dog pooping on walks

I don't know if anyone can help with this problem, but I would appreciate any advice! I usually take my dogs on walks every day; either mid morning or late afternoon. Always, while walking, they decide they have to poop, and do it while walking! They don't stop to sniff, or lag behind or anything; they just go! We do not stop to take bathroom breaks, or to sniff during these walks; it is purely for exercise. Their usual bm's are in the morning after breakfast; and in the evening after dinner.
Why would they have to go always on their walks (when sometimes they have just gone) and how can I alleviate this behavior?
Does exercise just aggravate the bowels?
Any help would be appreciated.

Um. Really? You want to STOP your dog from eliminating?

Exercise gets things moving in the dogs bodies... thus, they eliminate. My advice is to let the dog go, clean up after it and then continue walking.

Some dogs need to continue moving while having a BM, which is normal for them.
Now the other reasons, could be that while on leash they need to go, and the person walking them hasn't noticed fast enough and stops. So now the dog has been trained that while on leash, keep moving even if they need to go.
The other reason can be stress and being nervous, when either of those happen the dogs can't control it. We see this all the time when a dog is stressed or nervous while competing.
And why wouldn't you stop to allow them to have a BM while out walking???
Exercise does stimulate the digestive track to start working, therefore it is normal for a dog to go.

^^^ Agree with the others.

It is natural for a dog's system to eliminate once it gets moving and in fact, should be expected.

I say ease up a bit. Let them sniff, have fun and eliminate! No more doggy boot camp while on walks

we are NOT in doggie boot camp while on our walks; in fact it is quite the opposite! they see their doggie friends and bark at squirrels, etc. I just let them know that this is their exercise time, and play/bathroom time is at another time of the day.
I merely asked if anyone knew if elimination while walking (without stopping or being still) was normal or something that could be modified.

But, movement gets their bowels moving.. I really don't think it's possible...how would one even train that OUT of a dog?

Haha.

ok. obviously you all do not understand what I am saying. the dogs eliminate prior to their walk; after their walk (after eating) and my question was why do they have to go WHILE walking as well? and, no, I am not trying to ever stop them from having normal movements.
My bad for thinking you people may have had some knowledge and experience in this matter; from these responses I now know better.

Well, then.

What you seem to be missing is that dog's movements get their bowels moving. I take Buddy for a run, he poops AT LEAST twice. And very often he goes right before we leave the house. That has nothing to do with the fact that moving gets the dogs bowels moving and thus they eliminate.


We've all answered in one form or another ^ perhaps you just don't like the answers?

We gave you the answer. It's NO. Movement gets the bowels MOVING...it's nature.

I think people are confused...You don't like them pooping on walks, that shouldn't be stopped IMO but I don't think that's your main question is it.

do you want to know :

1. Why she goes to the bathroom on walks?

2. Why she poops while still moving/does not squat down and stops, she just keeps going and pooping at the same time?

Many people answered the first one but as for what I THINK your asking, the second one I wrote Adojrts answered for you:

Oh we understand, we also understand that we politely answered your questions and that you didn't like the responses because it doesn't fit into whatever it was that you wanted to hear.
So unless you have SPECIFICALLY TRAINED YOUR DOG/S not to go while on the walks, they will go!! That is what their bodies are telling them to do, its their bodies schedule and not yours. Stress and being worried or nervous can also have a huge impact on how often or when a dog goes (same as all mammals btw)

The ole poop n' walk. Marlowe does this sometimes. He doesn't really just keep walking without stopping at all, but he'll squat for a second and then do this shuffling squat-walk thing while he's pooping. He's multi-tasking. Sniffing the ground is a major part of his day and he just can't come up with a good reason to stop moving around and sniffing just because he's in the middle of pooping. I don't really stress over it though. It's just the way he is.

It's what dogs do. I can take my dogs out for their regualr BM and then go for a walk and usually they have to go again (granted it is a tiny little thing) BECAUSE exersise stimulates the bowel for another movement. This is a natural phsiological occurance that should not be repressed. It is just how the canine body works. It may not be the answer that you want to hear, but I suggest you get some poop bags and enjoy the walk, stop and scoop, and then continue! If you do not wan this to happen on your walks, I suggest letting your dog run about your yard and get some at home exersise so his bowel is stimulated before you head out on your walk, otherwise nature will take its course.

Even if I do this, my dog still poops on walks.

AND she doesn't stop, just keeps walking. It makes it really annoying to pick up - little pieces spread out over several feet.

What do you do when she starts to "go"? Do you stop and wait?
Dogs give subtle signs just before they're about to go. Some sniff and make it more obvious... other dogs you have to watch for the lifting of the tail, arching of the back, whatever
Maddie used to pee-walk when she was a puppy. She was so excited to go on walks, that she didn't want to stop to pee. She would squat briefly in the grass, and then start to walk before she was quite finished... sometimes ending with pee on her hair on her back legs. So, I made sure to watch for the signs and stopped behind her (backed up if I had to) when she would go. The leash prevented her from walking, but she typically stopped when she noticed I stopped in my tracks (she usually stops to wait for me). After doing that consistantly she got the hint that 1. I'm not going to leave without her and 2. We would continue to go on a walk if she stopped LOL or 3. she grew out of it

Just my 2 cents

My mom's little Terrier, Katy does the walk & poo, and she does it when she's out in the backyard loose. It's just her thing . . . I'd say some dogs just do it that way. She pees the same way.

Yeah, that's how my dog is. She pretty much walks and poops everywhere, it's just more annoying on walks because I have to make a point of cleaning it up! I read somewhere that wolves "mark" with their poop, they scatter it by walking and pooping. BUt what I read said that there's no proof that domestic dogs mark this way. I still wonder if that's what my dog's doing.

Well it sounds since you have indicated you taught the dog its 'walk" time and not eliminate/play time that it would make sense that she would just try and go while walking since walking encourages a dog to go to the bathroom...
You may need to work on slowing down, look for signs of pooping, praising and un-training what you trained.

Smudge poops and walks. He's more apt to stop and squat on a walk. In the yard loose he poops and runs..
Cider is an active pooper. She holds it in till afternoon even if she gets 10 chances to go. She'll eventually go.. Take her on a walk, she can go a good 5 times and they are all good. She's just over poopy with movement.