Canine Stool Tracker
1. Photo (optional)
A photo lets the app suggest a score. You always choose the final score.
- Shoot from directly above, about 12–18 inches away, in daylight if you can.
- Include the whole stool. A poop bag or your shoe nearby helps show size.
- Grass, mulch, and artificial light change how color looks, so color is only ever flagged for an in-person recheck.
2. Consistency score
Pick the description that matches best. If you're between two, choose the looser one.
3. What else did you notice?
In the stool
Your dog
Anything different lately?
Your dog's pattern
Consistency over time
Shaded band = your dog's usual range. Dashed lines = diet changes.
Log entries
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Start a diet change
Works for any food: kibble, canned, raw, freeze-dried, home-prepared, or a mix. Logging during a change helps you see whether stool settles back to your dog's normal.
Follow your veterinarian's or the food maker's guidance on how gradually to switch. The day count here is only for tracking.
How this tracker works
Stool changes are one of the earliest, easiest signs of how your dog is doing. This tool helps you record them consistently so you and your veterinarian can see patterns over time.
It compares your dog to your dog
Healthy stool looks different on different diets. Foods with more fiber tend to produce more stool; lower-residue foods tend to produce less. Neither is "better" on that basis. After your first several logs, the tracker learns your dog's usual range and watches for changes from it.
The score
Scores run from 1 (hard pellets) to 7 (liquid). Many dogs' normal falls around 2–3, but your dog's own steady pattern matters more than any single number. Stool that is too hard is also worth noticing.
The photo suggestion
When you add a photo, an AI model suggests a score and points out anything visible, like mucus or blood. It is an estimate, not a measurement, and it has not been validated against veterinary scoring. You always choose the final score. The app records whether you agreed with the suggestion.
What this tool cannot do
It cannot detect parasite eggs, hidden blood, infections, or the cause of any change. Only a veterinarian, often with a lab test, can do that. It does not diagnose, and it does not recommend or rate any food.
Learn: what to look for
Consistency is only part of the picture. Color, blood, mucus, and how your dog is acting add the rest. Check these in person; photos can't show them reliably.
Color
- Brown, any shade
- Normal. The brown comes from bile pigments that gut bacteria break down. Diet can shift the exact shade lighter or darker.
- Black and tar-like
- Different from dark brown: sticky, tar-like, and unusually foul-smelling. It can mean bleeding high in the digestive tract, because digested blood turns black. Some medications and iron supplements can also darken stool, so a vet needs to tell them apart. Contact your veterinarian the same day.
- Grey, pale, or greasy
- Especially when bulky, shiny, and very smelly, this can mean the gut isn't absorbing fat properly. It tends to be an ongoing pattern rather than a one-off, and it needs a veterinary workup.
- Green
- Usually means food moved through quickly, so bile wasn't fully broken down. Eating a lot of grass can do it too. One green stool is common; green that keeps happening with loose stool or weight loss needs a vet's attention.
- Yellow or orange
- Can also come with fast transit. These colors are less specific, so read them together with consistency, frequency, and how your dog is doing. Yellow and greasy overlaps with the pattern above.
Blood
Bright red blood usually comes from lower in the gut or around the bottom. Causes include colitis, anal gland problems, or irritation from passing hard stool. A single small streak in a dog who is bright and eating normally can usually wait for a routine appointment. Repeated streaks, more than a streak, blood mixed through the stool, or blood with straining need prompt attention.
Mucus
A small amount of mucus can be normal. A lot of mucus, or a jelly-like coating, suggests the large bowel is irritated and is worth a call to your veterinarian, especially if it repeats or comes with loose stool or blood.
Hard stool
Hard, dry pellets that your dog strains to pass can mean constipation. Make sure fresh water is always available. If your dog strains with little or nothing coming out, seems uncomfortable, or hard stool keeps happening, contact your veterinarian. Straining with nothing passing can also mean a blockage or anal gland trouble.
How often
Most adult dogs go one to three times a day, though this varies with size, routine, and diet. A change from your dog's usual pattern matters more than the number itself.
When to call your veterinarian
Contact your vet today for black, tar-like stool; more than a streak of blood; loose stool with vomiting or a dog who seems tired or unwell; or straining with nothing passing. Also call if loose stool lasts more than about two days, or if you see worms. Puppies, seniors, very small dogs, and dogs with ongoing illness can dehydrate faster, so check in sooner with them.
Scoring disclosure
Privacy
Your log stays in this browser. Photos you choose to analyze are sent once to the analysis service to generate a suggestion; only a small thumbnail is kept in your log.