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why would a dog eat poop

I don't know why, I only know that they ALL seem to do it And I haven't found anything to make them STOP doing it.

To get the nasty taste out of their mouth.

DinoHagy wrote:why would a dog eat poop

Who know's? It might taste like chocolate Anybody out there want to be the first volunteer?

Mine eat the horse poop for the molasses in it.

one vet told me to put some (accent tenderizer) into the food it,s smels bad for the dog so they dont eat there waste

I can't imagine anything you could feed a dog that would come out smelling or tasting worse than poop. Dogs, got to love em.

You can cure a poop eater by adding digestive enzymes/raw food to the diet ... the problem is that they are not digesting their food well enough, and it's not necessarily the brand of food. Some will do it no matter what kibble you feed. When their system lacks digestive enzymes, the food is not absorbed thoroughly enough by their bodies to satisfy nutritional needs, so they eat poop
Every poop eater I've had was cured by the digestive enzymes and/or raw food.

i have one that does but shes picky will only recycle hi-pro

Like you said something is missing in there diet they have stool eaters anonymous you give them 1/2 pill for couple of days Or every long it takes for them to stop to many hounds for that so I have been giving them calcium pills 250 mg a day some body told me his dogs were eating there sh-t and that what he was told so I'am trying that seems to be working so far with the most of them been doing this for two weeks so far I guess I will find out if it works in time

I have started having my dogs eat poop and saw this post. I was wondering if the calcium pills actually work and does giving them raw food work. Would raw hamburger be what they need? I saw something about stool eaters anonymous what is that and where do you get it? This is disgusting seeing them eat poop!
Thanks

Here are the cures I've heard. I would not give extra calcium to bitches you plan to breed.

Solid pack pumpkin (no spices)
Meat tenderizer
Rabbit pellets (food)
Forbid (specifically made for this)
Pineapple

personally I find it gross but, dogs will be dogs and it does no harm to them. I just look away and have less poop to pick up

Leah

Leah why wouldn't you give a breeding bitch a calcium pill that what I have alwalys given them that . That what my vet always said to do.About eating poop that was what a guy told me is vet said how much truth about it I don't know just passing some remedies its seems to be working for me anyway but the sure way stool Eater Anonymous and you can get it at Wholesale Kennel Suppy

Done Gone Beagles wrote:Leah why wouldn't you give a breeding bitch a calcium pill that what I have alwalys given them that . That what my vet always said to do.About eating poop that was what a guy told me is vet said how much truth about it I don't know just passing some remedies its seems to be working for me anyway but the sure way stool Eater Anonymous and you can get it at Wholesale Kennel Suppy

This is from Myra harris..

Calcium is about muscle contractibility far more than it is about bones and teeth. It causes muscle to be able to contract smoothly and strongly. Oxytocin is about timing. It sets up the timing for the contractions and determines when they start and when they end. It alters the cell wall of the muscle cell to allow calcium to enter the cell and let it cause the cell fiber to contract. They work in tandem as a well-oiled and rehearsed machine.

If you supplement your bitch with calcium while she is gestating, this includes a raw diet with raw bones, puppy kibble, cottage cheese, yogurt, pet tabs or any other source of calcium, you run a high rish of altering the ph of the mother's blood. If the ph is altered, the hormone secreted by the para thyroid gland will do a less than efficient job of causing the release of calcium from the bones of the bitch when she needs calcium for strong contractions. The higher ph level will render the hormone from the parathyroid gland to be virtually useless. That hormone is the facilitator for releasing extra calcium out of the bones when the bitch needs it for uterine contractions. The result will be: inertia, inabilty to push out a puppy, inability for the uterine muscle to contract appropriately to bring about the repositioning of the puppy for delivery. Following delivery, the decreased calcium level will cause the mother to be unable to figure out how to mother. She
may lick incessantly, bark or growl at her puppies or lie on her tummy refusing to allow them to nurse. A few days into the post partum time, she may go into eclampsia, which is a seizure disorder caused by low calcium levels. AGAIN......these problems generally stem from the calcium that is fed to the mother while she is gestating. If you never supplement but feed your dog a good quality, mid priced kibble designed for all adult dogs (not puppies or gestating moms) and you do not supplement with anything, chances are very, very good that your mom's ability to pull out calcium from her bones for those times when she needs extra calcium for uterine contractions, parenting skills and production of milk.....will be intact. In other words, it is when we tamper that we run into problems. Give not a shred of extra calcium to the gestating bitch. Keep calsorb on hand to use during whelping to encourage stronger contractions, Give it generously to the brand new mom and you
will see her parenting skills return to her within 15 minutes or so, and keep it on top of the puppy pen in case your bitch goes into eclampsia. However.....if you simply never tamper with the calcium intake, chances are good you'll never need to supplement it at all. If you don't tamper, the parathyroid gland and its hormone will provide the extra calcium at those times when it is needed. Just don't tamper.....no cottage cheese.