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My dog's poop has undigested food and is blue. Is this normal?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Female | spayed | 4 years and 9 months old | 17 lbs

If there are no food particles visible when the stool of excreted but some particles are visible once the stool is broken open what does that mean? Are the food particles that are visible undigested food are is she getting the nutrients out of them? Also is it normal for 1/4 of the stool to be the color of blueberries? (Which I fed her) thanks! I'm just considered about malabsorption if I'm constantly seeing food matter in her stool.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 9th, 2017

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 :-)

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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    Published on April 8th, 2017

    Dogs aren't herbivores, they are carnivores and as such, they can't fully digest all vegetables. Just like humans, for example, can't digest certain vegetables totally such as corn. Giving her a product with a higher count of enzymes and probiotics will not change that, it's simply how she is made biologically. It is normal and not something to worry about :-)

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