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10-10-2009, 03:47 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ontario/Canada
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| still eating his poop Hi all When Tommy poops he turns right around and starts to eat it. I have tried to just not make something out of it but it is really gross. I do give him a tiny treat when he go's in the right place. He has done this since we first got him. Also when I take him to potty outside he will find one of his previous poops and start to eat it. Could it have something to do with where we got him.I was not impressed with the home . It didnt seem very clean and all the dogs (about 15 yorkies)looked kinda unwashed and stringy looking but of course we fell for Tommy and got him anyway. Just wondering how to get him out of this .Thanks |
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10-10-2009, 04:12 AM | #2 |
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| My Lily also eats her poop! I have been giving her a little bit of pineapple. Don't know if it's helping much though...I'm not consistant in giving it to her so it's probably my fault. I got the idea from the T.V. show "It's me or the Dog" and she said that pineapple makes the poo taste and smell bad. I just started giving it to her again this morning....after I had to chase her down & have her drop her poo, again! It's so gross!!!!! LOL
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10-10-2009, 06:00 AM | #3 |
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| Most of them do out grow this. Meanwhile, pick up all poop immediately. If he goes after it scold him and grab it before he does. I swat at mine with the plastic bag, to shoo her away, she does not like that. |
10-11-2009, 03:06 AM | #4 | |
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Tommy also will try and drag his poop into the house. Thanks for your input:-) | |
10-12-2009, 11:35 AM | #5 |
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| Our problem is that Sophie is dragging that cat's poop out of the litter box. Don't know if she's eating it, but still nasty to find it on your rug!!! Will definitely try the pineapple anyway!!!! |
10-12-2009, 11:43 AM | #6 |
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| Mine seem to want to take it to their beds so i try to pick it up as soon as i know they have went. I dont know why they do it but it drives me insane!!
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10-12-2009, 04:11 PM | #7 |
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| There is a product called "Forbid" that you add to their food and it makes the poop undesirable to them.
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10-12-2009, 04:21 PM | #8 |
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| Dogs will eat cat poop. You need to put a gate across the door to the room where the litter box is. The cat can jump over it. or some people put it on top of the dryer. |
10-13-2009, 03:10 PM | #9 |
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| Thanks for the replys I will look for this Forbid . Not sure if it is in Canada. Yes Tommy will be outside and run past me with a poop and take it into his bed and it drives me nuts too. |
10-13-2009, 04:56 PM | #10 |
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| PINEAPPLE! If you feed a piece of pineapple several times a day consistently I promise that you will stop the poop eating. But the key is persistence. You must also make sure that you are feeding a high quality dog food. If the food is high in grains it comes out the other end like a nice warm loaf of bread A while back there was a thread all about poop eaters and it has really great information about how the pineapple works the same way as Forbid my adding the fermenting agent to make the poop undesirable. I will see if I can find the thread and post it here. It kind of turned into a Poop Eaters Anonymous club
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10-14-2009, 04:59 AM | #11 | |
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Maybe he got into a bad habit even after the good food came along. | |
10-14-2009, 05:46 AM | #12 |
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10-14-2009, 07:33 AM | #13 | |
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The pineapple need to be evenly distributed thoughout his intestines otherwise it is like FRUITCAKE-LOAF OF BREAD-FRUITCAKE-LOAD OF BREAD Being totally serious, he is still young if he just came from the breeders and it probably is a combination of Beneful and also seeing his mom do it to clean up after the puppies. Just give him a piece or even a half of piece as a treat right around the time he is eating each time you are going to feed him. I have not had one person say that it didn't work if they were HONESTLY consistent. Let me know how he does in at least a week.
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10-14-2009, 07:34 AM | #14 |
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| Do you have a loaf maker/eater too
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10-14-2009, 08:25 AM | #15 |
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| No, but I have had one in the past. With new puppy Daisy, I pretty much catch it as it comes out (potty training), if you know what I mean! She doesn't have much time to investigate her...business. I saw the "It's Me or the Dog" where Victoria suggested the pineapple; she also said that the digestive properties of the food going in influence how 'tasty' it is coming out. The dogs seem to get confused about what is (still) a meal and what isn't, because it is actually quite similar. Also, I was thinking that since dogs are stimulated by smell, and odor is generated by warmth.......... Of course, this wouldn't explain why dogs still like to ingest the...business...at room temperature! This is so gross!!! |
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