Prokolin + is great for this sort of thing. I would however make sure that you keep in close contact with your vet and ensure that you feed your puppy a diet that suits and the correct amounts. Soft runny poo can often be dietary but you must never take a chance with one so young. Things can change quickly and dehydration is dangerous. Your puppy will need a good check over and you will need to take advise on worming and vaccination too so perhaps a trip to your vet soon would be a good idea.

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Oh definitely, I understand about the dangers of runny poo/dehydration and that we have to be very careful. At the moment I am going by what my vet has suggested, the receptionist told me that he would have just given him the pro-kolin if I made an appointment anyway. If his stools go bad again I'll be booking him in to be seen this week and taking along a sample. He will be going to the vet regardless next week (even if I have to take him this week for his stool issues) because I want to ask about his vaccinations and the lepto vaccine.

Even though I'll listen, I don't always agree with vets dietary advice. They aren't expert nutritionists and most of the time they recommend you buy the product that they sell in reception (Hills)... But either way I wont buy something they recommend just because they make profit out of it .

[QUOTE=MeowPurr;1061292579]I haven't tried him on raw, he's just eating a dry food diet. Unfortunately I haven't got any meat in right now but he'll definitely be seeing a vet asap next week and I'll be taking along a poop sample incase.



I'm not sure why you're thinking he was 6 weeks old, but he was 7 weeks and 5 days old when I collected him.[/QUOTE]

Yes you are right I don't know where I got that from - must have been too tired when I was reading the post! Sorry.

I just wanted to update this thread as I said I would.

The lil guy is doing fine now. His stools are firm, no longer runny and he's going 2 (sometimes 3) times per day instead of 5+ times! I did take him to the vets with the poop sample, the sample results came back fine and because of that my vet said it was more than likely the food causing his stools to be the way they were.

So thanks to Burns my pups stools are now normal. I'm so happy because I was worrying there was something serious wrong. But while I am here I would just like to say it's not only made his poops better, there are other changes that I have noticed since being on Burns, even if just for a short time. When he was eating the other food his fur had an odd odour, he was scratching/itching a lot, he was always hungry etc... and now he's the total opposite. At the time when he was doing/had all the above I just thought it was normal, I mean some dogs fur does pong and dogs can itch even without fleas ,pups can be hyper etc etc, but now since being on Burns the change is brilliant and I am able to compare the differences.

Anyway, me and him are happy campers! and I would like to thank everyone again for your replies.

When it comes to food you may like a site like Dog Food Reviews - Main Index - Powered by ReviewPost although it's american based and I am not sure what foods are available in the UK.

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I just wanted to also mention, I realise Burns isn't the the 'best' food out there but it's a lot better than some others out there in my opinion and the change so far has been very good. I'm not sure if I will keep him on Burns, I might look into Orijen but I have read small dogs don't do so well with the high level of protein? and it's recommended more for adult/large breed dogs and me having a dog that's going to weigh about 6 lb fully grown I'm not sure that's a good idea. But for now everything seems ok, so we'll see. The last thing I want to do is keep switching up his food.

Thank you for the link I'm now going to check it out.

I'd just like to throw my own experience into the pot -eugh, that sounds wrong! I mean my Doodle's problems! He is 2 years old now but when we brought him home, he was just the same. I tried all the different hypo allergenic dry foods as we had been flogged 3 tons of Royal Canin by the breeder and it really did not agree with him. Neither did any of the others and I despaired . Then, my husband was telling a colleague about it all and it turns out that she had the same problem with her collie pup. Eventually, she found the tins of Butchers Tripe Meat Loaf and they worked a treat so, in desperation, I tried it. It worked! For the first time, the stools were firm. It has to be the Loaf as the Jelly and Gravy leave him a bit 'soft'. Nowadays, I add bits of fresh veg and he is fine with a drink of milk.

When Bertie went for his booster/check up, the vet, who knows of Bertie's problem, said he was in tip top condition. I agree that vets are not always clued up on nutrition because, in the early days, one young vet advised me to give Bertie pasta until his tum settled. His worst allergy is wheat and it makes him vomit so this was not good advice.

So, if you're looking for a change from Burns, maybe you could try it? Hope this helps

My Goldie was the same when we first had him.He had a wheat allergy,put him on Burns kibble and then the adult ,never had any problems since.