April 21, 2011
Our new pup eats his poop. Why is he doing this and what can we do to make it stop?
Full Question:
I am so glad I found the crate training solution for our 8 week old lab pup. We have been doing things wrong for our first 3 days but I feel they are correctable, all except one problem that I have not found any comments on at all. Our pup has started to eat its poop, and we find this to be quite disturbing, and we would like to correct this as quickly as possible. I think he was probably allowed to do this in his first home, with a litter of 8. If you know, could you please answer our questions:Why is our pup doing this?
How can we correct this? (We will get a crate tomorrow and see what happens)
Cindy's Answer:
There are many reasons that dogs and puppies eat stool.
Many times it’s because they are not digesting their food fully. This is most common in kibble fed dogs. Other times it’s just a bad habit.
If you use the search function on our website and type in stool eating, you will find a lot of information. http://www.leerburg.com/search.htm
I would evaluate what you are feeding this pup, we have a lot of info on our page on Feeding Dogs.
The first step in solving this is keeping the puppy on leash and not allowing him access to his stool, clean up the poop immediately after he goes.
Many times it’s because they are not digesting their food fully. This is most common in kibble fed dogs. Other times it’s just a bad habit.
If you use the search function on our website and type in stool eating, you will find a lot of information. http://www.leerburg.com/search.htm
I would evaluate what you are feeding this pup, we have a lot of info on our page on Feeding Dogs.
The first step in solving this is keeping the puppy on leash and not allowing him access to his stool, clean up the poop immediately after he goes.
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