My 18 week old pup has a voracious appetite and recently (after switching to human grade food - Innova) has begun eating her poop (feces) immediately after bowel movement.
Although I'm glad that she only seems to be interested in "fresh" poop-- I'm having difficulty ridding her of this nasty habit.
I usually try to clean it up immediately-- but its turned into a race -- how much can she eat before I get to her. Does anyone know of a good method to stop this behavior?
I know it's kind of a pain, but have you tried taking her out to poop on lead? Then when she tries to eat it, just matter of factly take her back in, no big production or anything, and go back and clean it up so she can't see you. If you make too much of it, it could become a game to her, so like many things puppy, just act neutral.
You can add meat tenderizer to your dogs food. You can also purchase For-bid through any pet catalog- JB Wholesale, Foster and Smith, Jeffers, RC Steele etc... When one of my pups did that I just used the meat tenderizer and it worked and you can get that at your grocery store. Hope this helps
Dave - My brother had a Bernese with this problem, I heard of plain yogurt on the web, and he tried it with great success, 1 tbsp per meal. I'd also worry that maybe the food is a bit rich, altho it is a good quality food, what breed is your dog? Stool eating is common in dogs with EPI, altho I don't believe I have heard of it in a dog as young as yours, notwithstanding delays in diagnosis.
Does Ed have any article on stopping your dog from eating its feces? I have used forbid and sprinkled some on his food and it works...however when I stop using it...the feces eating continues. My pup is about 5 months old. I am planning to either purchase more forbid or plan to ask my vet about it. All I know is this habit must stop because I have a 2 yr old son my pup loves to lick.
Its really gross when you dog runs up to you w/ fece breath and you discover semi-eaten feces in your yard...yuck!
Maybe Innova isn't the best food for this dog?? (of course, I wouldn't feed most commercial dog food to my own dogs.......they are full of grain which is absolutely NOT necessary for dogs)
Or it could be a lack of B vitamins. Try B vitamins or probiotics/digestive enzymes added to food.
Adding Forbid only covers up the problem, when you stop using it the pup will most likely go back to the same behavior.
I think that Forbid is an enzyme supplement. It could be that the dog is not normally able to digest the food completely, either because it is more concentrated nutrition that what she is used to or it just doesn't agree with her.
Meat tenderizer is an enzyme as well.
"Dog breeding must always be done by a dog lover, it can not be a profession." -Max v Stephanitz
Is this because the dog is hungry, is that the result of this? I always assumed it was the reason.
I always try to remember that a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human mouth, so they say? What I try not to do is see them do it. That's where I get a little sick.
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