Runny poop when active.

I have noticed this for a while now but for some reason when Clue is really active, like when he goes to the dog park, he gets super hyper and runs around but then he stops and poops. His first poop us usually solid but soft. Then after that it is really runny diarrhea several times. Eventually it's just a gross liquid.

After we are done we go home and his next poop is back to normal.

It happens every time without fail when we go to the dog park, and even sometimes when we go on a walk.

He has had all his shots and dewormed so I don't know what it is or how I can stop it.

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Permalink Reply by Laura and Tommy Jefferson on February 10, 2012 at 9:01pm

Wow, I don't know the answer but the same thing happens to Tommy sometimes - especially on long walks in the park! No change of his diet, no indication that he is sick or anything is wrong!

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca And Clue on February 10, 2012 at 9:05pm

Yeah, his food hasn't changed, his attitude never changes he's still energetic and happy. Even when it happens he keeps going, going!

It's so strange.

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Permalink Reply by Laura and Tommy Jefferson on February 10, 2012 at 9:28pm

SAME HERE. I think we have the same thing going on! Hope someone has a suggestion :) I feel bad for him! It is frustrating!

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca And Clue on February 10, 2012 at 9:30pm

Yeah! It gets frustrating because people always give me looks like my dog is sick and we shouldn't be there.

But he's just fine and wants to run and play like all the other dogs.

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Permalink Reply by Kim Ales-Yan on February 10, 2012 at 9:37pm

Same thing with Bento. After a good 15 minutes of running around the dog park, Bento will go off and do his business. His first go is solid and fine, but after that, it's all liquid-y. I wonder if it's a corgi thing.

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca And Clue on February 10, 2012 at 9:41pm

I hope it is something common and nothing I have to worry about.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on February 10, 2012 at 9:48pm

Both Franklin and my parent's lab get runny poop with a lot of excitement and exercise too. As long as it doesn't happen any other time I wouldn't worry. If he has diarrhea without exercise he may have giardia which is quite common at dogparks and regular dewormer doesn't treat it. I think its quite common in dogs to get loose stool when they get excited and very active.

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Permalink Reply by Aj on February 10, 2012 at 11:45pm

My corgi does that too! I'm thinking they're trying to mark with their poop..whether it's solid or not.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Rochette on February 11, 2012 at 12:43pm

I guess I'll ditto everyone here. I have noticed this too, but as nothing else seems "off" I have assumed it's normal. I am always amazed at how such a lot of poop can come out of something so small!!! I can only imagine that Lucy feels better after being...um...fully...evacuated. It is messy to pick up...

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Permalink Reply by Emily & Scout on February 11, 2012 at 1:39pm

Scout is the same way. We're not alone it looks like. My theory is the exercise paired with excitement gets their systems moving which causes the ruinniness.