Poop Issue! - Page 2

 I,ve tried many of the over the counter powders and pills gave them to the whole flock so as not to give her a chance... to no avail... I,ve got some rip your face off hot sauce that I havent tried the name on the bottle believe it or not is called "Colon Blow" It,s from a shop in Chicago and hot is not the word that even comes close. I,m not sure what it would do to her stomach...

I had a vet tell me a while back that poop eating is almost always associated with giardia.  Interesting.  Not sure how true this is but it might be worth a check.
Judy

The female in my avatar wasn't a poop eater, but liked to pick bits of rotten stuff and garbage out of the grass. She was especially bad about it after the snow melted in the spring, and lots of stuff that had been mouldering under the snow all winter came to the surface.

After having her get horribly sick a number of times in the spring from this habit, I would put a wire cage muzzle on her whe she went out. Even then, she'd jam the muzzle into the dirt so she could get to her rotten little snacks. I solved THAT problem by cutting out a piece of plastic from a margarine container lid, and putting it in the nose area of the muzzle. Once the ground dried out enough that I was able to mow the grass, I was able to stop muzzling her.

I know it's a pain, but I also know two ladies with Welsh corgis who have to do this EVERY time they put their dogs outside, as the dogs will eat rocks and other things that might kill them.

Crushed pineapple.

I've had several dogs obsessed with eating $hit. Their own $hit, another dog's $hit, it didn't matter.

What I did, with every meal, I would add about two good sized spoonfulls of crushed canned pineapple to her food, while normally I tried my best to keep her from eating her own turds, when she pooped, I let her turn around, she got a hunk of it and spit it right out...She had been off of poop ever since. 

Now, about your dog eating OTHER dog's $hit, those you might want to sprinkle with that "Colon Blow" because obviously you can't control what OTHERS feed to their dogs, so the pineapple wouldn't work in that case.

Good luck Bob!

Little Dude use to try to eat his own mess when he was a pup.  I don't know if it's "bad for them" but I put meat tenderizer/spice in his food each day for a while. It seemed to help deter him from wanting to eat his mess later on.  I don't do that anymore, but there are still times, on occasion where he attempts to eat his. He's not readily searching for poop all the time, trying to find his next "meal".......but on very rare occasion, I've caught him about to try to eat it.  

Years ago my mum had a dog who would eat poop like she was at an all you can eat buffet, and she hadn't eaten in 10 months.  I swear that dog "looked" for poop.  It was a constant search for the next poop pile to eat, and when you thought you had cleaned all of it from the yard.....she found what you hadn't found.   She was the kind of dog who while pooping, would turn around (still pooping) and eat what just came out....... Absolutely disgusting.  That dog ended up with giardia and all kinds of other "crap"....literally.  My mom never found a way to make her stop though.

JudyK I don't believe that one bit, that it's "always" associated with giardia. My dog Little Dude didn't do it as a pup because he had giardia, he was just being a puppy....thankfully we don't have that issue anymore.   There are puppies who do it because......they're puppies.  There are some dogs who do it because they're left out on a chain all day and get bored.....and develop that lovely habit.  Not to mention food can play a role in it,  I've known some dogs to try to eat theirs when on a certain food, more of a grain heavy food... but didn't when on a higher quality food.    And I know some dogs do it because of their "growing up" environments as a pup, very messy, nasty living conditions at a breeder to the point they don't mind rolling in it, eating it, etc.

 I,ve tried the crushed pinapple and the only thing missing was the ice cream and cherry... to no avail.

Awww, sorry to hear that Bob. Sounds like you have a tough cookie on your hands, especially if she's still trying to eat it with all the pills and powders. :(

Bob If you find an exorcist let me know Cause I could use a referal  I ve had 2 poop eaters.  Can't stand it!!  My old girl did it and nothing I did stopped it.  My next girl did too because she saw the other one do it.  This one also has EPI though and maybe it started out as a hunger thing and then became a bad habit.  She looks for every opportunity to do it.  If I clean the yard she will go out and go again just to eat it.  Drives me nuts. Her EPI is well controlled so it is not a hunger thing anymore.

Lyn

 I,ve tried the crushed pinapple and the only thing missing was the ice cream and cherry... to no avail.

Bob..i bet anything you used crushed pineapple FROM THE CAN....use fresh pineapple...get a very ripped one, chop it up or put it through blender, separate into zip lock bags, freeze it, pull 1 bag daily to defrost and use 2 table spoons per dog/bowl of food.....and feed all of your dogs, its a good enzyme anyways...but you cant use canned because there is tons of sugar in there and pineapple is "canned" cooked...try FRESH!