How to stop my 6month old puppies eating poo!!!
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I have two puppies and i just cant stop them eating poo. I tried the tablets and also keeping the garden as poo free as possible but i just cant stop them. Sometimes when one of them is pooing the other one is pretty much eating it out of his arse! Theyre fully wormed etc. Ive heard pineapple can work?
I've had that following about thing too - though they were following a sheep that they pretty much regarded as a 4 legged vending machine, dispensing tasty snacks 
Pineapple in their diet may work, I've tried it in the past and not had too much luck with it though. I've had far more success by being first to the s
t, and covering it in something awful. chilli powder works. So put the powder on it and leave it for it to be discovered. It generally won't take them too long to realise they don't want to be eating them.
Pineapple in their diet may work, I've tried it in the past and not had too much luck with it though. I've had far more success by being first to the s
t, and covering it in something awful. chilli powder works. So put the powder on it and leave it for it to be discovered. It generally won't take them too long to realise they don't want to be eating them.KFC said:
I've had that following about thing too - though they were following a sheep that they pretty much regarded as a 4 legged vending machine, dispensing tasty snacks
Pineapple in their diet may work, I've tried it in the past and not had too much luck with it though. I've had far more success by being first to the st, and covering it in something awful. chilli powder works. So put the powder on it and leave it for it to be discovered. It generally won't take them too long to realise they don't want to be eating them.
LOL at the sheep story!!!Pineapple in their diet may work, I've tried it in the past and not had too much luck with it though. I've had far more success by being first to the s
t, and covering it in something awful. chilli powder works. So put the powder on it and leave it for it to be discovered. It generally won't take them too long to realise they don't want to be eating them.Our chug did this for a few years and eventually grew out of it. I did the covering the fresh poo in something not as nice and think that helped to discourage the practice. Keep on top of it and they do learn.
My lab bh (Phoebe) has always had a taste for cat poo, sheep, horse etc but has never touched dog poo... until she was on steroids and then anything was fair game!
Had to watch her like a hawk as she would devour rapidly any left laying around. Off steroids now and back to normal.
No help what so ever to you I know.
h (Phoebe) has always had a taste for cat poo, sheep, horse etc but has never touched dog poo... until she was on steroids and then anything was fair game!Had to watch her like a hawk as she would devour rapidly any left laying around. Off steroids now and back to normal.
No help what so ever to you I know.
ATG said:
Genuine question; why do you care? Does it cause health problems, or is our just because it (understandably) offends your sensibilities?
Its not exactly hygienic, plus it can make further mess. Its no fun cleaning up a load st/sick thats been processed through 2 (or more) dogs 
And their breath is going to smell nasty. If they're eating it they'll be trampling it too and trailing it about the place.
Its just generally not a good idea to allow it to continue... there is no upside. Well maybe you save a tiny amount of dog food, I haven't tested that.
ATG said:
Genuine question; why do you care? Does it cause health problems, or is our just because it (understandably) offends your sensibilities?
Purely the hygenic side. They come back in the house with st breath and you dont realise. Tickle their bellys and they like you then smell of dog st. One of them came to the back door with poo of the end of her nose the other day, its just not nice.ATG said:
Genuine question; why do you care? Does it cause health problems, or is our just because it (understandably) offends your sensibilities?
Cause health problems? Apart from if the animal responsible for leaving it behind had worms, gastro enteritis, or any other harmful bacteria in its gut.So yes, it can/will cause problems.
Youll need to intervene just before the dog gets close enough for its first bite, a very sharp DONT! works a lot faster than the softer No.
Edited by spadriver on Friday 27th February 07:38
Foul isn't it. Our lab is now 5 and still does it. He basically will turn around and eat it fresh ffs...! Cat, sheep, cow, you name it. I've tried pineapple with no success. He appears to like chilli powder and I even tried some very smelly shaving foam on top of each fresh deposit... The dirty fker even ate that too!
The only successful tactic has been to follow him round and pick it up, then make sure any cat deposits in the garden have been picked up before he starts sniffing about, easy enough mostly.
