GSD EATING OLDER GSD FECES

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by circuited on 22 February 2010 - 01:02

Hi,

Can someone please help me? I have a five year old GSD male and a 9 month old male GSD. My younger dog has started to eat the older dogs feces. It is like he can't wait for the older one to go so he can get to eat. I have put Adolf's Meat Tenderizor in older dogs food as suggest by friends....didn't work. This is driving me out of my mind. I can't be on hand to clean it up each time they go outside. These are dogs that live in the house and older already titled in Schutzhund and the younger is training now as well so they both are very well behaved and eat and live better than I do. lol

HELP !!!!!!!!!

Ms. Circuited

by GSDtravels on 22 February 2010 - 01:02

There are tablets that you can purchase at a pet store. I forget what they're called but they're with all other packaged tablets and vitamins. I don't know if they work but anything's worth a try. Other than that, I'd say let them out separately and clean up immediately after, or take the younger one out on a lead and correct him when he goes near. Good luck.

by LAVK-9 on 22 February 2010 - 01:02

GSDtravels I think that you are thinking of Deter? I have heard that it works from some people and other say it doesn't.

by hodie on 22 February 2010 - 02:02

Basically, nothing will stop this behavior, no matter what you add into the food. There is ONE way to make sure this does not happen and it is that you must go out with each dog, separately and clean up after each one immediately. Or, if you cannot do this, then keep the two dogs in separate areas so the one cannot eat the others feces. Some dogs develop this disgusting habit. There will be a lot of suggestions and essentially, none work.

by petoasis on 22 February 2010 - 02:02

Yes I agree! It will disappear suddenly.

by GSDguy08 on 22 February 2010 - 02:02

Hodie, are you saying it's not possible to make a dog stop this? I have a dog here who use to do this, who I've worked with and she doesn't anymore.....and she had this behavior for a long time. It wasn't a matter of adding something into the diet though since it's not always something to do with a lack of nutrients in the diet.....more so a habbit to break the dog of.

by hodie on 22 February 2010 - 03:02

In my experience, if a dog eats feces and is not doing it because it is not getting enough food, it is VERY difficult, if not impossible to break this habit. Never say never, but the best tack is to pick up immediately. I have had many dogs do this and tried everything people know about and a few other things that no one suggested but I just tried. None of it worked. No one knows why dogs do this and if the reasons were known, the reasons would probably vary considerably from dog to dog.

If you got lucky GSDguy and got the habit stopped in a dog, congratulations. I bet, given the chance, the dog would do it again.

by nonacona60 on 22 February 2010 - 06:02

Does this look like poop eating face? NEVER RIGHT!!! Well he did, and thank God he decided it wasn't good stuff. He just stopped on his own. Guess he got tired of hearing "OMG Dax, thats nasty."

by tarekallam on 22 February 2010 - 10:02

Circuited

I have tried this & it worked:-

Vinegar, salt, lemon juice & powdered red hot pepper. fix the formula, stuff it in a small plastic bottle, take out with you. Once the old one does it pour the mixture over. The younger one will smell it & if he dares to lick it, believe me he will think hundred times before he repeats it once more. However you have to repeat it more than once on several occasions till the younger one knows that it is baaaaad.

Tell me the results.

Regards

by Red Sable on 22 February 2010 - 10:02

Beautiful dog nanocona!

I had one puppy that ate it's own and grew out of it. My sister had a shih Tzu that never stopped, and she tried everything!

This dog, however, is eating the other dogs poop, not sure if they ever grow out of that or not. I know both of my guys would happily eat horse dung forever if given the chance.

However, if you were diligent in making it taste like crap (or not !, ) everytime, than I'd think it could work. Good luck!

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