Puppy eats his poop - Page 1

I have this issue since he was 3 months he keeps eating his stool and licks walls , picks everything up from the ground and try to eat it stones , sticks , plastic etc... he is now 4 months old

Diet : 4 meals

1st : cottage cheese + 2 boiled eggs or yogurt

2nd : boiled vegetables with bread and half cup of dry food (josera junior) + boneless chicken pieces

3rd : same as the 2nd meal

4th: same as 1st meal

This is not a balanced diet.

Puppies eat poo for a number of reasons.

1. Hunger
2. Nutritional deficiency
3. Learned behavior from the dam
4. Boredom

I'm sure there are more.

Melissa

Add ground beef to meal number one and four. 

Feed raw chicken necks, backs and wings, legs or thighs with the bone instead of cooked boneless chicken in meals two and three.

Fact: Raw chicken with the bone has the perfect nutritional ratio your pup needs. 

Raw yolks are good but not the whites for feeding pup because the albumen inhibits some nutrient absorption. Not sure about cooked whites. The bread is not needed at all, it is a filler, pup needs his food to have value.

 

I thought bones are hard to be digested and can cause harm to the puppy stomach

Not true with the smaller raw bones in a fresh, young modern farmed chicken. Cooked bones, especially weight bearing ones from ungulates can pose dangers with splintering or cracked teeth.

Added bonus for a pup (or dog) eating raw chicken bones is that fabulous, healthy gums and white teeth are seen.

The ground beef should also be raw, you want some of that fat available for your pup, too.

My rescue pup (a healthy 95 lb dog today) was weaned and reared only on raw, with some high quality kibble. Your pup will love it, and be healthier for it.

Be vigilant with your potty clean up, too. The less opportunity to eat poop, with a better diet should get him out of the nasty poop eating habit.

Thanks for help I bought 1 kg today of ground beef he loves it , the problem with cleaning is that he sometimes poops at 4 am or too late at night while I am sleeping and I wake up found the remains of this nasty habit

Feeding him a more nourishing diet of adequate amounts should take care of the problem. Be sure to keep your pup up to date on worming meds.

What amounts of food are you feeding each time.

Chicken with bones should be fed in larger amounts than hamburger.  Feeding hearts and Kidneys an other parts of the animals is also very healthy.

I would also add to the above: feed him/her by the puppies weight, if puppy weighs 35pounds you want to feed accordingly the proper percentage of meat to puppies ratio; I believe it is between 3 & 5% in meat weight to puppies weight; a 35 pound puppy if you feed him 3.5% of his body weight would be approximately 1.25 pounds of food per day; 4% would be approximately 1&l/2 pounds of food per day. This is approximate but give or take depending on puppies activity. Stools should be firm if fed the proper amount of meat to bone ratio. As he grows increase food according to his weight increase. GSD's grow extremely fast and in a short period of time. Good luck, Nan any questions, please ask. Contrary to the old beliefs puppies and adults fed raw needs to be balanced with their required nutrients. So you will need to be vigilant in checking your puppies weight weekly for a while then you can go to 2 weeks and so on. Nan

Nans I wish I had puppies that ate so little at that weight. I have GSD's and at 35# they will eat 2-3 Chicken leg quarters per day and they will weight 1.25# each, they have acess to some kibble twice a week.  That is their balanced diet and they have nice long lives on that diet.

At 16 he was 16kg/35lb , I feed him for example today

1st meal : cup of cottage cheese and 1 boiled egg

2nd meal : about 100 grams of ground beef + a mixed cup of boiled carrots and zucchini and a 1/2 cup of dry food

3rd meal : same as 2nd

4th meal : same as 1st

He is a long hair showline puppy still got a floppy ears at 4 months

Update : I took him for a long walk and introduced him to a 5 months female white german shepherd to socialize and get him to poop infront of me , but he didn't do it , as soon as he is home I went to get him some water I found that he already pooped and ate it , I am starting to get worried and a bit sad he sometimes prefer poop than food , I don't know if it's a bad habbit or health issue