Constipation

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Ruby suffers with her poo!!

She will 'go' twice a day quite regularly but more often than not the poo is not only HUGE for her size but also a bit dry. This leads to squeaking and anxiety which obviously is not good.

There is always water available, she has Skinners Duck and Rice ad lib and she gets a lot of exercise every day so Im wondering if an oily supplement may 'ease' things for her.

I know a lot of folks use salmon oil for their dogs but does this also have a lubricating quality?

Any suggestions will make Ruby a happy girlie!
 
Olive oil or vegie oil may do the trick, a few glugs in her food each night, a few of my more slender dogs get vegie oil every day to keep their weight but im sure it would help to lubricate:D
If you want to try Salmon oil Fish 4 dogs sell big bottles.
 
I will have a go with olive oil Cayla....I can see WW3 breaking out if the cats get a whiff of salmon in the house!!!

Thank you.
 
When Kc was on Royal Canin she suffered constipation. I found adding some water to the food to ensure she took on more fluids helped. Also adding 1/4 packet of Naturediet helped :)

Ulimately I changed her food which worked :cool:
 
Thanks Kc, Ive added oil to her diet yesterday and today so Im hoping it will show a result later tonight! If that doesnt work then I will add fluid to the food. Failing that it will have to be a semimoist food for both dogs.
 
Im pleased to report that a tablespoon of olive oil works very nicely thank you! No squeaks tonight and sensible sized deposit!!!
 
Glad the olive oil worked!:D

I changed over to Orijen - expensive but worth it! Kc has very delicate digestion coupled with her ailments I decided to bite the bullet and bought the best!

However Kc has been eating a nasty cheap working diet when we visit OH's house and has been perfectly fine on it so far so contemplating trying that as she seems to prefer it :rolleyes: If she is happy to nudge a GSD out of the way she MUST like it :eek:
 
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