What is Wrong With Sophie's Poop?

I have a 14 month old Miniature Schnauzer whose picture in the dictionary is next to "Good Girl".

We go for long walks every night around our neighborhood--from 1 to 3 miles long. She always has Poop #1 within a few minutes from starting our walk. It's a good firm one. But then she ends up pooping app. three more times during our walk that get softer and softer each time--ending up as virtually water.

The next day, she's back to normal.

I have meds for her (Diawin, Metro) but I don't want to dose her every night.

What is Wrong with Sophie's Poop?
Answers:
Additional exercise after initial elimination will cause the remaining food in her system to move through more quickly, hence the stools get looser and looser.
Are you walking her IMMEDIATELY after dinner? If so you might try crating her for an hour or so after eating and before the walk.
Geez I wouldn't medicate my dogs just because their system is working like it ought to!!

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I have a dog named Sophie too! It must be a very popular name. She could have trouble digesting certain foods, and changing your dog food may help. She may have allergies. My dog Sophie sometimes has diaarhea and we think it's from her dog food, so we're trying a different kind. Talk to the vet!! She'll know what's wrong with her.

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Change her diet, maybe. She might be alergic or something. I don't know what's up with Sophies' poo.

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There is nothing wrong with Sophia's poop. Does she drink a lot of water ? If we walk a lot and drink plenty of water our stool is loose. That will make for a healthy dog.

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I noticed that from alot of dogs while working at the dog pound they have firmer stools after a period of low activity, but if they run around or are just active they poop more and it's less firm, alot of the time a dog will force out some poop in an area where other dogs have pooped. the forced stuff is ususally watery also how long does your dog have to wait until you walk her? is it over 8 hours some dogs have to hold it in and so the first poop is firm but the rest isn't .
either way she sounds normal

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Well.the poop that is in her the longest (in the colon, because she has to hold until she is walked), loses the water in it by being absorbed by her colon...this is her first poop and the firmest.but because she is walking, food that she has eaten later goes through her system faster, therefor not sitting in her colon as long, thus not having the water absorbed from it. Sophie sounds like her system is working properly.

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My dogs do this also, it is normal. Mine do it when they get excited.

Don't give meds. You can give canned plain pumpkin if you need to firm her stools up a bit.