Stools are rock hard

[totallyhip]

We started Luke last week on the premade BARF. I wanted to do it slowly, so in the morning we were still feeding him his Kibble. Then in the evening we fed him one some veggie/chicken meal and 1/2 a chicken carcass.
His stools were ok sometimes and other times hard as rocks. But he seemed to be going on almost every walk (4 times a day).

Yesterday I started him full on BARF. He eats twice a day. Veggie/chick meal and 1/2 a chicken carcass in the morning and the same in the evening.
We noticed today that he is really straining to poop and his stools are small pellets. Hard as rocks!!
I told my bf that we shouldn't be too concerned and give it some time to work thru his system.
I know I'm suppose to see white stools, but they are not white. Is this normal? :confused:
Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[myrocky]

The stools turn white after they have been sitting out for a while. They aren't white right away.

I would feed some veggie only meals. Usually when my dog's poo starts to look like that he needs a mush meal.

 

[totallyhip]

Thanks for the tip. I was thinking the same thing myself but wanted to double check. I also called the premade BARF co. and asked the girl there. She said to cut back on the bones and feed more of the meal. I will try that for a bit until Luke's stools get better.

She also asked me if the dog was crying when trying to go! Geez I hope he doesn't. I think it would really upset me. :(

Jen

 

[totallyhip]

Doing alot better now

Luke's been on Veggie & Chicken meal only (no chicken bones) since thursday. His stools are alot better now and he is not constipated at all. I am slowly going to incorporate the chicken carcasses back into his diet. Wish me luck :cool:

 

[myrocky]

Are you feeding a whole carcass at a time at both meals? That could be why your pooh has really hard stools. Most people if they feed a whole carcass at a meal that is the only meal of the day. Is there anything else you can give him for RMBs instead of the whole carcass?

 

[totallyhip]

I give him 1/2 a carcass in the morning with the veggie&chick mush meal. Then again the exact same in the evening. Should i only be feeding him one big meal a day? When we were on kibble we fed 2 times a day.

 

[totallyhip]

Were not doing the carcasses anymore. I just don't think Luke digests them properly. So were doing chick wings instead and I'm making Chick broth out of the leftover carcasses.
The wings seem to agree with him better. I got a case of non-medicated wings for him yesterday (thanks to Jan). So were feeding the pre-made barf Chick & Veggie mix plus 3 wings for breakfast, and the same at dinner. Hopefully this will help pack on some weight too. Luke lost about 3 pounds since we switched to raw and looks skinny now :(