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Originally Posted by Uhohitscrystall  Hello everyone, so I have had Jax since he was 8 weeks, he is now 16 weeks and I started noticing that he was eating his poop, I immediately took him to the vet cause I had never seen that. The vet gave me some powder to put in his food and I did that but he still eats he continued to eat his poop. He was eating Royal Canin before, but I started noticing that he was crying when he was pooping. When I took him in for his set of shots I told the vet and he told me to switch up his food to give him more proteins. Since we have a pitbull puppy so we started giving Jax, Hero (the pitbulls) food because its Blue and it has a lot of good nutritional facts as well as being high in protein. He is still crying when he poops and eating it. My next appointment with the vet is at the end of the week but I just don't know what to do. Any suggestions would be most helpful. |
Lots of dogs will eat their poop. I'm more concerned about the crying. Does Jax seem like he is in pain? Is there any blood in the poop, or does it have a strange color, smell, or texture? If so, you should take him to the vet sooner.
About the poop eating issue, changing the dog food might help, but I don't know whether food that's right for a pit bull is good for a Yorkie puppy--other people will chime in on that, I'm sure. I would try to keep an eye on Jax when he poops, immediately remove the poop after he finishes so he can't eat it, and then praise him and give him a treat for not eating the poop.