Eating POO!! EWW!!
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| You can sprinkle meat tenderizer on their food ...sometimes different brands result in different taste in their poo which can be either appealing or icky to them, but most importantly ...it's important to BE THERE when they poo to discourage it. It can easily become a habit then it's not about whether they are getting the right nutrients in their food or something they were just "Trying" out ...but something that will be with them for a long time. Yuki and my maltese used to do this. It took being there CONSTANTLY to either pick the poo up or say NOOOOO ....and then they both stopped eating their own. yuki will still eat up any duck poo she sees and prays the cats decide to poo outside the litterbox so she gets a yummy treat. |
| Yep... we had a Cocker that did that. The vet gave, (rather sold at a great price) a powder that we put on his food. This merely reduced the problem and didn't completely cure it. But it did help. Vance |
| Once in awhile they will do this disgusting thing. It's call coprophagia. Sometimes it indicates pancreatitis because the dog just cannot get enough food nutrients......ah.....the first time around. Also diabetes may be creeping in. This may have been a one time event....somebody boo-booed and he was trying to hide the evidence? If this continues, have him tested. Usually seen in dogs loosing weight but eating well...no pun intended. Otherwise corporphagia is considered a vice, started because of boredom, closely confined as in a breeding kennel. Bitch clean their puppies' waste and sometime develop a taste for "it" and continue. Others learn this by watching other dogs. Whatever......(I don't know how Jack developed his.....I think confinement)......Mrs. J is right, first step is the meat tenderirizer, it breaks down left over proteins so the stuff isn't such a nutritive attractant. Other food additives I've seen suggested is anise oil or msg. I read someone uses pumpkin......but I'd rather save that for when digestive problems need fixin'. There is also a medication for coprophagia in the form of a chewable, taste-enhanced pill called Excel Deter, which has been shown in studies to be 98% effective at stopping a dog from a feces-eating habit. Of course keeping the poop away is best. I've tried a lot of different things and what I'm down to when he decides he needs a treat (rarely now, thankfully) is to take him to the nearest sink and swab out his mouth, using soap, lots of suds, water, paper towels, etc. Nothing said, just grab the beard and wash. He remembers, dessert ain't fun so avoid the pooh. Farm dogs consider horse apples a delicacy. Of course the chances of developing internal parasites is huge, so no horse apples. |
I've had 2 that do this, one more than the other. Both girls.  Over the years, nothing really worked to eliminate the problem other than cleaning up after them right away. My vet said I could try all the new-fangled ideas out there I wanted but the bottom line is "some dogs do & some don't don't". He's never found a sure-fire cure for it. So my cure for it is to have a bunch of bags hanging by the back door & the times they are do to poop (mine are pretty regular about it) I follow them out, wait on them & clean it right up. |
| This digestive enzyme might help too... http://www.prozymeproducts.com/prozymeplus.aspx "Reduces stool eating" http://www.prozymeproducts.com/freesample.aspx |
| I have to go out with my yorkie and sheepie armed with a spade to clear up, or they will beat me to it. Only clear our garden up though, think they are trying to help! |
| Thanks for all the advice!! |
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