now there's hope for the rest of the walk. We can easily pick up nearly everything. We continue a half-dose of olewo, plus one baby scoop that comes in the can of Fiber for Dogs, 2x daily. That's the straight poop. Would love to hear if anyone else out there uses Fiber for Dogs. What a find.

Wow, so many options with links to GT. I want to get one for Stanley, as he tends to snap at dogs that run by him (he's fine 1:1, nose to nose, but doesn't like 'flybys'). And he drew blood once . Now my decision will be more difficult but I'm glad to have options.

I have been off and on since the early 2000's....mostly off but i'm trying to do better! As for FB...phhbbt... I never got on it, and from the stories I hear, I'm glad about that. But I figure if I don't have the time to check an old-school message board, I probably don't have time for facebook either. I do recognize a lot of the usernames on here, and I also miss the get-togethers in person in Massachusetts. Luckily Stanley has a few gh friends in the neighborhood that he sees on his regular walkies. Just re-upped my annual donation so that should remind me to sign in more often. Cheers everyone!

A solid theory

Thanks to everyone for your responses and comments. We are going to go ahead and try the glandex; I will post with the....outcome The name scared me a bit until I realized it's not a drug but a glorified metamucil for dogs. The subject of feeding quantity didn't come up in our discussions with the vet...Stanley hadn't gained weight in the year we've had him, so it didn't occur to me to ask. Definitely something to consider, though. We'll see if Stanley lessens the demand for poop bags or if we are....pooping away money in a different way by trying this product, but time will tell!

"Ahem...do you MIND?"

Most of us here on GT have become fans of a supplement product called Olewo Carrots (Olewo Carrots). As am ! They also have a beet pulp product I've tried that as well...unfortunately, the Olewo products (all of them) have only accomplished the first poop of a walk being in good shape. You can also just add plain, regular Benefiber tablets/powder (make sure there's no xylotol sugar and it's the NON-soluble kind). Yeah the vet said something similar...just watch the ingredients. This is why I asked about the Glandex brand as it was formulated for dogs. In our house we found the carrots do the job. Just one tablespoon of pellets, rehydrated with warm water, turns into about a 1/2 cup of fiber. We only put it in one meal as we found it was *too* binding if used twice a day. Since we started the carrots both our dogs have perfect stools whenever they poop! Well I''m jealous ! We use the carrots twice a day. I think the problem may be that Stanley feels the need to "let it all go" on his long walks. Oh well, we may try the glandex, we ma not. Thanks for all the advice.

It works for us, as well....but basically only on the first poop of a long walk. We have been Olewo users for a while. We're just wondering if an additional/different source of fiber might help further.

We recently had a vet appointment and of course, the subject of poop came up at one point. Vet confirmed that Stanley's poop-pattern (first one on a walk is in good shape, downhill from there) is normal. No action required on our part, but if we wanted, we could change to a prescription-type of food that produces less waste (~$100 per bag--no thanks). OR, we could try a fiber supplement--the doggie equivalent of Benefiber. Apparently there is a product called "Glandex" which as the name suggests, is primarily marketed towards anal gland issues, but essentially is a flavored fiber supplement. Has anybody out there tried anything like this, and what were your results? Thanks in advance!