Help!! Now Lilly is eating POOP!!!

[mypreciouspups]

I am not sure how old this thread is... BUT I for one had never heard of the pineapple thing.. so will know to use it if it is ever needed again...
amazing that in all my years with these little furbutt yorkies.. I had never heard of this..

yes what we do for these babies of ours ah!!!

anne

[kidmuzicdotcom]

Little Kaylee came and gave me a big kiss and guess what it smelled like uug! I had to go brush my teeth and tried to do hers too but she wouldn't open up....lol I'm doing the pineapple thing and so far I haven't seen her eat it or smelled it so I'm thinking it's working...I hope!! she loves the pineapple and I give her a half a teaspoon every morning..

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by miriam1978

Dogs have a very acute sense of smell and as a result can smell the unused minerals in their poop. Just try to clean it up as quickly as possible so to keep it to a minimum but I would not worry too much about it. My vet told me it is one of those "dog will be dogs" kinda things.

I would have to disagree that anyone or anything that eats its own poop is not normal. If your dog is eating its poop it is doing it for a reason. But definitely not normal

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by mypreciouspups

I am not sure how old this thread is... BUT I for one had never heard of the pineapple thing.. so will know to use it if it is ever needed again...
amazing that in all my years with these little furbutt yorkies.. I had never heard of this..

yes what we do for these babies of ours ah!!!

anne

Hi Anne! I swear to you that it really works too!

Originally Posted by kidmuzicdotcom

Little Kaylee came and gave me a big kiss and guess what it smelled like uug! I had to go brush my teeth and tried to do hers too but she wouldn't open up....lol I'm doing the pineapple thing and so far I haven't seen her eat it or smelled it so I'm thinking it's working...I hope!! she loves the pineapple and I give her a half a teaspoon every morning..

You can adjust the amount if she decided to start doing it again. I can tell you that my three LOVE to eat pineapple as a little snack even now. I wgive the chucks to them and the gobble it up.

[babybuddy]

Thank GOD for YT....I was trying to find something that would stop Buddy from eating his poop! Im going to try the pineapple thing!! Keeping my fingers crossed that it works!

[Lilia]

My 4 month old was eating her poop also. Buy Excel Deter (Pet Smart), it works for her.

[Gigi485]

Originally Posted by Barbhelm

I add a little bit of plain canned pumpkin to my yorkie's food each day and she has stopped eating her stools completely. She will go up to it and smell it and then walk away. Hooray, I say.

Barbara, guaardian of Mau'i

Oh boy! I'm having this poop eating problem too! I tried the pumpkin last week. I added 1 tsp to Sully's food and the next day he was dragging his butt on the carpet - not to be gross but I think he had a case of the flaming hoop - his little anus was pink. I tried the pineapple - no luck - I caught him last night eating the pineapple out of the poop! EWW! I clapped my hands and said NO! He ran and dropped the pineapple out of his mouth. How do I know? I stepped on it. UGH! I went to Petco and bought some Deter - Please wish me luck.

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by Gigi485

Oh boy! I'm having this poop eating problem too! I tried the pumpkin last week. I added 1 tsp to Sully's food and the next day he was dragging his butt on the carpet - not to be gross but I think he had a case of the flaming hoop - his little anus was pink. I tried the pineapple - no luck - I caught him last night eating the pineapple out of the poop! EWW! I clapped my hands and said NO! He ran and dropped the pineapple out of his mouth. How do I know? I stepped on it. UGH! I went to Petco and bought some Deter - Please wish me luck.

Pumpkin will not make your dog have a case of "flaming hoop". No way no how. It is given all the time for upset tummies in dogs and has a calming affect to their stomach. As for the pineapple as I have said before, you need to give it more than once for it to start to work its way through their digestive tract and to be effective. Deter pretty much does not work and that is when most people look for an alternative ie pineapple and pumpkin.

[Lilia]

Originally Posted by Gigi485

Oh boy! I'm having this poop eating problem too! I tried the pumpkin last week. I added 1 tsp to Sully's food and the next day he was dragging his butt on the carpet - not to be gross but I think he had a case of the flaming hoop - his little anus was pink. I tried the pineapple - no luck - I caught him last night eating the pineapple out of the poop! EWW! I clapped my hands and said NO! He ran and dropped the pineapple out of his mouth. How do I know? I stepped on it. UGH! I went to Petco and bought some Deter - Please wish me luck.

Well, so far in four days I haven't seen Antoinette eat her poop. So, it looks like the Deter is working.....
Good Luck and Let us know about the results

[Gigi485]

Day three with Deter - I thought I was out of the woods, I came home from work yesterday and the poop was still there. Never thought I'd be so happy to see a turd on my kitchen floor. What's wrong with this picture? But alas, this morning, the "Poop Pirate" must have had a midnight snack, cause the evidence was there. He ate it again. I think I'll rename him Snoopy - cause it rhymes with Poopy. I'm trying the banana thing today. I mashed 1 tsp of it and gave it to him after breakfast. Someone told me that he's eating it cause he watches me clean it up and he's copying me....has anyone ever heard of that?

