I’m not an expert on dog behavior, but I would guess that Buffy was distressed that you had left her, and was running around in circles as a result. Distress would also explain why she pooed all over the place when she was already house trained. The fact that she ran around and drew circles with the poo was probably an inconvenient coincidence – she probably didn’t specifically realise she was running around in the poo.

As for the food, there is information here – http://www.HealthyHappyDogs.com/DogFood and here – http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/best-dog-foods-ranked/ – on dog foods generally, and the specific ones I most highly recommend.

Regards,
Brigitte

I have an interesting story to share with you about my westie. Her name is Buffy and she is about 9 months old. For the last two
weeks, my husband and I were away for holiday, so I left Buffy with my sister-in-law. Apparently, all was not well when I went to pick Buffy up when I came back from holiday.

Although Buffy is toilet trained to pooh pooh and pee on the newspaper (my sister in law and I both lived in a condominiun)on the first two days of arrival at my sister-in-law’s place, Buffy not only poohed every where, she even drew circles and semi-circles all over the living room with her pooh. Although I find it funny, my sister-in-law wasn’t too pleased.

Anyway,I was hoping that you could explain her “drawing circles and semi-circles” behaviour to me.

Also could you recommend the most suitable dry food for her as she seemed to to be getting sick of the food I am giving her now (the brand is Wellness and the flavour is fish as she is allergic to chicken).

Cheers and best regards
Fern Wong