i have a 18 month old male and since he was a baby he has eaten his poop we change food he's good for a while then it's back to "snacking" on it i have been feeding wellness core before that it was innova he does get people food and some can if anybody has any ideals please let me know oh he only eats his and not my corgi's poop
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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i have a 18 month old male and since he was a baby he has eaten his poop we change food he's good for a while then it's back to "snacking" on it i have been feeding wellness core before that it was innova he does get people food and some can if anybody has any ideals please let me know oh he only eats his and not my corgi's poop
One thing is that you've allowed a habit to become ingrained. I'd walk him on a leash and not let him do that. I would pick up the poops as soon as he makes 'em.
There are some other "remedies" for pica, and some people swear by them. My own favorite has always been not to allow it. I think 18 months is plenty old enough to teach "leave it" and/or "drop it." too.
JMO....
But the biggie to start immediately is to start a journal so you know poop time (as it relates to meal time) and always take the dog out on lead then, walk briskly to trigger peristalsis, and then walk away from the poop. Have treats with you for the turning away goody.
i should say he is not a pet nor am i a pet person he is a working dog and we compete in obed and in rally he does leave it very well he doesn't do it all the time only when he thinks his food was really taste and i'm not looking which is not often i go out every time unless i'm doing something else like cooking any other advice. i should say he cam with problems and was a bad stone and contrete eater until his food was changed he seems to do this when he hating the dry food..
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Sounds like he has a fun job.
Have you thought about raw diet?
I don't know if you saw my other post....does he leave it right away when you tell him to or do you have to tell him more than once? And how was the leave it trained?
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Hi there. I am new to the forum too. So see what other people say about this. This is just one method I use and a suggestion, others might not like it.
I would go to your local hardware store and buy the big rat traps, and set them up around the yard with the poop on it. Yes you will have to touch the poop. The dog will quickly learn that the item (the poop) is correcting him. I use this method with police dogs I train and a lot with the Ring dogs. Eventually the dog will see it as the ground correcting him, not so much the food item. That is if you were to continue to use it with multiple items on the ground that are enticing.
It wont hurt the dog, nor will he get his tongue stuck. NEVER once have we had that. Its more of a quick correction that stings. But make sure when you are on the walk and he goes to eat that poop (if he does) then you correct him quickly and accordingly. We wouldn't want the dog to think that just his yard corrects him and everywhere else is ok.
Really? Rat traps for feces eating? Have we lost sight of addressing the cause? How did you house (crate? kennel?) train him? In my experience dog that eat their mess have been poorly house trained...
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