dogs eating poop
My dogs eating poop and I dont know why?
She’s never done this before and I’m wondering if she’s lacking some sort of Vitamin or Nutrient. Should I put her on vitamins?
Usually coprophagia (poop-eating) is caused by boredom. The dog has nothing better to do, so she starts exploring the feces she’s left around the yard. (Although if she’s eating cat feces, that’s usually because of a taste preference. Cat stool has more protein and fats due to their diet. Cat stool eating is almost impossible to train a dog away from – you have to make the litterbox less accessible.)
You will have more success in stopping this problem the earlier you start – otherwise it becomes a habit.
1) Provide “environmental enrichment” for your dog. Provide several toys and rotate them weekly to keep them “new.” If your dog is left out for long periods of time, consider interactive toys like food puzzles or Kong dispensers.
2) Pick up her stool as soon as you can after she defecates. She can’t eat what isn’t there. This is healthier from a parasite standpoint, anyway.
3) Ask your veterinarian about a product called ForBid. This is a powder you sprinkle on her food made of vegetable proteins. It’s tasteless when she eats it (and does nothing in the body), but by the time it comes out the other end it makes the poop taste bad. Using this helps teach your dog that it’s bad to eat stool. But the longer she has already been a poop-eater, the longer you need to use the ForBid before she starts to get the idea that poop ALWAYS tastes bad.
But as gross as it is, coprophagia won’t hurt her (especially if you have the vet check her stool for parasites once or twice a year), and it’s not a sign of a nutritional imbalance.
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