My little girl loves to eat her poops

[Munchki]

My little four and a half month old girl loves to eat her poops!!! i have tried sprinkling detour powder on her food and still eats it also eats my older dogs dropping? i ear its commen for yorkies to do this do they outgrow it?

[AllDogBoots]

My Max didn't outgrow it and he's almost 1 1/2. But it did get a little easier to manage because now he understands the Leave It command. Here's a thread I created a while back that has lots of ideas on how to manage the problem.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...-his-poop.html

[BlueBelle]

Well I think they get "better" when they get older but just when you think they have quit they'll do it again!!

[Munchki]

Thank you for your post i will look up your link and keep at her lol. This is my first yorkie and i absolutly love her they are such sweet sweet dogs

[MamaZiggy]

Originally Posted by BlueBelle

Well I think they get "better" when they get older but just when you think they have quit they'll do it again!!

hehehe, thats exactly what keeps happening with Ziggy.. every time I think "wow, good boy, you didnt try eat that" he goes and tries to get some! so frustrating.. im still hoping it stops one day though

[AllDogBoots]

Originally Posted by Munchki

Thank you for your post i will look up your link and keep at her lol. This is my first yorkie and i absolutly love her they are such sweet sweet dogs

I'm so glad that you aren't mad at her and you are lighthearted. It's disgusting, but my vet says it's not going to hurt Max if he eats his own or my other dog's poop because they are healthy. But you will have to watch her around strange dogs. Try the pineapple, spinach and some other techniques. I also bought Dis-Taste treats for my boy but it didn't work. But I gave it to an acquaintance with the same issue and her dog stopped! Go figure

[107barney]

Teddy ate poop and he is cured. He is cured because I changed foods, but that does not work for everyone. I'm sure glad it worked for us though. Some dogs are very committed to the habit, but I hope yours is cured!!

[Gatord]

Originally Posted by BlueBelle

Well I think they get "better" when they get older but just when you think they have quit they'll do it again!!

This sounds like Josie.

Originally Posted by MamaZiggy

hehehe, thats exactly what keeps happening with Ziggy.. every time I think "wow, good boy, you didnt try eat that" he goes and tries to get some! so frustrating.. im still hoping it stops one day though

Originally Posted by 107barney

Teddy ate poop and he is cured. He is cured because I changed foods, but that does not work for everyone. I'm sure glad it worked for us though. Some dogs are very committed to the habit, but I hope yours is cured!!

What food was Teddy on and what do you have him on now?

Josie did quit when I changed her food to Ultra. But i do give them green beans and carrots and I wonder if that has stopped her from eating. I still watch her cause I don't trust her. As soon as I see her leave the potty pad I go get it.

[mercyme]

There's a thread on here somewhere that says pineapple will cure the problem. 3-4 pieces of pineapple every day. I haven't tried it because my little Coco only eats her grumpies every once in a while but if she did it consistently I would definitely give it a whirl.

[pagonzal]

We used pineapple as well. Also sprinkle meat tenderizer on their food.

Pam

[McheleM]

Originally Posted by pagonzal

We used pineapple as well. Also sprinkle meat tenderizer on their food.

Pam

Meat tenderizer has garlic in it and garlic is poisonous to dogs...!

[AllDogBoots]

Originally Posted by McheleM

Meat tenderizer has garlic in it and garlic is poisonous to dogs...!

Meat tenderizer was recommended by my vet. I doubt that the amount of garlic would be toxic to dogs. However, I wasn't thrilled with the sodium content so we stopped using it.

[chachi]

Pineapple works. I dont think theres enogh garlic to make a difference in the meat tenderizer. They even make garlic pills for dogs to get rid of fleas

[pagonzal]

I didn't know that about meat tenderizer. It was recommended by my vet and the breeder. We no longer use it though because our furbaby no longer eats her poop. I did check the ingredients. The one we used was low sodium and no garlic was listed.

Pam

[Munchki]

Very happy to report Mia is not eating her droppings anymore i gave her pineapple and it completly detoured her yay thanks for all the comments and advice