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Originally Posted by princetonbaby  My friend had to use pineapple with her boy (I guess it makes the poo taste gross... as if poo, by nature doesn't already taste gross?) and good thing is they love the pineapple, so it should be an easy fix! Good luck. |
Pineapple doesn't make poop taste different, what it does is help digest protein and so that the poop has no undigested protein in it making it less appetizing. Pineapple contains bromelain a meat tenderizer. Same reason you can’t use pineapple in gelatin, it breaks down the protein and jello won’t firm up. Not all dogs eat poop for the undigested protein, but this is one reason. Other reasons could be boredom and some dogs, if too harshly scolded for pooping in the wrong place will “hide the evidence”. When a puppy does it, they often outgrow it with no treatment, but it’s a pretty easy fix to add pineapple or switch to an easier to digest food.