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Old 03-07-2009, 05:50 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by srostie View Post
You had better luck than I did goggling his behavior. At one point i thought this might have started when he was a puppy and it was his way of attempting to hide an inside accident (slurp up the pee before anyone could find any on the floor). Though I doubt that that is true. He is 14 months old and has been slurping for about three months now.
Here's one link.

My Dog Likes to Drink his own Pee?!? - Yahoo! Answers

I searched "dog drink own urine" . This gives a bunch of links. Looks like some potential reasons are behavioral due to confinement, mineral/vitamin deficiency, & UTI causing excessive thirst.

Is he unusually thirsty?
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