[mcwigglz]

I have her on pure balance chicken and pea recipe its 5% fiber and I add anal gland powder to the food. Everything was going good then I start finding yarn in her poop tennis balls, chewed up kids toys anything you can think of I have found pieces of it in her poop what is she trying to tell me?

 

[Lillith]

She's telling you she's getting into stuff she's not supposed to and eating it, increasing her risk of a blockage and expensive surgery. Why do you think finding toys in her poop is related to her anal glands?

 

[mcwigglz]

she never did this type of behavior until I switched her onto pure balance. Your answer was common sense that's why I'm seeking advice from adults

 

[K9luv]

I don't think her chewing up toys is related to her anal gland issues, but definitely watch her and make sure she is not getting into anything that can hurt her. Does she have lots of outlets that she CAN chew on? Like raw bones, bully stick, yak chew?

About the anal glands, you want her poop to be firm enough press on and express the glands. It could be she has a intolerance to chicken and is not digesting it well (fairly common among k9). When my 1st pup was a baby, we were feeding him Royal Canin (thought we were doing the best), but he always had mushy poop and developed anal gland issues. The problems disappeared when we switched his food to a higher nutritionally dense food (Fromm) and his poops were solid.

I feed my current pup Acana and have had no issues with mushy poop.

 

[Zants]

I have her on pure balance chicken and pea recipe its 5% fiber and I add anal gland powder to the food. Everything was going good then I start finding yarn in her poop tennis balls, chewed up kids toys anything you can think of I have found pieces of it in her poop what is she trying to tell me?

I dont know about brands in the USA but my border x can only handle a few foods with these ratios without having stomach issues:

Protein 18%, Crude Fibres 3%, Crude Oils and Fats 7.3%, Crude Ash 6%, Moisture 9% and obviously nothing artifical!

If he has other foods he gets horrible gas, followed by similar sounding chewing and eating every bit of plastic and wood he can find. He then would take a good week to clear his system of a combination of these bits in diarrhoea and constipation once back on a food that agreed with him. I try to never change his food these days even to one of the almost identical alternatives i can get. Hope you manage to get things sorted!

 

[Zants]

she never did this type of behavior until I switched her onto pure balance. Your answer was common sense that's why I'm seeking advice from adults

"High-fiber diets and the shorter digestive tracts of dogs often don't mix well, for this reason they should not have more than 1.6%-3.5% in their diets. High fiber levels in dogs can cause digestive problems and interfere with proper nutrient absorption. Unlike humans, dogs are carnivorous, meaning their nutritional needs are better satisfied with meat rather than with plant materials." Thats what my dog food says on the back above the list of its different types and is the dog food I started to use on the advice of my at the time work colleague that was a vet on agriculural animals, the border collies included. Again I do hope you get things sorted 🤞