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Dogs eating poo.
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Has anyone found anything that stops dogs eating their own poo? (sorry if you've just had breakfast!) We try to get out and clear up the garden before any of the 3 dais get a chance to do so, but there are times when you can't get out there first. I've tried the pills you can get from pet shops, and they didn't seem to work - I've heard you can put pineapple in their food - has anyone found this works? and what sort of quantities? Thanks for any help.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.there's not a lot that will work - bitter apple, courgettes grated into food, chilli powder, all work to some extent but as soon as you stop either putting it in the food or sprinkling it on the poop then the cycle starts again. As suggested the only cure is rigorous clearing up each and every time -you have to do it anyway so best done as and when it happens.
should have asked.... are they only eating their own? in which case Lankeela's advice is very relevant but the suggestions given to clear up as it happens is still correct (love the cap lamp btw) - however, if they eat any poop they find and almost seek it out, it may be the result of a condition called coprophogia - unlikely though.
Thinking about it, it is mostly their own poo they eat; the labradors don't go out and about much any more, and the youngest who is out with me most of the time is called off anything she is sniffing quickly. they are all fed on the same food (CSJ) but they have always done it, whatever food they have been on - it's undoubtably the eldest labrador who has led the other two into bad habits.
Lankeela is this what you mean? I might try some and see if it works
http://www.petvetcare...9LtkKoCFcVO4QodRkfawQ
http://www.petvetcare...9LtkKoCFcVO4QodRkfawQ
Pineapple added to the dog food is supposed to work in a lot of cases. I cant see the point in sprinkling it with chilli powder, you may as well pick it up. Mine are creatures of habit and will usually defacate within 30 minutes of their meals, so we remove it as soon as it is deposited. Not that they would eat it anyway. I think Greem Um is to avoid urine stains on grass?
Islasmum, >>>Out of interest Ratter, how many dogs have you got? (not sure that I would want a dog that's taller than me!!)<<<<
Me and our 3 Wolfhounds, http://i106.photobuck...0Dogs/MeandHounds.jpg we do also have a Shi-tzu as well, so 4 in total
Me and our 3 Wolfhounds, http://i106.photobuck...0Dogs/MeandHounds.jpg we do also have a Shi-tzu as well, so 4 in total