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Originally Posted by gracielove  Is this poo eating an issue something that is limited to dogs that are crate trained or are all dogs prone to this problem? I personally have never heard of it until I starting reading about it here and I have had dogs all my life. |
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"Why Dogs Eat Poop". I found this statement interesting:
Before dogs were domesticated they were scavengers, living off of whatever they could find. Dogs commonly fed on the waste of other animals (and other dogs) thousands of years ago. Poop eating may just be a remnant of dog history.
In certain situations, as with a newborn litter of puppies, eating poop is instinctual and completely normal. A mother with pups is wired to keep her den clean so as not to attract predators with scent cues. Thus, she quite often will clean up after her young by consuming their poop.
For households with multiple dogs there is often a pecking order of dominant and submissive roles. Submissive dogs will sometimes eat the stool of their dominant counterparts.