Pup eating poop

[jbwardfamily]

Is it normal for a 6-month old to eat poop? They love apples and carrots.

[birddogger]

I have a almost 6yr. old GSP that has done it all his life. Helps me keep the kennel clean.

Charlie

[PntrRookie]

I have a almost 6yr. old GSP that has done it all his life. Helps me keep the kennel clean. Charlie

Exactly...6 weeks, 6 months, 6 years, 6 hours, 6 days, 6 moons...I have three of them!

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

Dogs are like wolves & coyotes they DON"T eat poop!!

[jbwardfamily]

I have a almost 6yr. old GSP that has done it all his life. Helps me keep the kennel clean.

Charlie

Her breath smells like death afterwards. She seems to always want kisses after that.

[Sharon]

Yes. Some say it has to do with missing nutrients in their diet. I don't believe that. Some say it is a survival instinct - clean up your pup and no one will know you were there - same reason they eat placentas.This is agree with.

As it has been so cold , my pup likes to bring in a frozen piece and eat it in the warmth. Not acceptable.

[Rod W]

Yes. Some say it has to do with missing nutrients in their diet. I don't believe that. Some say it is a survival instinct - clean up your pup and no one will know you were there - same reason they eat placentas.This is agree with.

As it has been so cold , my pup likes to bring in a frozen piece and eat it in the warmth. Not acceptable.

Meanie Have a heart

[Fun dog]

Ah yum...Poopsycles

[ezzy333]

Eating placentas is what helps turn the milk on. All animals do it including cows and others.

Ezzy

[Ike]

My 6 mo old Setter thinks horse apples are treats! Grabs one an runs !!
Does not eat others.

[grousetter]

Ah yum...Poopsycles

Fudgecicles!

[ChetB]

One of my GSP's did that as a pup. When she got older, she'd raid the cat's litter box when no one was paying attention. I never was able to break her of that habit because I rarely caught her in the act. She was 14 when she died, so I guess it had no ill effects ...

Chet

[reba]

My 11 year old female ACD has eaten a ton of it. She is the healthiest dog I have ever owned.

BTW I have two GSP's and they do not do it, but the ACD eats all of theirs.

[mm]

These are call self cleaning dogs, like the self cleaning oven, they cost extra.

[Donnytpburge]

All of my bird dogs eat horse poop, but they do
Not eat dog poop for some reason.

I have never had a problem and feel they
Are bennifiting from it.

Db

[polmaise]

Makes you wonder 'why' so many go on about ''What's the best food''? for my dog

[Jaggerbush]

Perhaps picking up the poop and the dog won't eat it.

[RoostersMom]

Yuck, a few of our beagles are nasty like that. I have heard that adding fresh pineapple to the diet will discourage it (pineapple flavored poop tastes bad....not the great taste that comes with plain poop). Also, there are things you can add (powdered stuff) to their food to make the poop taste bad, LOL.

[LAboykin]

My boykin doesn't... It's the only thing I can put in the dam holes in my yard so he doesn't keep digging in them! :roll:

[armand]

My basset ate poop when ever he could get away with it until about seven months old

[grousetter]

It's called - Coprophagia or Coprophagy.

I assumed my dogs liked deer and rabbit turds for the chlorophill, they all have ate it - some more than others. Dog poop too. Keeping the area cleaned up works to prevent it.

From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia
or coprophagy is the consumption of feces...

From Univ. California - Davis:
http://behavior.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/loca ... n_dogs.pdf

[birddogger]

Keeping the area cleaned up works to prevent it.

True, but when a peson has more than one dog in outside kennels it is literally impossible to do 24/7.

Charlie