My lil princess is, GROSS!

[ilovejoel]

Originally Posted by celstu1

Im SOOOO glad I did not have poop eaters but one time they did eat duck poop. Both of them got a NASTY virus from it and had bloody diarrhea for a week each! It was AWFUL! Then the 14 days of antibiotics 2x a day with a pill popper bc they hated pill pockets and found the pills in everything else so I had to force them down. Now I'm super careful about bird poop of any kind. Vet said bird poop is the worst, its so full of bacteria.

Bird/duck poo is Joels favorite kind! I have to get it from his mouth with my hands, GAG!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by abbie's mom

Please *Click Here* for "Why Dogs Eat Poop". I found this statement interesting:

Before dogs were domesticated they were scavengers, living off of whatever they could find. Dogs commonly fed on the waste of other animals (and other dogs) thousands of years ago. Poop eating may just be a remnant of dog history.

In certain situations, as with a newborn litter of puppies, eating poop is instinctual and completely normal. A mother with pups is wired to keep her den clean so as not to attract predators with scent cues. Thus, she quite often will clean up after her young by consuming their poop.

For households with multiple dogs there is often a pecking order of dominant and submissive roles. Submissive dogs will sometimes eat the stool of their dominant counterparts.

Dogs act so much out of instinct, I've always thought it something that many of them instinctively do, unless stopped. And to survive in the wild, many dogs had to eat animal stools when food was/is scarce.

I think they roll in poop/carrion instinctively, too, just to invite the immense & intense attention they would get from other dogs in the pack or family. You will have to admit, a dog covered in poop gets all the dogs' immediate attention.

[JillyBean]

Well, I went out and bought pineapple chunks....she wont touch them. Grrrrrrr!

[peachesmom1sc]

the nasty habit you can get at petsmart is liver chewables and they will think its a treat i paid 6.99 for 60 tablets and she only took about 20 for her to stop

[chinalee61]

I have a new pup that's 12 weeks old. Ever since I got her she does the same thing, yeah, its pretty gross. She eats it right when she's done going.! I have to beat her to it to clean it up first. Haven't tried pineapple yet, so we'll see.

[gracielove]

I wondered if some dogs might want to pass on the pineapple. Maybe crushed pineapple would work if you mix it in with some type of teat they like.

[Tswells]

Bailee loves pineapple and I give her 1 chunk a day. At first I tried two and it upset her stomach( she threw it up)....but with one she's fine and it seems to work.... She's 6 mths and 3.5 lbs. I also use the leave it command and give her a cherrio, her favorite.

[courtney1121]

ugh Geno has been eating poop for months. He also likes to pretend it's a toy and flings it around. I've gotten hit on the head with it before. Pineappple doesn't seem to work with him. Our breeder said to put hot sauce on his poo to get him to associate bad taste with it. Only problem is that Geno poos in private or at least makes sure to. He refuses to go if I'm watching him. Then right after he goes in private, he picks it up, runs to me, growls cause he wants to make sure I see him, and then will bark at us until we try and chase him to give it up. I do use "leave it" but he'll just run under the bed and eat it up. If he doesn't go under the bed, "leave it" does work and I try enticing him with something else.

I think I might try getting him some of that stuff to sprinkle on his food.

[MamaZiggy]

lol, i hear your frustration.. Ziggy was *sigh* also a poop eater! Good news though, he outgrew it. right around maybe 6 months if i remember correctly. hang in there, im sure your little girl will too

[chinalee61]

Well I'm trying the crushed pineapple today. We'll see if it works. God I hope so! I'm tired of her waiting to go potty, and if I can get to her first. Ewe, its so gross!

[tinalove]

This must be a breed thing. I caught Khloe playing with her poop yesterday. I am so hurt. I tried pineapple but I don't think it helped. I will try bananas next. My baby is a kisser but how can I let her kiss me now. Why do they do this? Help me please! My bichon never touched poop and cant stand it near her thats how I was able to crate train her so well.

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by tinalove

This must be a breed thing. I caught Khloe playing with her poop yesterday. I am so hurt. I tried pineapple but I don't think it helped. I will try bananas next. My baby is a kisser but how can I let her kiss me now. Why do they do this? Help me please! My bichon never touched poop and cant stand it near her thats how I was able to crate train her so well.

Aw, why are you hurt? She IS just a doggy. She's not trying to upset her mommy.

[SWHouston]

Those type Dogs are called

POOPGOBLERS !

[1kumiko]

Is she a pup? Remedie: time/growing up + cleaning up any poop before he reaches