Ewwww GROSS!! Help? - Page 2

thanks you guys im  gonna try the spinach, first on my pup, that forbidden diddnt never work forpup. maybe didnt use it long enough.great ideas .

I agree with the overfeeding. And I agree with the copying what mom does also.

I would also have them outside and give them some toys to play with. Some balls, squeeky toys and some plastic pop bottles, with supervising of course. Try to do alot of playing with them. Have the children next door come over and socialize with them. Keep them busy busy. Good luck .

If you can catch them and scold. Pick them up and give a toy. Clean up the messes right away.

Good luck.

As I said, I am gone all day, they do stay outside while I am gone and come in when I get home in the evenings until bedtime, then they go out. I have stopped the canned food, they are not happy about it but oh well. I will say tho, When I let this in this morning before work, they ate very well. Dry food. Today I didnt leave the food out with them, I put the mornings breakfast out with a little extra and then when I came home this evening let them in and put their dry food down they turned their noses up lol Mom hasnt had milk for a long time now, 4 weeks or more but they still try to nurse. I usually leave her in the house with the doggy door open to the back yard so that the pups arent running her crazy. I will try the spinach first.

altosland,
" Does anyone have any experience with this". Personally I have not noticed any difference but I will check with my wife and get back to you.

put them on wire cages like yellowrose of texas does...

I have heard that plain yogurt and also pineapple will help with this. I have tried the pineapple for my dogs and it seemed to help for about a week and then one of my females started getting into her poop again. I noticed that this started when I switched to Natural Choice lamb and rice. I am now feeding Diamond Naturals Lamb and rice. I am hopeing that the problem will go AWAY. I will also try to frozen spinich. I havent heard of that one yet.

When I had this problem with one of my dogs, I changed to a different kibble, and the problem went away. My puppy started doing it, too, at the age of 5 months, so I bought some tablets at the store. I had to give them to both my dogs, but they did work, and she no longer does this.

Puppy breath ain't so sweet anymore when they've been eating poop! 

Dogs eat the darndest things, sounds like a new reality show lol.

Mine does it too.  I dont think its bad as it is gross.   They go for what smells good to them.  Undigested food still smells like food.    Mines got a bad habit of drinking from the toilet if the lids not down,  how do I train my family to put the lid down.

Last night I posted a sign in the bathroom, we'll see if they can read ..lol

I have seen pills that claim to stop this poop eating, I dont want to give my animals anymore man made crap than I have to.

Besides mine also eat dead things they find, no pills gonna stop that.  They are animals, its in they're nature.  We dont have to understand the why of it.   It just is.

All I really worry about is parasites and they get Meds for that.  

Shandra,  they are eating to much or you could switch food, either or.

They should rest after meals if its possible.

I am no expert by any means, but I think puppies just eat poo.  Adults are another story!  The following is from a book that I LOVE and I think every VET and dog owner should read it!  It is a little book and easy reading!

PET ALLERGIES

Remedies for an Epidemic

by Alfred J. Plechner, DVM and Martin Zucker

..................trypsin, a generally overlooked enzyme vital to the health of man, dog and cat.  It is one of the digestive enzymes produced in the pancreas adn secreted into the small intestine upon the arrival of food.  Long thought to be mainly involved with protein, recent research has shown than trypsin's biggest contribution is breaddown of fats and carbohydrates.

     The classic sign of severe trypsin deficiency is an animal eating its own stool.  In the absence of adequate trypsin, food passes through the gut without nutrients being properly extracted adn dispatched in to the bloodstream for use in the body.  In this situation, an animal instinctively eats large volumes of food to feed the crying demand for nourishment, then passes large stools containing much undigested matter, and then frequently re-ingests the stool because the nutritional demand still hasn't been met. Such animals are usually very think and eat insatiably.

I just love this book!  I actually found it at a second hand store and paid 50 cents for it but the information in it is incredible!

Vickie