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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the helpful replies and queries. We're a 100% rescue family, and I'm not going to give up on a dog easily. Anyone who suggests rescues are a bad idea is basically going to be ignored by me. I mostly know what I'm doing, just stumped by this particular dog, and looking for the wisdom of crowds to weigh in and see if there's something else. So - to dive deeper for those who would offer suggestions/help: She was rescued from a backyard breeder who apparently used to be oK, but as he aged has simply become neglectful. She was outside in a cage 100% with no socialization whatsoever for nearly a full year. We have not yet written down the cycling to see if there is a pattern, though we discuss it frequently. There might be, but it's not obvious- it's not tied to storms, for example, or any specific triggering event. She is on a good food - California Natural. And if there's one thing we are good at it's consistency. She is fed exactly the same thing at exactly the same time every day, and is walked three times a day on a consistent schedule. That's been enough for every other dog we've ever had, but somehow it's not working. Even when she is not having accidents in the house, she does not reliably poop on every walk. I mentioned she had a horrible time with intestinal parasites. initially, and we went through through several cycles of treatment. We have wondered if this is medical, but had her thoroughly checked. The vet initially suspected Addison's, but that test was negative. My husband suspected more parasites, but we had that tested, too, in more advanced tests and negative. Her stool varies a lot, and is looser and with mucus during her bad episodes. So we'll have several days of her basically mostly on some sort of schedule (pooping at least two of the three walks a day, sometimes only once, generally semi-solid consistency with the right look and color). Then suddenly she skips two or more poops in a row, might even poop on the night time walk, then we wake to find poop in the basement. She may or may not poop during the day on walks, may or may not poop in the house for 1 or 2 or 3 nights, then with nothing changing she'll be back to "normal." For example, this most recent case. She pooped fine Sunday morning. Did not poop Sunday after dinner, but had a very large poop Sunday night. Monday morning we woke to find a very large, semi soft poop in basement. She did not poop Monday morning. Pooped in house during the day (soft), did not poop on evening or nighttime walk. Crated her last night, and poop this morning was perfect. She is a very cute dog, and sometimes quite sweet. The children adore her, and she is very, very good with them. I just don't know. Nothing in particular seems to trigger a bad period, and nothing in particular seems to get things back to normal. We're giving her probiotics, and the vet suggested adding metamucil to her diet, a tablespoon a day. We're going to start actually tracking to see if there is anything we can identify. We'll do the metamucil. I am considering starting a training class - perhaps increasing her confidence in training may lead to increased confidence in regulating her BMs. The vet has said there's nothing else to test unless we want to have her seen by a gastroenterologist, which quite honestly we can't afford. Is there a specific, better food you'd recommend? Any other behavior training? Anything you see that I'm missing? [/quote]
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