So, I've been using the pumpkin with my girl (1 year, 3 months old) for just about two months now. I don't see her hurrying to pick up the poop now. However, I'm not sure if she'll continue this good behavior if we're not around. There is almost always someone home to clean up and give her a treat right after she goes. She loves that incentive, but it didn't stop her from going back to the poop before.
When we were having the problem in February, I opted to go back to crating her at night so we could watch her and be aware of when she was going. So, we haven't had lots of time when she's alone to see if she would. I really don't want to deal with this part of dog raising at all. So, I am now kind of nervous about leaving her out of the crate at night, or leaving her uncrated when we run errands. If she started the poop eating habit again, I might lose my mind.
Everything else is going quite well.
Thoughts from anyone who has been there, done that, and overcome the problem by using pumpkin?
Thanks much. This forum has been quite helpful.