Dog eating feces, anyone fixed this problem?

Interesting, to me, that those pills that are supposed to work, don't. So that means I don't have to try that!!

Fact is, there are as many reasons put forward about why a dog does this, as there are remedies suggested. The ONLY thing that has worked for me is to pick it up as soon as it appears. Literally. And those of mine who have done this do seem to prefer it 'warm off the press'! I would say that if you have time to put anything on these stools, you have time to pick it up!!

There is one train of thought that suggests something is lacking in the diet being fed, which might be said to be born out by the fact that the first time I came across this, after having had our first 2 hounds, males, who didn't do this, was with my foundation b itch when she was pregnant. Something lacking - maybe.

The other suggestion that might fit is the food being fed isn't going through fully digested so it comes out the other end still smelling appealing?

If I wasn't out there, and saw this happening and yelled like a fish-wife while on the way out, by the time I got out there, they'd have gobbled it up fast, and head off, looking guilty LOL.

Perhaps trying another food might give you some answers? But if you switch, do it gradually or you'll have a dog with not only this habit, but with an upset digestive system.

This is a common problem. Most dogs will eat cat feces or horse manure. One of the Southwestern Indian Tribes called them sh**eaters not dogs, that was their word for dog. What I have heard that may stop this is to give the dogs that meat tenderizer <Accent> in their food, I think a 1/2 teaspoon per cup of food. There is other stuff you can buy at the pet store. Some dogs eat their own.

If you've read up on Coprophagia you would realize this is only dangerous if the dog eats a strange dogs poop, not their own. I've never found anything other than picking it up actually stops this weird habit, and one dog can also literally teach another to do it.

I've tried Forbid, Pineapple, Tabasco , and just about any weird thing anyone mentions. If you are lucky your dog may just plain stop on their own, but confirmed poop eaters are almost impossible to stop. I've simply stopped worrying about it and get out to clean it up as soon as I can. It hasn't done any harm to any of my dogs so far, and there is absolutely no proof that it is a nutritional problem.

I had a dog on a special diet once who was eating my other dogs poop.

I discussed it with my vet and she said to put MSG on the other dogs food because it would make their poop taste bad. (Har, it makes the POOP taste BAD!!)

This worked for me and I stopped using the MSG when I ran out and she had gotten out of the habit.

So..you can put MSG in her food and hopefully she'll stop eating her own poop. Start with a tiny amount, like a small pinch, then add more in tiny amounts just til she stops eating her own poop. ONce she's out of the habit, I'd stop the MSG and watch her to be sure she doesn't start back up.

As with anything, I do suggest you discuss this with your own vet before trying it.

Dogs will eat their own poop mainly for two reasons. A dogs sense of smell is so much more sensitive than ours is. When we smell something like pizza, we smell pizza. Dogs don't smell pizza. They smell each and every ingredient in the pizza. They smell flour, sauce, cheese, toppings, so if you have been feeding her any human food and she smells that in her feces, she will think it smells like the food you have given her and think that it is food. The other possibility is that she is eating her food without chewing it up and so the food may not be totally digesting and can be smelled by her in her feces. Then, she will also think it is food.

My GSD is 18mths and still does this.Its yuck to us but I was told its normal and they will grow out of it.My fella likes the cats poop more than his own and its not like hes starved. Sometimes they get embarrassed that they have to mess their own garden and eat it so you dont see or like Mummy would do for them to keep the nest or den tidy. I used to put pepper on his and he stopped for a while but is back doing it again...

You have to teach her no by simply patting her butt or snout with a news paper and in a strict tone of voice say "no" ... it won't hurt them I swear.. don't do it unless its right when she's eating her feces because then she'll get confused and wonder what she did..

Walk her on a leash. Pick it up as soon as it happens.