Doesn't eat badger st though, he just likes rolling in that.
As for downsides, a particular Friday special sticks in my mind. He'd somehow managed to get access to where the cats had taken a fancy to digging about and having a good old crap... Ate about 5-6 good deposits, then continued with what had dropped down from the rabbit/guinea pig hutch, lovely. Following that little performance he proceeded to produce a massive crap of his own and polish it off there and then.
This was in the afternoon. Come the evening I remarked he looked fat after I'd fed him and was told of his intake earlier in the day. No amount of encouragement at 11pm would get him to actually go again so hoping for overnight calm I put him to bed in the kitchen and toddled off to sleep.
The next day my wife had a baby group at the house, nice and tidy from Friday all ready, thankfully they didn't need to use the kitchen....!
Hound had what can only be described as a major incident overnight. From what was left and the dramatic smell that greeted me in the morning when I came downstairs I worked out he'd managed to hold it in most of the night then couldn't wait, so proceeded to do a massive crap in the middle of the kitchen. Kind of fair enough to this point.
Then it turns out he fancied a little snack, so had eaten about 3/4s of it, and promptly vomited it all back up over the floor... and you guessed it, only one thing tastes better than fresh dog st and that's partially digested dog st, mixed with supper, cat st, rabbit st and some grass... The grass and a big stain were all that remained.
To top this he then left a st an elephant would have been proud of, on the door mat.
When I came in and finally caught my breath, he looked at me, to the monster pile up, back to me and then at the cat... The attempted thought transfer I swear was along the lines of, "don't look at me, it was the cat...!"
Labradors, he he
(Sorry should have a don't read while eating warning I guess!)
ker even ate that too!The only successful tactic has been to follow him round and pick it up, then make sure any cat deposits in the garden have been picked up before he starts sniffing about, easy enough mostly.
Doesn't eat badger s
t though, he just likes rolling in that. As for downsides, a particular Friday special sticks in my mind. He'd somehow managed to get access to where the cats had taken a fancy to digging about and having a good old crap... Ate about 5-6 good deposits, then continued with what had dropped down from the rabbit/guinea pig hutch, lovely. Following that little performance he proceeded to produce a massive crap of his own and polish it off there and then.
This was in the afternoon. Come the evening I remarked he looked fat after I'd fed him and was told of his intake earlier in the day. No amount of encouragement at 11pm would get him to actually go again so hoping for overnight calm I put him to bed in the kitchen and toddled off to sleep.
The next day my wife had a baby group at the house, nice and tidy from Friday all ready, thankfully they didn't need to use the kitchen....!
Hound had what can only be described as a major incident overnight. From what was left and the dramatic smell that greeted me in the morning when I came downstairs I worked out he'd managed to hold it in most of the night then couldn't wait, so proceeded to do a massive crap in the middle of the kitchen. Kind of fair enough to this point.
Then it turns out he fancied a little snack, so had eaten about 3/4s of it, and promptly vomited it all back up over the floor... and you guessed it, only one thing tastes better than fresh dog s
t and that's partially digested dog st, mixed with supper, cat st, rabbit st and some grass... The grass and a big stain were all that remained. To top this he then left a s
t an elephant would have been proud of, on the door mat. When I came in and finally caught my breath, he looked at me, to the monster pile up, back to me and then at the cat... The attempted thought transfer I swear was along the lines of, "don't look at me, it was the cat...!"
Labradors, he he
(Sorry should have a don't read while eating warning I guess!)
Never had this but Logan would roll and eat fox, or horse poo.
I got one of those air spray cans.mjust make a hiss..
I only had to use it twice then a few more times just getting it out of my pocket was enough.
Now he can be walking towards some horse poo and as soon as he sees it veers off away from it.
I got one of those air spray cans.mjust make a hiss..
I only had to use it twice then a few more times just getting it out of my pocket was enough.
Now he can be walking towards some horse poo and as soon as he sees it veers off away from it.
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