He looks OK to me too. Not what I expected.

How frequent is the diarrhea (or the cowpies)? Is it ever oily? (Although I have to say that the pix make EPI sound much less likely than it did pre-pic).

I am a perfectionist, aks the horsey girl about dressage rider!
He does not do cowpies since on pro plan but it is softer but hold some shape, maybe once a day. He goes 6 times. My other guy goes 3 or 4 max.

I think you will be pleased with the Chicken soup dog food. It is what I feed my hard keeper and he does well on it. I also like the nice ingredients for such a good price.

Ariane - I'm going through something with my Malinois right now. Even from the local shelter and foster home, the little guy was underweight. I could see his ribs in June. He eats 4 cups of dry food + 4 tblspn wet food mixed in at 2 meals per day. Occasionally, if we have a high exercise day, I'll give additional food.

June to October - he went from 49 lbs to 52 lbs.
October to December - he went from 52 lbs to 48.5 lbs.

He has had bad diarrhea since we got him despite trying new foods. Sometimes he'll poop 4 times a day! The vet has done blood work and non-routine fecal exams. Right now the vet recommended a bland diet of Science Diet I/D and thinks it is bowel disease or a parasite. So, Doc is also taking Metronidazole 2x per day.

Ever since the diet & med, Doc has had solid to somewhat solid stool!!! I've never been so happy. (And I'd never thought I would say that about poop.) I have a follow-up call to the vet on Tuesday to determine the next plan of action.

I'm posting just in case any of this helps you down a path of resolve. I guess it's also good in case anyone does a search.

Good luck!

One more thing....he eats all the time! Like your post title suggestions, it's almost like he's starving. I guess it probably seems like that since he's eating a ton and still losing weight.

Greenish poop can be a sign of giardia (a parasite). And it doesn't always show up in a fecal. It can also cause your dog to be hungry yet not gain weight because if the intestinal inflammation and parasitic activity. Metronidazole (flagyl) is one of the drugs of choice for giardia and Fenbendazole (panacur and safegard wormers) is the other. If it were my dog I would ask the vet for a course of one or the other to see if it helps.

My youngest dog just went through a bout of intermittent diarrhea/soft poop (some days perfect poop, some days not). She did great when I put her on bland rice and chicken, but then I'd try moving her back to kibble (slowly, like over 5-6 days) and the diarrhea would come back. So the vet put her on a course of metronidazole, and I decided instead of trying to switch back to the kibble to switch her from her boiled rice/chicken to Honest Kitchen Preference with chicken. She has now been eating Preference w/ added chicken exclusively for 4 days and is doing great!!

I think he looks a tad thin, but not bad. I'd be most concerned about the hunger and diarrhea. At his age too, he might just need to do some filling out.

I think that the green poop maybe cause by the hay he eats (timothy and some alfafa) or the horse poop or some Hi fat/Hi fiber horse feed that is molasses free.
I will try some panacur. I will call my vet and ask for dose, I have some in the barn, caramel or apple flavor.

He was bought from a pet shop (educated guess) and lived downtown Montreal until I got him. Chances that he came in contact with some giardia(in Canada beaver fever) would be slim. I don't let my dog/ horses drink in the creek when we go for our daily run in the wood, as we have beaver problems most years.

Thanks everybody for your advice

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He is also always starved. He eat is food, horse hay (not just nibble but eat), horse poop (hot or frozen) and any horse feed or cat food I can see before him. Not to forget he wash the kitchen floor every day (lick it clean)

Before I started worrying if there was something wrong or if he needed a different food, I'd cut out all these extras. I read something once that made a case for grazing and eating crap being a bit of a learned behavior, not always a sign of health problems. Sorry if someone else allready made the point, but quit letting him eat all these things.

Steve, the only way I can stop that is to give him back or keep him in the creat most of the day. He lives at the barn and with 6 to 12 horses on site I can't keep up with poop cleaning. I close stal doors as much as I can to keep him away from the extra thing. Now we have snow so the grass is dead, I vacum the feed room now, used to sweep.