My dog's stool has undigested food on new high-carb dehydrated food. Normal?

Hello and thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. I think it is a coincident that a part of her stool looked like a kibble. I cannot imagine that a whole kibble went through her gastrointestinal tract without being digested. Please, keep an eye on her stools and if you see more of potentially undigested food, Chloe may need a blood test to check her pancreas function.

Lower stool volume may also indicate that the food is more nutrient dense and more digestible. If there is a difference between the amounts fed between the two foods, this could be a contributing factor as well.

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! You may need to feed the i/d stew for a few days in a row to appreciate a difference in stool. But Chloe's stool may look the same on both diets. The stool is normal in each picture, so I'm not sure what the goal with her stool is. I hope this helps!

It is important to monitor her body weight, condition and coat health and stool quality in order to assess how well balanced her nutritional state is. Many vegetable and grain particles can retain size and structure of the fiberous nature even though the dissolvable nutrients may have been absorbed. Dogs digest neat based products much easier

That stool looks normal to me. There are a lot of factors that may be causing Chloe to poop more on the new food including the fiber content of the new diet. If she is otherwise acting normally you don't have to switch Chloe's food because defecating more frequently is not an issue as long as the stool is well formed. Because you state that Chloe is not very active you may want to consider a lower calorie food to prevent weight gain. An all canned food diet can also help to prevent weight gain. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach!

I believe you posted yesterday about this same issue, and I explained yesterday that not all the veggies you feed Chloe will be digested. Yes she is getting nutrients out of it, but the food will be too fibrous for the dog to fully digest. As an example, humans can't fully digest corn, which is why you see corn in the feces. You get the nutrients from it, but you can't fully digest the corn itself. If you are feeding her blueberries, then yes I would expect to have that affect the color of her feces. She is not a ruminant (which are herbivores) so she cannot fully digest veggies and fruits like they can. Biologically, she does not have the organs (ruminants have a four chambered stomach to digest plants fully) or the microorganisms to assist in that digestion. If Chloe was having problems with malabsorption, she would be experiencing pale runny feces and weight loss amount other symptoms. There is not need to worry about this at all :-)

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Honestly both stools look fine. I would encourage you to proceed with the diet that Choe prefers. If she likes to have 1/2 of each then that would be good too. If at any point she develops diarrhea then it could be indicated to try something else. Good luck and have a great day!