I've had my puppy for nearly 2 weeks now (2 weeks this Monday) and since he's been here his poo has never been 'firm'. It's different from one day to the next, but never firm. One day it can be just like someone's squirted chocolate icing with one of those tubes to decorate cakes. Sometimes it's just really soft and I can't scoop it without it squishing into the concrete or pooper scooper. He tends to do one pile of poop, then he walks around a bit and does another pile (I swear, for a 2 lb puppy he doesn't half poop a lot! and I don't just mean 5 times a day, I also mean the quantity in each pile), and even though all of his poop is soft, I notice that the last bit of his poop is always the most softest, like mustard texture (just to state it's not mustard in colour lol).

He's due to be wormed today and the last time he was wormed was 2 weeks ago. Of course, I assumed when I first got him perhaps his poop was soft/runny because of the worming prior to coming home with me, seeing as he'd been wormed about 2 days before I collected him. I also put it down to moving to a new home, but he's been here 2 weeks and all seems absolutely fine in every other department but the poops don't seem to be getting any better.

I feed him on what the breeder fed their dogs/pups on and I am kind of hoping it's the food that's not agreeing with him and so I will try changing him onto another food (gradually). What are peoples recommendations on dry dog food? I've heard James Wellbeloved, Wainwrights and Burns is good... What are your thoughts on those brands, or could you maybe suggest a few?

I think I am going to get him booked into the vets for next week as I never got him checked over when I brought him home. Maybe I should take a poo sample with me? I have his 4 weeks free insurance although I've never made a claim on my pet insurance so have no idea what I am doing.

Other than that, has anyone else had a similar experience and if so how did things turn out?

I'd say that a check-up at the vet is your best bet - and it's a good idea to take a sample with you.

Worming really shouldn't do that to your pup - it usually passes unnoticed with modern wormers.

Eukanuba is not the best food The others that you mention are all good, and I'd like to add Fish4Dogs to the mix. Tilly always had a tendency to soft stools on Burns but now on Fish4Dogs she's just right. Make the change slowly, mixing more and more of the new food into the old one.

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I'd change his food to start with - Eukanuba isn't great as you know. There are lots of good foods - Wainwrights, Barking Heads, Fish4Dogs, Acana, Orijin, Arden Grange, etc.

Also is it possible you're overfeeding him? While I don't think this is the sole problem it could be a contributing factor and can account for the end of the poop being very runny.

A check up at the vet is probably a good idea too.

Good luck

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Thank you both for your replies. I'll ring on Monday and see if I can get him seen next week. Greatful for the food suggestions as I really haven't a clue on what's good and what isn't, so I'll look into a different food for sure and change gradually as suggested.

I wouldn't say I'm overfeeding him and I think he tells me I am underfeeding him! He screams when its his dinner times . I am feeding him slightly under what the guideline on his food bag states, as I have read before that they tend to suggest more than is needed.

Have you tried him on raw? If you give him a couple of hammered down chicken wings or some raw chicken meat that should clear the soft poo situation.

I have to say though I am surprised that you managed to take a pup home so young as 6 weeks and really you should have taken him to the vet certainly within 48 hours to be checked over.

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.

I bought Burns Mini Bites on Sunday, so hopefully that will be better for him.

I also gave him 1ml of Pro-Kolin+ about an hour ago and just now he started to retch and was 'sick' (he brought up undigested food). Not sure if it's not agreed with him or what. He's fine in himself though, lively, playing, drinking eating etc. Maybe I shouldn't give him anymore of the Pro-Kolin .

I really wouldn't be self medicating him at the moment... He to me seems like he has left the breeder early as he must be a small breed pup at 2lb so only 1kg I always thought that the general rule of thumb was that they stayed in situ till 12 weeks... anyway sometimes the change of water can cause soft stools aswell. I would be getting the pup to the vets with a poop sample (as fresh as possible) so they can run tests as there could be parasites such as coccidia or gardia (usually they are quite poorly with this though) Hope all goes well and keep us updated on how he does

We brought our puppy home at 8 weeks, i think that is generally the norm, but don't quote me on it.

Our puppy had soft poo for ages, initially he had worms so got him treated for that, then he refused to eat and threw up went to vets and they gave him antibiotics as he had some infection, then his food didn't seem to agree with him so we changed it to something else, took as a long while to sort him completely out, i think it was a combination of all above and that he has a sensitive belly, we have ended up with him on Purina Pro Plan as so far that is only food that he hasn't bill ill on.

So definitely good idea to go to vets, though he does still get runny poo at weekends every now and then, so believe that may be over excitement of us being there all day and slightly longer walks.

I phoned my vets first thing yesterday and the receptionist asked me for a detailed explanation of his symptoms. She phoned me back after speaking to the vet and told me to buy the Pro-Kolin+ and give him 1ml once or twice a day for 3 days and if his symptoms don't get any better to definitely bring him in.

Even though he is a small breed, most of the breeders who breed these let them go at 8 weeks old. Out of about 10 I have spoken to, only 2 prefered to wait until 10-12 weeks old. He's doing absolutely fine, just the runny poos which seem to have been a lot better yesterday and today, but I'm still keeping a close eye on him. Yesterday he only did 2 and today 1 so far and no runny splatters, prior to that he was going about 5+ times a day.

So I'll keep a close eye for the next couple of days and if things go back down again with regards to the consistency of his stools then I'll be phoning the vets Thursday morning as they suggested. Of course, if I think things are going too bad I'll phone them up tomorrow! I'll update to let everyone know what's happening. Thanks again for your help.