GSP pup eating other dogs poo from 15 months
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 3:42 pm
Hey all, this is my first post! I've had a quick look around the forum and I'm excited to learn from and share with the community!
I have a 22 month old male GSP, Otto. He's currently around 28kg (62 lbs) in weight.
For around the last 7 months he's been eating other dog poos whilst out, off lead, in popular dog walking areas local to me. I'm obviously concerned about the health affects this has caused with vomitting the poo back up and parasites, worms etc.
I've fed him Hill's Science Plan since I've had Otto as him and his family/litter were fed this from birth. Reading that this may not have given him the full nutrients he needed 2 months ago I've swithched him onto a raw (80:10:10) diet supplemented with fish oils, egg, turmeric, raw veg and fruit (he has about 600g of food per day (around 21oz)). The problem still persists...
Since around 5 months Otto was introduced to being walked daily with around 7 or 8 other dogs whilst I was at work. He'd generally get 3-4 hours walking but nothing too strenuous, just enough to get him socialised with other dogs. For the last 3 months he has daily 1 to 1, off-lead walking in fields/woods/trails where he is extremely active for around 1.5 hours a day.
Is he likely hungry? Bored? Or is it something inherently common with GSP's at this age and something he'll grow out of?
Any help/advice would be well received..
I have a 22 month old male GSP, Otto. He's currently around 28kg (62 lbs) in weight.
For around the last 7 months he's been eating other dog poos whilst out, off lead, in popular dog walking areas local to me. I'm obviously concerned about the health affects this has caused with vomitting the poo back up and parasites, worms etc.
I've fed him Hill's Science Plan since I've had Otto as him and his family/litter were fed this from birth. Reading that this may not have given him the full nutrients he needed 2 months ago I've swithched him onto a raw (80:10:10) diet supplemented with fish oils, egg, turmeric, raw veg and fruit (he has about 600g of food per day (around 21oz)). The problem still persists...
Since around 5 months Otto was introduced to being walked daily with around 7 or 8 other dogs whilst I was at work. He'd generally get 3-4 hours walking but nothing too strenuous, just enough to get him socialised with other dogs. For the last 3 months he has daily 1 to 1, off-lead walking in fields/woods/trails where he is extremely active for around 1.5 hours a day.
Is he likely hungry? Bored? Or is it something inherently common with GSP's at this age and something he'll grow out of?
Any help/advice would be well received..