What dose your puppies poop tell you

What does it mean when your dog’s poop is a weird color instead of the usual chocolate brown?
Yellow/Orange
Can mean liver or gall bladder problems.

Green
Gall bladder problem, intestinal parasites or bacterial infection.

Blue
Your dog may have eaten rat poison.

Black
Can mean your dog’s digesting blood, especially if stools look tarry. May indicate upper GI tract bleeding, pancreatitis, ulcers, or a parasite.

Grey
May be a pancreas issue, especially if the stools are greasy. Could also mean gall bladder problem or parasites.

Bloody
Red or pink swirls like a strawberry milkshake can mean bleeding in the lower GI tract. Can be a sign of parvovirus in puppies.

Red jelly poop (like strawberry jam) is very serious and could mean HGE – hemorrhagic gastroenteritis.

White Flecked
Can be normal in raw fed dogs with pieces of undigested bone or chalky stool. White flecks like grains of rice could be tapeworm segments. Check for fleas too – tapeworms can come from licking flea eggs.

Mucous
Continuing mucousy diarrhea could mean parasites, bacterial infections, inflammatory bowel disease, or, if bloody as well, HGE. Occasional mucousy stool usually just means your dog is detoxing something.

When To See Your Vet
It’s time for an emergency vet visit if you see …

Blue poop
Strawberry milkshake swirls
Jelly/strawberry jam poop
Bloody diarrhea in a puppy
Continued mucous in diarrhea