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Originally Posted by toristepp13  So my little 11 week old girl is pee pad trained and she is doing pretty well! Except that she likes to play with her poop and she makes such a big mess. I have to give her baths almost everyday because she gets it on her and smells so bad. She has plenty of toys, but she prefers that. :/ How can I stop this? Thank you all  |
Some other threads similar to yours:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...poop-help.html (In this thread, someone mentioned using pineapple, but make sure it is safe for dogs before attempting)
Why Do Puppies Eat Poop? | petMD http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...-eat-poop.html Poochie Heaven- Luxury on a Leash: Stop Dogs from Eating their Poop http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...pineapple.html (one of YT's long-time members said this on this thread: I've heard that it's very effective, just add a little piece to his food, and start with 1/4 of a chunk so that there will be no bad reaction, gradually increase the amount. Some people say with a full-grown dog they've had to use 2 chunks with each meal. I also suggest you free feed with a puppy that age, so that they won't be tempted to eat their poop. You don't have to worry about them eating too much until they are around 8 months, and if you use kibble most dogs will never over eat. Reasons for eating poop are undigested protein in the poop, and the dog smell the protein, and this smells good to him. The pineapple helps to digest the protein, so the poop will no longer smell nutritious to the dog.
Someone else mentioned: I saw an episode of Dog Whisperer with that Cesar guy and he was trying to break a Lhso Apso from eating poop. He said dogs eat poop for 2 reasons - boredom and missing nutrients from their diet.
He started giving the dog bananas as treats and it worked! He said she needed potassium and that eating the bananas curbed her urge to eat the poop.
He had some of her poop on the floor and every time she tried to eat it, he stopped her and gave her a little chunk of banana. Eventually, she stopped eating the poop and got bananas as treats all the time.
So, maybe some sort of vitamin deficiency?
----- That can be found on this thread here:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ting-poop.html
You can simply do a Google search for "yorkie eats poop yorkietalk". It will pop up 4 results or so at the top, but to see more, click on "More Results from YorkieTalk.com" and you'll practically have a whole library of old threads, info to look through!