When is it ...too much pineapple?
 

Took me about 2 months to figure out what to do to get my Yorkies to eat all their foods when it's meal time. It's usually a game of beg and please....usually it's me saying "please eat". I've tried everything from putting the food down and letting them decide to eat it or not and taking it away after 30 mins (which they'll just choose to starve!! I've heard their bellies growling)...to adding in little bits of their favorite treats so they smell it and want to eat it! Anyways, a few weeks ago we had to change foods because Lillie was eating her poop. :sickie:

I started feeding her pineapple as others on here has recommended while I incorporated some of the new food. She has since stopped eating her poo....but she LOVES the pineapple bits in her dog food. She gobbles it up like a homeless mutt being fed for the first time.

Is it okay to feed my dogs these pineapple bits with all their meals? Or do you think I should just pour in some pineapple juice? Advice??? Anyone????

That's curious. Have never heard of giving your yorkie pineapple. Will be interested in the responses.

Knox likes it.
 

I give him a bite or two. Not much though.

Good question. I know there is an enzyme that makes the poop taste bad (how much worse it could taste I cannot imagine), but there is a lot of natural sugar in there, too. So, I will be curious to see what the responses are on how much is too much. I'm a give me ounces and pounds, please. Pinches, bites don't much help. One person's bite or two could be another person's 1/2 cup and is that each meal or once a day... what do you mean by bits? how many bits, how often? LOL I need more exact than that. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed. Seriously.
I'm scared to wing it when it comes to the furbabies.

I buy those pineapples in a can, but not the chunkie kind, the kind that's shredded already. I have the little one, Lillie, she's 2.5lbs about 1/4 of a teaspoon and she is fed 1/4 cup of kibble. My Morkie, Teddy, is 7lbs and he gets half a teaspoon...and i feed him 1/2 cup of kibble.

As god is my witness, I am well over 1/2 a century old and I have seen chunked, diced, halved, but I can't recall ever seeing canned shredded. If I can find it, is that no more than once per day? and I thank you, I've never had anybody advise me on an amount...

It is more commonly referred to as crushed.

OMG!!! I have truly crossed over into the land of the linguistically challenged, I cannot believe I did not figure that out. Do not, I repeat, Do not get old... it ain't pretty....

thank you for clarifying.... going to find more meds now...

Haha...:)

Congrats on finding something that works for your babies. I am curious how many things you went through before you came up with pineapple?

Pineapple is generally considered to be a healthy fruit - I don't know any animal that will be harmed by pineapple, except if it's thrown! Just keep an eye on them to make sure they don't put on any unhealthy weight.

What food are you feeding that you are having such trouble getting them to eat it?

If she is not eating her poop any longer then you have found the proper amount of pineapple to feed her. I usually don't suggest putting it into the food directly but feeding chunks as a snack several times a day. The idea is to break them of the habit of poop eating and once they stop you should eventually begin to cut back and stop the pineapple. My three are not poop eaters and love to have pineapple too. Maybe you could try easing off adding it to their food and just feed as a snack. If she start to have an interest again you can increase the amount back up to where you were when she was not eating poop.

I've never heard anyone having an issue with the sugar content in a few pieces of pineapple. Plus~it really does work if you are consistent! Congratulations on you NON poop eating pup :p

I always suggest that you should feed the chunks as a treat. All dogs are different in the amount of pineapple that is needed to change the enzymes to stop the poop eating. You can start with 1 piece of pineapple before each meal and increase from there. It will take several DAYS for you to even notice a difference as the intestines need to clear out of all undigested food and be replaced with pineapple added food. It's not a one day process and those that say it didn't work for them IMO did not give the pineapple enough time to work. At first you will notice they might still want to pick up the poop and hold it in their mouth or they might even show interest. If this happens just increase to a piece or 2 more during the day. Just watch how they react after pooping if they are interested or not in trying to eat it or play with it. Sometimes they will pick it up and move it for "safe keeping" but will not eat it. Their interest will become less over time if it is no longer tasty. Once you find the amount that caused them to stop eating it continue to be consistent and feed to daily or they might go back to eating it again.

