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Posted by SCBluetickGal on 06-12-2009 02:45 PM:

Dogs eating stool?

Yesterday afternoon I noticed one of my blue females eating a fresh pile of stool. Interestingly enough I've never seen any of my dogs do this until I started feeding Hi-Pro last fall for a couple weeks, then switched to Pro-Plan. When I had a couple of my dogs out being bench broke the guy that had them told me he'd seen them eating stool when they first got there (that's when they started on Pro-Plan) and giving them a B-12 shot seemed to help the problem. Any suggestions on how to stop this? I've always heard dogs eating stool have some sort of vitamin or mineral deficiency, but you wouldn't think they would be lacking anything eating such a high-end food. Not sure if this is related, but this particular dog will literally GRAZE on grass when let out in a grassy area as well.

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Posted by starlitekennels on 06-12-2009 02:55 PM:

Feed them fig newtons

Posted by on 06-12-2009 03:18 PM:

Im having an issue with the same thing, a young dog that recently got switched to diamond naturals, he started doing it, and his grandsire also grazes on grass like a dang ol cow

Posted by meandoldred on 06-12-2009 03:45 PM:

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Originally posted by starlitekennels
Feed them fig newtons

WOULD YOU CARE TO ELABORATE ON THIS ? JUST HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS BEFORE.

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Posted by starlitekennels on 06-12-2009 04:12 PM:

Sure, it's supposed to work the same way as buying the expesive Forbid powder from your vet, you sprinkle the powder on their food and it makes eating the poop undesirable, the fig newtons do the same thing, it makes the poop uneatable, it's cheaper too. A vet I worked for "prescribed" it all the time.

Posted by huntingwalkers9 on 06-12-2009 04:16 PM:

beat that poop right back out of him

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Posted by SCBluetickGal on 06-12-2009 04:43 PM:

Re: re

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Originally posted by huntingwalkers9
beat that poop right back out of him

That's a thought, but I don't care enough about her eating poop to BEAT her for it. After all, it's not like I let her lick me in the face, and hey that's less clean-up for me.

I'm just concerned that she may be lacking something she needs health-wise.

The fig newton idea is interesting. I've never heard that either, but I bet she wouldn't mind eating a cookie every day haha!

Posted by GA DAWG on 06-12-2009 04:46 PM:

Maybe just me but aint no way I'm gonna feed a chit eater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by SCBluetickGal on 06-12-2009 04:50 PM:

Hahaha, GA DAWG I don't particularly like feeding those types either unless I just get attached to them, but right now she's the best dog I've got in the woods. I can't quit feedin' her just because she eats the feed twice!

Posted by wrangler on 06-12-2009 04:54 PM:

I've always been told that a dog that eats grass has worms. I dont really know if thats correct but I do worm them if I see them grazing.

Posted by james gardner on 06-12-2009 04:57 PM:

MY AUNTS HOUSE DOG WAS DOING THIS, THE VET TOLD HER THAT THE FOOD WAS NOT DIGESTING CORRECTLY AND WOULD STILL HAVE SOME GOOD FOOD SMELL TO IT, THATS WHY THEY WOULD EAT IT AGAIN. I DONT KNOW FOR SURE ,THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAS TOLD.

Posted by 1deadeye on 06-12-2009 04:58 PM:

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Originally posted by SCBluetickGal
I can't quit feedin' her just because she eats the feed twice!

Then give her half the food and she'll make up the difference. LOL
Click the link. It may or may not help you.
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http://www.dogeatingpoop.com/

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Posted by huntingwalkers9 on 06-12-2009 05:02 PM:

http://www.pet-comfort-products.com...s-eat-poop.html

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Posted by rowdyhound on 06-12-2009 08:03 PM:

Read an article in one of my dog magizines that said you can use pineapple chunks. Put a few in the food, supposed to work like those forbid powders. I'll try to find the article scan it in and email it to you, if you want.

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Posted by meandoldred on 06-12-2009 08:09 PM:

WHO'D OF EVER THUNK IT ...

quote:
Originally posted by starlitekennels
Sure, it's supposed to work the same way as buying the expesive Forbid powder from your vet, you sprinkle the powder on their food and it makes eating the poop undesirable, the fig newtons do the same thing, it makes the poop uneatable, it's cheaper too. A vet I worked for "prescribed" it all the time.

SOMETHING THAT MAKES CRAP SMELL WORSE THAN CRAP. I'LL REMEMBER THIS AND rowdyhound's POST ON PINEAPPLE CHUNCKS .

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Posted by SCBluetickGal on 06-12-2009 08:16 PM:

The sites some of you listed were interesting. Jessica, wonder if canned pineapple chunks would work? Guess it wouldn't make a difference, could be something to try...

Posted by Mac1st on 06-12-2009 10:07 PM:

What do you do for dogs that don't eat their own poop but will eat every other things poop. We have had two Pugs that made it their lifes mission to look for something else's poop.

Posted by Tarascon on 06-12-2009 10:14 PM:

Go to the grocery and get a bottle of Adolph's meat tenderizer and put that on the food. Soak the food in water if it's a kibble. The enzymes in the Adolph's partly digest the protien in the dog food, which helps the dog absorb more of the nutrients in the food. If you've got dogs running together, all of them need the Adolph's.

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Posted by mjflores on 06-12-2009 10:37 PM:

That's what dogs do..they eat crap. I've never had a young dog that didn't do it.

In an adult, it usually isn't a problem but... If it's a good feed, and you're giving them too much, they will pass what they dont use and the crap will be "appetizing" if that's even possible. A dog's body can only process so much and it passes the rest.

Try cutting back on the feed.

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Posted by SCBluetickGal on 06-12-2009 10:47 PM:

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll try adding something into the food to see if that stops it. I'm certain I'm not feeding her too much right now...I feed a little bit less than the amount recommended on the feed bag for her, and she's in better shape now than she ever has been since I bought her. If anything she's a little on the small side, and I hate to cut back her feed too much while she's being hunted as well.

Posted by MATTY G on 06-13-2009 11:55 PM:

I agree with Tarascon that Adolphs meat tenderizer works as well as any and better than most...Try it..

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