My bichon pup seems to get mad not long before needing a poop he usually either runs round barking and growling biting at peoples clothes feet etc or just bites us in general and then not long afterwards goes to poop!! Bit odd has anyone had or heard of this?

Completely normal.  Pre and post pooh excitement is a common occurrence in two of my three dogs :)

Mine mostly just charge about outside though and run circles around the field or garden...

I don't find it odd.  My lot see it as a time for great exuberance!  :-)

If they could I'm sure that they would be sending out smoke signals.

> Pre and post pooh excitement is a common occurrence in two of my three dogs

Post Poo is the best - of course they run around faster - they're lighter!

The old girl we lost last year used to spin in circles so fast it used to make me dizzy just watching LOL    and it had to be 'just the right spot' too.   Didn't matter if she was in a field or the garden, apparently the spinning was very very important  :-D

And yes, afterwards was cue for lots of racing about :-D

Got to love their foibles :-)

Post pooh zoomie here. (the dog not me). :-)

Funny how they need to find the right blade of grass.

Its all before he goes the racing about not after lol thanks for the info 😊

In my breed, they get downright aggressive when they need to empty their bowels, especially as pups. They are very large dogs and the "poo bites" often leave bruises.

Ms temeraire-my son always said a post poo tearing off was them getting away from the smell!