It really does work! One member had a little rescue from a mill and she would spin and eat her poop before it hit the ground. :eek: But sadly this is very much a mill dogs way of keeping their cage clean. Her foster mom was absolutely grossed out by her behavior. Pineapple to the rescue. If a spinning poop eating mill rescue can be taught with pineapple to stop eating poop that is huge! She is now a NON poop eater :)

I don't think pineapple is bad although how much to give, I'm not sure. Have you tried fat free or low fat plain yogurt mixed into their food? My dog wasn't eating and I mixed a tiny amount with her food and she gobbled it all up!

Dogs eat by smell and many times by adding something like parmesian cheese that has a very strong odor will also get them to eat too. But I believe she is feeding the pineapple for poop eating issues and now her cured poop eater like it as part of her food.

okay, now that I have actually have amounts I'm going to really try it. I'd heard about the 'cure' since I found YT, just never tried it in earnest. I have a poop eater. Problem is, she will not touch anybody's poop, including her own, with the lone exception of her sister's. She eats only her wombmate's poop, and that she will try to get before it hits the air. So, now we'll find out if it's the poop or just an unnatural obsession with her sister.

They will love pineapple so just give them all a couple of pieces to start. You can also use pumpkin too but I think the pineapple works better. With the pumpkin just add it right to their food with a little warm water to make a thick gravy to cover the kibble. You could even do both. :)

Thank you!

I have been having a hard time getting Sambo to eat his food during his feeding time. I'm feeding him 3 times a day using the schedule from housebreak your dog in 7 days. He eats less than 1/4 a cup though out the day and I know he's hungry. He's 5 months old and weighs less than 2 pounds. I've tried the pinapple, yougart and even some of my sons baby food but none of it has worked. Are there any suggestions on how to get him to eat, he will take a few lil bites but then is done with his food. Thank you.
:animal-pa:aimeeyorkSambo & Jenny:girl:

Is 1/4 cp of food okay for 2lbs of dog?

I have an 80lbs dog that literally lives on about 1 cp of food per day. When we got him from the shelter almost 5yrs ago they told us he was a light eater and that was about all he would eat, and they were right. He is DH's dog, and if DH is gone for a couple of days he will eat nothing until he returns, depression. But his regular diet is about 1 cup of dog food per day. He eats no human food at all. He has a delicate stomach and gets pancreatitis at the drop of a hat. Sadly, no bones, no scraps, nothing. He is solid, can barely feel is ribs...just this side of 'heavy'. He goes on a looooonnng walk every morning.

So, perhaps, 1/4 cp is all this little one needs?? I don't know....

Jodi, do you mean pumpkin can also keep them from eating poo? I have two pups that like to eat poo but they won't eat pineapple. I've tried adding some poo stop supplements to their food and that didn't help, either. I've just about given up hope. :confused:

Let's see, first he was fed Iams...but he had a lot of allergies so I changed him to Avoderm and then he started eating his poop so I changed it again to ...I forgot what it was called, then eventually to a local brand called Maei (pronounced May-I). They finally started eating the kibbles without needing coaxing but then I guess they started to get bored of the taste so stopped eating. Then I started putting a bit of warm water in it...which got them to eat again, but then soon, they stopped eating again. Then I sprinkled little bits of their favorite treats in their food...then they started eating again!! Then they stopped............yes, this is never ending. Finally.....I tried the pineapple because Lillie started to eat her poop at night when she was left alone! But then she stopped eating her poop and continued to eat the pineapple....

So far...no unhealthy weight...or funny stools....everything seems fine. Maybe it's okay to continue to feed the pineapple. lol

I think 1/4 cup is more than enough! My Lillie is 2.5lbs and she eats 1/4 cup 2x a day. I do notice that when she gets more exercise than normal, she'll be REALLY hungry by early morning that her stomach will growl...but on those days, I try to feed her 3x instead of 2x...and she's fine. Maybe try adding some warm water to the food...and taking 1 kibble and hand feeding your pup so he knows how tasty it is ...and he'll eat on his own? I know Teddy makes me do that...it's a bit annoying but it gets him to eat.