![]() ![]() If your veterinarian determines that your dog is stressed, she can prescribe medication to relax him. Quality dog food should contain all of the essential vitamins. A visit to the veterinarian for blood tests can identify if your dog’s not getting all the nutrients she needs or if she has any dental issues. Some common reasons that cause canines to eat whatever is in their path are vitamin or enzyme deficiencies, stress, dental problems or hunger. Focusing on not providing attention around the behavior and instead rewarding a different behavior that you do want to see, such as going to a certain area after pooping, can help solve your dog’s poop-eating dilemma.Physical Issues That Cause Dogs To Eat Everything In Sight Positive Reinforcement: For dogs that eat poop to get your attention or to hide poop when it’s somewhere they think it shouldn’t be, excessive negative attention can make the problem worse.Be sure to speak to your veterinarian if you think this may play a role in this behavior for your dog. Anxiety Medication: For dogs suffering from significant daily anxiety causing obsessive behaviors that may include poop eating, daily anxiety medication can make a world of difference.Be sure to always consult with a veterinarian first before implementing a diet change. Diet Change: Switching some dogs onto GI diets or adding pumpkin into their current diets as an extra source of fiber can sometimes help with poop-eating behaviors. ![]() Puzzle feeders are also a way to combine slowing down their eating with engaging their minds to prevent boredom-related behaviors like coprophagia. Increasing a dog’s exercise and giving them games to play that engage the mind can improve or resolve poop eating in some dogs. Energy Outlets: Poop eating can definitely be a symptom of boredom.Slow feeder bowls keep dogs from eating their meals too quickly, and this slower digestion allows more time for nutrient absorption. Slow Feeder Bowls: Since some cases of coprophagia are due to improper nutrient absorption, digestive support can sometimes help correct this behavior.Examples include pineapples or pineapple juice, apple cider vinegar, probiotics, charcoal treats, spinach, or over-the-counter coprophagia supplements. Put Something in Their Food to Change the Taste of the Poop: Adding certain things to a dog’s poop seems to alter the flavor in a way that some dogs don’t like.You do want to be careful as this doesn’t always work, and ingesting large quantities of these things can cause an upset stomach for your dog. Some common items people try are hot sauces, cayenne pepper, or lemon juice. Put Something on the Poop to Change the Taste of the Poop: Sprinkling flavors a dog doesn’t like onto the poop as a deterrent may lead to them learning not to eat any poop at all.Scavenging Muzzle: As an alternative to constant leash time, dogs can also be fitted with a basket-type muzzle that allows free movements of their mouth for drinking and panting but is a barrier between the dog and anything they want to scavenge to eat.Poop is just weird enough of a treat that removing it from their diet for a period may adjust them off wanting it anymore. The hope is that this wouldn’t be forever, just several weeks or months to break them of the habit. This means no unsupervised yard time and may require always keeping them on a leash. ![]()
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