Dog pooing

[diggerman]

Hi I have a 7 year old border collie bitch who is trained to use a small graveled area in the garden as her toilet, she still uses this area but for the past 3 days she has started to drop very small bits of poo in the garden, patio area, she does this about 3 times a day.
She is eating properley and has never done this before, anybody got any idea why?

[kita1]

Are you certain it is your dog? Have you actually seen her doing it?

I say this because it may be a fox or something else getting in your garden.

If you are certain it is your dog it may be worth getting her checked out by the vet, there may be a medical reason - eg she may be loosing feeling or control of her back end.

Any change in habits should really be checked out by a vet to make sure it is nothing serious, remember if things are caught early they can often be dealt with faster and better.