why dogs eat poop
Keeping Your Dog Out of the Litterbox
Â
Does your dog like to play in your cat’s litter box? You don’t have to be embarrassed. This is a problem that many pet owners have do deal with. We will never fully understand why, but many dogs like to eat the poop of other animals, especially your cat. The name for this is “coprophagia†which means, “the oral ingestion of fecal matter.†This may be really disgusting, but dogs think it’s perfectly normal.
Â
The best way to keep your dog from this behavior is simply to prevent it from happening in the first place. To reduce how often your dog eats the poop you will need to scoop your cat’s litter box daily. Twice a day is even better. It also helps to feed your cat on a schedule opposed to leaving food available all the time. This way you will be able to predict more easily when the kitty needs to relieve himself and when you need to scoop out the box.
Â
We are all busy people and your dog might beat you to it. I can guarantee that yelling at him is not going to do much good. He’s already been rewarded for his behavior. Some people go so far as to sprinkle cayenne pepper or Tabasco sauce in the litter box to deter the dog from eating it. I really wouldn’t recommend this. First of all, if you’re going to go through all that trouble you might as well just scoop the poop out of the box and be finished with it.
Â
In addition to regular scooping, the best way to keep your dog out of the litter box is to make it less accessible to the dog. This can be achieved many ways, but one of the easiest is to use a cat door. There are many varieties available but the one I like best resembles a simple archway. It is easy to install and can be either painted or stained to match your décor. It can be especially helpful if you keep your cat’s litter box in a room where the door is closed often, like the laundry room, or in a closet.
Â
If your dog likes to eat the occasional cat poop or two it probably won’t hurt him much. It is just nasty and no one wants to deal with that kind of dog breath. Proper dental hygiene is a must if you are going to allow him to kiss you. It also would be a good idea to have him wormed regularly by your veterinarian.
About the Author
To read more articles like this go to http://www.stinkypetpoop.com. You can also find a name for your new pet, watch videos, view photos, and tell your pets story.
Dogs eat Poo
|
|
Why Dogs Eat Poop, and Other Useless or Gross Information About the Animal Kingdom (Paperback) $10.26 A third installment in the series that includes Why You Shouldn`t Eat Boogers shares whimsically nauseating miscellany on animal subjects ranging from Monkey-Faced Lamb disease and flatulent snakes to dino-chickens and a creature that eats with… |
|
|
The Rant Zone $10.09 Dennis Miller and Kevin Rooney assemble a collection of rants on dope-addled baseball players, do-nothing politicians, America’s acceptance of violence–all from Miller’s caustic, incisive, hilarious point of view. |
|
|
500 Things to Eat Before It`s Too Late (Paperback) $13.43 Road food aficionados Jane and Michael Stern share hundreds of the most important, quirky, and quickly disappearing local delicacies across America in this petite food guidebook. In Connecticut alone, there`s Deep-Fried Dogs; Dirt Bombs; Chicken Pie; S… |
|
|
The First Dog (Hardcover) $13.13 Kip the Cave Boy offers to share all his woolly rhino ribs if Paleowolf will use his keen nose, fine ears, and sharp eyes to keep Kip from being eaten up. When Paleowolf agrees with a bark and a wag of his tail, Kip names his new friend Dog. |