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My large puppy poops too often. Is his current puppy food the issue?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Boxer | Male | neutered | 7 months and 17 days old | 55 lbs

My 8mo old boxer/great Dane mix is having 5-8 poops a day. We are using science diet puppy food.

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Answered By Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on June 12th, 2019

Frequent bowel movements are not necessarily abnormal. They should have a firm consistency, and not be like diarrhea. I would recommend that you have him on a large breed puppy food to help support his rapidly growing bones. You can try a different brand of food and see if that helps decrease the stool frequency.

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