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by Gigi485

Day three with Deter - I thought I was out of the woods, I came home from work yesterday and the poop was still there. Never thought I'd be so happy to see a turd on my kitchen floor. What's wrong with this picture? But alas, this morning, the "Poop Pirate" must have had a midnight snack, cause the evidence was there. He ate it again. I think I'll rename him Snoopy - cause it rhymes with Poopy. I'm trying the banana thing today. I mashed 1 tsp of it and gave it to him after breakfast. Someone told me that he's eating it cause he watches me clean it up and he's copying me....has anyone ever heard of that?

I have never heard that a dog would eat their poop to mimic the owners cleaning it up. Also, I have never heard of bananas to stop a dog from eating poop. Like humans I would thing that would make him constipated Spinach, pumpkin, meat tenderizer, and pineapple are the only things that I have ever heard for poop eaters. You need to pick ONE remedy and stick with it for a week. If he eats the poop then you need to increase the amount you are giving until he stops eating poop. If you jump around and try one thing and then another you will not know what really works and it will not build up in his intestines and become effective in stopping him. You need to be consistent in what you are trying to do. You haven't given anyone a long enough time to kick in. You can give the pineapple as a snack and not mix it into the food too. Deter is just a form of meat tenderizer but much more expensive.

What type of food are you feeding? That might be your issue too. If the food you are feeding is too high in grains they will eat their poop too.

[Gigi485]

I'm feeding him Eukenuba. He's 7 pounds now and I give him 1/2 cup in the morning and 1/2 cup at night. When I go home on my lunch hour, he gets 2 treats.
PS. I heard about the banana thing from a Cesar Milan show - thinking he was maybe missing something from his diet.

[abock]

Use FORBID. PetVetDirect.com - Greenies, Cosequin, Frontline, Synovicre & More! It was recommended to my by my vet, and works almost immediately. I mixed the powder (which is great if your dog wont' chew pills) into some soft canned food & she ate it right up. No more poop eating here! Good luck.

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by Gigi485

I'm feeding him Eukenuba. He's 7 pounds now and I give him 1/2 cup in the morning and 1/2 cup at night. When I go home on my lunch hour, he gets 2 treats.
PS. I heard about the banana thing from a Cesar Milan show - thinking he was maybe missing something from his diet.

Eukenuda is high in grains and that might be a huge part of your problem. The grains make it more yummy coming out the other end. Try to address the food issue and change to a higher end food and that alone might fix your poop eater. I feed Natural Balance Sweet Potato and Venison for all of mine. Pebbles is a reformed poop eater but that was not the reason that I switched food for her. She has allergy issues and was scratching from the fillers in her old food so I switched to the LI food from NB. It does not have the fillers like Eukenuba and other grocery store foods. Do you have a Petco near you? That is were I purchase my NB, I do not believe that Petsmart sells NB brand.

Now that you mention Cesar I do recall that episode and remembered thinks I had never heard that before. Not that I don't believe Cesar but I have read a lot about poop eating not because I still have a problem but more because it seems to be constantly brought up on YT and never came across anything about bananas.

Deter and Forbid are pretty much marketing schemes that are sold by vets and pet stores to make money. I just looked up the ingredients in Deter and guess what the main ingredient is Natural Fermented Vegetable Extract, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Capsicum Oleoresin. It also says that it needs to be given for 2 to 3 weeks to see results. I was shocked at the price too~$35 A large can of pumpkin is $2.00 and pineapple is $1.25 and a jar of MSG/meat tenderizer is $3.00.

[Gigi485]

Originally Posted by megansmomma

Eukenuda is high in grains and that might be a huge part of your problem. The grains make it more yummy coming out the other end. Try to address the food issue and change to a higher end food and that alone might fix your poop eater. I feed Natural Balance Sweet Potato and Venison for all of mine. Pebbles is a reformed poop eater but that was not the reason that I switched food for her. She has allergy issues and was scratching from the fillers in her old food so I switched to the LI food from NB. It does not have the fillers like Eukenuba and other grocery store foods. Do you have a Petco near you? That is were I purchase my NB, I do not believe that Petsmart sells NB brand.

Now that you mention Cesar I do recall that episode and remembered thinks I had never heard that before. Not that I don't believe Cesar but I have read a lot about poop eating not because I still have a problem but more because it seems to be constantly brought up on YT and never came across anything about bananas.

Deter and Forbid are pretty much marketing schemes that are sold by vets and pet stores to make money. I just looked up the ingredients in Deter and guess what the main ingredient is Natural Fermented Vegetable Extract, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Capsicum Oleoresin. It also says that it needs to be given for 2 to 3 weeks to see results. I was shocked at the price too~$35 A large can of pumpkin is $2.00 and pineapple is $1.25 and a jar of MSG/meat tenderizer is $3.00.

Thanks so much for all your help - I really do appreciate you taking the time to give me all this useful information. We went to the vet yesterday and he thinks none of this stuff works and that dogs eat their poop out of a survival mechanism. He said that all dogs at one point were wild and to protect themselves and their pups from other predators they would "hide the evidence" so to speak and eat the feces to conceal their location. He said that dealing with it on a "dog psychology" level as Cesar does will bring more success than buying and trying different foods. He also said if the dog is assuming a pack leader role or feels insecure of his role in the pack he will do it to protect himself or his pack. It kinda makes sense and I'm going to try on work on my "pack leader" skills. He also said, most puppies just grow out of it. That said, I'm going to look into the food thing too.