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The stool and meal log

Short answerLog a line after each meal or stool: time, what he ate, what it looked like, anything unusual. Entries save only on this device, and the list prints cleanly to hand to your vet. The 1-7 scale runs from very hard pellets to watery; "normal" holds its shape. A week of honest lines beats a month of fuzzy memory when a vet asks "so what's his stool usually like?"

How to use it

One line per event is enough - don't turn it into paperwork. During a food transition or an upset, log daily; the record gives you and your vet neutral observations to review together - any decision to advance, hold or call stays with your vet. The descriptions on the scale follow the stool-quality language vets use, like AKC's guide to healthy dog poop. For anything on the red-flag list, skip the logging and call the vet.

Log meals and stools

Add an entry after each meal or stool. Entries save on this device only, and the list prints cleanly for your vet.

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Bringing it to the vet

Print the log (or screenshot it) before the appointment. What looks like "he's had diarrhea forever" often resolves on paper into something much more useful - every evening after the rich chew, only since the food change, always after daycare Fridays. That pattern is often the answer, or at least the first real clue.

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