Comments on: How to Stop a Dog From Eating Feces

on 11/17/2008 i guess to stop your dog from eating her poop is by watching her feed after feeding they poop,then pickup the pooop immediately,if it is in the evenig they can go to sleep,if you wakeup bring her out in the backyard or garden leave her,to roam around without playing with her leave her she can do nothing than to go and urinate and poop.i give this result,cause i have an alsatian that does that,she is a female alsatian i want to ask will the coprophagia affect the puppy cause i dont know.[please if you think you have da answer contact me on samuelobi@trocketmail.com

on 11/15/2008 they say the reason that dogs eat their own ****,is because they may be eating to fast and not able to digest all the way,so that when they crap it still smell like food.

on 11/15/2008 my dogs problem is that it wont **** outside,and still goes on paper,ive tried everything to get him to **** outside but he wont.most of the time ill find just a little bit of crap,and sometime their is none.its just so nasty my other dog never did it,and ive never even heard about it until I got this one,at one point I was going to sell him,but I just cant do that.help!!!!

on 11/5/2007 I have a puppy I am trying to crate train... and, because he "enjoys" eating his own feces he doesn't mind pooping in his crate... any suggestions on how I'm ever going to housebreak him if he doesn't even mind pooping in his crate?

on 3/5/2007 I talked to my dogs vet, and he says that shock collars are not inhumane, and that they can produce results. The problem is that you have to contantly watch your dog while they are outside! I moved to a house with a large fenced in yard so my dogs could run around and be dogs. I don't want to watch their every move. He gave us a pill that is supposed to deter our dogs from wanting to eat feces (their own and other dogs). So far it is working, but only time will tell. My suggestion to everyone would be to consult with an educated profesional on matter that concern your dogs health. Most good vet's will accept a phone call and give free advice. My vet is so nice that he sent us a sympathy card when he put our other dog to sleep. I trust everything he says.

on 2/18/2007 Has anyone found anything that DOES work guaranteed? I know every dog is different but my dog LOVES the dog park. She loves playing with other dogs but will always take a moment to get a "bite to eat" when another dog's owner doesn't clean up after them. I clean up her poop right away so she doesn't have the chance to eat her own...but she doesn't hesitate to eat other dogs' poop. I REALLY need help!!!

on 1/18/2007 If you do that to your dog your a really nasty person, how would you like it if someone put a shocking collar on you and pushed the button. I suggest you go and see your vet and ask for there advice they may come up with a more humane way of resolving the issue. dogs are just as much alive as the rest of us.

on 12/13/2006 I have tried special vitamins targeted to stopping a dog from eating its own feces, Adolf meat tenderizer, redirection to a positive behavior, scolding, rewarding redirection, and if my dogs habits don't change, I will be trying a shock collar. I feel terrible about the thought of shocking my dog, but I don't want her to get sick or God forbid die! What are you feelings about shock collars?

on 9/26/2006 My experience is that many or most dogs eat their own feces if another dog is in the neighboring yard. A personal experience I had with a Shih Tzu was he crapped and another dog came over the horizon and he ate his own feces. Are they afraid that another dog will eat it first or what?

We just bought an enzyme that we are trying out. I feel only one dog is eating his own feces, but I don't know for sure. I have three dogs. We just relocated here and I am on a feces eating watch.

on 8/14/2006 My Westie pup has developed a bad case of colitis and I'm sure it's because she is feasting straight out of the cat litter tray. I caught her one day carrying a cat poo in her mouth like a cigar - hence the Groucho Marx ref. I read the tip about getting a litter tray with a lid, but Jaz goes straight in through the doorway. I turned the litter tray towards the wall but the cat refused to go in it. I was thinking of spraying Pet Behave straight onto the litter but wondered if it would be harmful for the cat? There's nowhere that I can put the litter tray where the cat can have access but not the dog. Any ideas? Help!

on 8/8/2006 If your dog is eating other dogs' poop... it has nothing to do with a lack of vitamins, minerals or anything in their diet. Dogs are scavengers. They eat. That's what they do. Mine does it when he gets bored. This is a behavioral issue. I have an electronic collar that I take to the dog park with me. When it is on him... he's an angel. When I accidentally leave the collar at home - poop buffet. Also, some dogs do not digest their food as well as others and our four-legged friends that eat poop can sniff out the food in there. Either clean up the other dogs' excrement before Sparky gets to it, or don't take him to any dog parks where he can't be trusted off a leash. They really can get sick from this. So be a responsible owner and protect them.

on 4/4/2006 It is not a great solution, but I have taken to bringing a small, spray bottle on my walks and spritzing my Beagle when he tries to go for a poop. The trick though is to always bring the bottle, because when he knows that I don't have it he goes right after the poop. When I carry it, he usually shies away from it after a squirt or two.

on 3/23/2006 My friend had this problem with her dogs and her veterinarian told her to feed Clorets breath mints to her two dogs. She says it works. It presumably would put some chlorophyll into the diet. Maybe adding green veggies to their diet would help also.

on 1/16/2006 I'm not sure where the commenter got the idea that dogs can't break down salt. First, salt does not need to be broken down, as in requiring enzymes; it is ionic and will break apart very easily when it contacts water. Second, all living things, all the way down to bacteria, need salt to survive.

on 11/22/2005 My dog trainer advised me add pineapple to my dogs food to stop this problem. It worked! She said that the problem may have been caused by me giving the dog a scolding when it done its toilet in the house. The dog felt it would get a scolding, so it tried to hide the evidence. She told me not to give the dog a scolding if this happened again.