I don't know what is quite going on. I think the first time this happened was a night she had stomach issues, and over the course of the night I took her out like 4-5 times for diarrhea each time, liquid came out easily and quickly each time. But then it seems periodically like maybe once a week she'll do the same thing. Act like she has to go really bad, so I take her out, maybe she'll poo, maybe not? Then I come back. She acts like she has to do it again, so I take her again, if she didn't poo the first time, maybe she'll go this time, I wait like maybe 10 minutes for it then come back if there is no pooping, and then she'll do it again. So, we'll make like 3-5 short trips outside where she maybe goes poo once but is acting like she has to go bad like she has the runs each time we come back. It's really obnoxious because it's like right before bedtime. Like dog I can't spend a whole hour taking you in and out. If I take her out at night, it's to poop quick, not a nightly exploration. But I feel like that's what it's turned into. Where she thinks if she acts in dire need right before bed over and over then I'll keep taking her out and she can turn the before-bed 10-minute poop run into an hour-long extravaganza. I guess the only real solution is just ignore her if she doesn't go again the second time and hope for no poop on the floor in the morning. But I feel like isn't there a better way to train her for the nightly poop? Or is this also a thing where huskies just really want to go out once it gets dark and cold out? Like do husky's really like the night? Should I maybe switch her long run in the evening to be right before bed?

Well damn ... after ignoring her for like hour and 20 minutes I decide OKAY DOG once last outside before really going to bed and yes there was some diarrhea... she did have a digestion problem, but it just wasn't ready to come out... which is pretty terrible if she starts feeling stomach issue and starts howling at me an hour before she actually has to go...

I've noticed that she is pretty easily prone to stomach issues, not like constant diarrhea, but any little variation in diet can cause a really soft stool or liquidy stool, but usually it's completely gone after a couple poos, so its just like one thing that didn't sit well. I did give her a bit more of a new flavor of origin kibble tonight but she has already been eating it for 3 days or so just fine, I guess the little bit more did it over the edge.

I keep thinking that maybe her stomach is so sensitive because her prior owners fed her really cheap food for so long that her stomach can't handle a richer diet. Is that something that can happen? I partially switched her to orijen kibble, canners and freeze-dried hoping to get her used to more rich foods and maybe then she could eat a wider variety. Does that work?

Some dogs are just born sensitive regardless of the food they start off life with. She may need something that is higher carb to keep things in balance. Even in the primal style raw feeding world we add fiber often through whole prey with fur still on so there's nothing bad about carbs and fiber in foods. I would say look to up carb or fiber content if she is having often bouts of soft stools. That said concerning this issue, I would explore either moving her feeding time earlier in hopes to get this worked through her system if it's a real need before it's your bed time, or you can try moving her longer excursion to the evening if that seems to help things along. Moving feeding times and exercise times around is the easiest to test. When a dog has a continually upset stomach messing with their food too much can make it worse. Usually a month is the least amount of time a sensitive stomach dog can make a food transition in. If you want to work on building tolerance in the stomach do that through treats little bits at a time, don't do it through their main meal. My latest addition has a sensitive stomach. We dealt with pudding poop the first 3 months until I swapped to something with a few more carbs and dialed in the amount he could handle. As a growing pup it's natural to want to give more but if the system won't handle it then it just won't and his system is one that can't handle too much at one feeding. If needing more calories in them it's better to feed more meals than to feed more per meal.

As for the enjoying the night business. Some love the night. My female for years slept outside at night on the back porch so she could watch the animals go through and be in the cooler air. She doesn't now that she's old because her eyesight has diminished. My males don't want to be out at night. One isn't very brave to start with and the other likes his soft rug.

Ok different perspective. Spider has a narrowing of the intestinal orfice and it causes bouts of diarrhea and straining sometimes. Sometimes its just kinda loose. I was told its a rare genetic issue that huskies are prone to. But it also can happen due to parvo as a puppy. We wont know ever but we have her on proviable forte and it is working for the most part.

Now on orijen... it was bought by mars and they have not been changing the ingredients per say but they have been changing the ratios. The last bag of orijen senior we bought made both my girls sick ans we found 3 feathers in the bag. I swear 1 of them was a pigeon feather but the other 2 were definitely chicken. Ive tried 4 things so far that both girls didnt want. Squirt is back to essence lid like the boys and spider is switching back to raw when the stella and chewy runs out.