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Originally Posted by abbie's mom  Please *Click Here* for "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.
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Dogs act so much out of instinct, I've always thought it something that many of them instinctively do, unless stopped. And to survive in the wild, many dogs had to eat animal stools when food was/is scarce.
I think they roll in poop/carrion instinctively, too, just to invite the immense & intense attention they would get from other dogs in the pack or family. You will have to admit, a dog covered in poop gets all the dogs' immediate attention.