Ok, this is just gross!

[anna_66]

How do I even start a thread like this

Well ok, here goes...

The other day we caught Bon eating Roxey's poo
fresh stuff and the hard stuff Of course I go
outside to see if that was what he was really doing. I
held his head up and looked at his mouth...yep, some
brown stuff on the side of his mouth
Know how they say the hand is quicker than the eye?
Well so is the tongue! He gave me a big ol' lick right on
the mouth....GROSS!!

So any wayI talked to a lady at the pet store yesterday
and theyhad some kind of pills you can give them. It's like1
pill for every 10 pounds. So this means I'd have to give
her at least 6 pills/day! And I'm not too keen on the sprinkle stuff as Roxey eats her food out of a ball and Huney just eats whatever (some out of Roxey's ball and some out of Bons bowl).

Has any one else had this type of problem or is my boy
just strange?!

Oh and btw I feed all of them Diamond Dog food.

Thanks for any info you can give me on this gross topic!

[pitc9]

Yuck is right!!!!

Buddy was eating his own poo for awhile, never Sierra's, just his own .

I started giving him chewable pills to make him stop eating it, but I also was out in the yard everyday making sure to leave no piles in the yard. So really, I guess I don't know if it was the pills that made him stop, or the fact that I didn't leave anything out there for him to much on! But I don't clean the yard as often anymore, and he doesn't do it anymore either!! Good Luck!!
Maybe the chewable ones would work for the girls!

[RobiLee]

Oh Anna, I didn't know this was still going on. I'm not laughing this time. I promise. Although Alden and I did find the "you know what" lick quite funny.

Katie had this problem when she was a pup. She would turn right around and eat her own poo. I'm not for sure how we got her to stop. I remember that we used the Forbid powder in her food but that didn't seem to help alot. If I remember right we had to just keep a close eye on her when she went out and after she did her business we had to tell her "No" and scoop it up. She eventually just stopped doing it.

I understand why you wouldn't want to put any of this stuff on the girls' food. It would be kind of difficult with the way they eat. Plus its not their problem and I wouldn't want to disrupt their eating habits. Oh man, my best advice is to bundle up and get out there and pick up the poo everytime one of them goes....Brrrrr!!

Maybe one of the pros here will have some good pointers for ya.

Hugs....Robin

[chocolatepuppy]

I've been there! Yes cute lil Mandy loves dog poop! We tried the sprinkle on the food stuff and we had to put it on Laceys food too and she wasn't doing it (Lacey just likes cat poo, but that's another story) It only seemed to help for a few days and she was right back at it.
I keep the yard cleaned up as good as possible, but it gets dark so early and is dark when I go to work in the winter. Our problem was solved when Mandy had to be leashed because of her heart. She will however lead me right to a pile I missed! And I watch so she doesn't gulp it up! Good luck, it's a disgusting problem, but the dogs don't think so!

[ParNone]

Hi Anna!

I've never tried this, but over on the Cairn list, they swear by Licorice. There's something in the licorice that breaks down once it's digested, that is unappetizing. You just give one piece of licorice to each dog a day and supposedly that'll stop the problem. And on the plus side, they'll feel like they're getting an extra treat.

Par...

[anna_66]

Just wondering...did it matter if the licorice was black or red?

[Kfamr]

I know both of my girls liked playing with and eating poop.
Neither of them do it anymore, so I guess they both just grew out of it, cause I didn't do much other than say "NO!" when they tried to do it.

[sammy101]

Kodie still does that! ,lol sometimes he'll it poo thats not even his on the walkway!! yuck is right!
Im sure that he'll grow out of it,hopefully,,Kodie hasnt grown out of it and he's 17 months old

[lizbud]

Anna,

Welcome to the club. Although Buddy never did this, Smokey
did. He would even fling it around the yard like a ball, Grossed
me out completely when I first saw it. I just started scooping the
yard twice a day or as needed. He did grow out of it after a
while. Never ate the fresh poop, only the older hard poops.

Once I started scooping more often, Smokey lost interest &
now he might sniff and just move on.

[Pit Chick]

And I thought my foster pup was just retarded. Though I still wonder. I don't think he really discriminates against hard or soft, though I think the softer they are the faster he is able to inhale them.

Licorice huh? Sounds like something to at least try. Guess I'll be spending my day off scooping the backyard and doling out licorice.

(man that's a big backyard and a lot of dogs)

[Wolffffman]

Kitana had that problem as a pup but we either trained her off it or she just grew out of it.....now she and Asia both try to get to the cat box to eat Neptune's leavings.....a few of my past dogs also did this....cat poop must be like candy *barf* lol

[Cinder & Smoke]

Bon is another Tootsie Roll Conna-SEWER, huh?
Ewwwww!

Most pups seem to be "poop eaters" but can be trained out
of the nasty habit.

Start teaching him to "LEAVE IT!!" -
which most trainers use as a universal command
meaning "WhatEVER you're doing, STOP IT!!!"

Use very small, "Tasty" treats...
Set several down, one at a time, and allow him to <munch> them;
then set one down, say "LEAVE IT!", and cover it with your hand;
then lead him away.
Now give him a treat from your HAND and pick up the "leave it" treat.
<Repeat> (often)!

Some folks also use "Leave It" to also mean "Stay Away From" -
as in "ignore" another dog or person.

First Shepherd Casey (RB ) got so good at "Leave it" that I
used it to teach her tricks...

For "Hold It" (treat balanced on her nose) - she had to <flip> the treat
and <catch it> before she could eat it.
For "Catch It" she had to "Back Up & SIT";
then <catch> a tossed treat.
If she *missed* (treat hitting the ground) -
she would <pick it up> and <give it back> into my hand and try again.
"Leave It!" was used to prevent her from gobbling up a *missed* catch!

Casey... ONCE in a lifetime!
Miss ya, Girl!!
.

[Miranda_Rae]

EWW!!! I've have always thought that that was just disgusting. Luckily I have a dog who could care less about her poo or any other dogs pooh. Cats and rabbits is a different story. Fortunately she never gets around those so, yay for me! I hope you find something to fix that problem.

[Cincy'sMom]

We've been there too!! Sadie is our resident poo picker...

We basically did what Phred described...taught her leave it. She also got a spray of Bitter Apple in the mouth when she got caught in the act. I still have to watch her now, if my mom's dogs are visiting...she now seems to only eat the poo that "doean't belong there"

[Pit Chick]

Originally posted by Cincy'sMom
if my mom's dogs are visiting...she now seems to only eat the poo that "doean't belong there"

She must like their brand