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My Dog

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:06 pm
by Hullie
picked her up from the humane society. she's 3 months old.

she is left alone for about 6 hours a day and she eats her own shit while I'm gone.

How do I stop her from eating her shit??

many thanks

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:21 pm
by Leedog
Better question. How do you train them to do it? HA!
I have a 10 1/2 yr old Lab that has done it for about 10 years. I asked vet same thing. He didn't know and said it was harmless. He said they tend to do it as filler when their diet is too rich. or something. I yell at her if I see her do it, but I'm sure she's back at it as soon as my back is turned.

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:22 pm
by Ruutu15
Not really much you can do. Some...most...dogs just like it more than others. Usually they'll grow out of it.

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:48 pm
by SteveO
It must be a Wings fan.

:wink:

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:27 pm
by WindyCityBluesFan
2 dogs, one cup.

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:46 pm
by marco
Dr. Blue? Anyone? Anyone?

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:56 am
by Dr_Blue
Your guess is as good as mine.

Better housetraining? Crate training? Diapers?

Seriously, I hate dealing with that behavior shit (pun? anyone?). Behavior, vaccines, dermatology....blech! Give me something sick and dying and I'm on cloud nine.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:04 am
by barnburner
A lot of dogs react badly to being left alone, especially when they are young. This sounds like this might be the case here.
If it's only 6 hours a day - my advice would be to crate her while you are gone, at least until she grows out of that stage.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm
by Steve Levy Sucks
Here's an idea - potty train that damn dog.

:lol:

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:22 pm
by Allblues555
Have you considered a complete dogectemy?

It's a radical procedure whereby the veterinarian replaces the entire dog, from nose to tail, with another dog.

Not as popular as the catectemy, as you can sometimes tell the difference with dogs.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:29 pm
by Blueline29
I think some dogs, as nauseating as it is, just like the taste of poo. My parents have a rescued Shih Tzu (har) who can't enough of the buffet found in the cats' litter box. And since they have chickens, too, the barnyard is basically one giant smorgasbord to him. They've tried forever to get him to stop, but he won't. Speculation is that he has some kind of emotional "thing" from being a rescue (his previous owner died, so Max bounced around between a couple of different homes before my mom & dad agreed to take him); personally, I just think he likes shit.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:19 pm
by ohio BLUES
Blueline29 wrote:I think some dogs, as nauseating as it is, just like the taste of poo. My parents have a rescued Shih Tzu (har) who can't enough of the buffet found in the cats' litter box. And since they have chickens, too, the barnyard is basically one giant smorgasbord to him. They've tried forever to get him to stop, but he won't. Speculation is that he has some kind of emotional "thing" from being a rescue (his previous owner died, so Max bounced around between a couple of different homes before my mom & dad agreed to take him); personally, I just think he likes shit.
What a crappy situation.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:28 pm
by Nyghtewynd
According to my wife (who is dog-addicted), your dog has a condition called "corporphyria".

http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/D ... Eating.php

I do love, however, the difference in tenor of responses between *this* board and the (dog-addicted) ones that she frequents. :)

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:01 am
by Dr_Blue
It's actually "coprophagia"

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:55 am
by Storm13
I had a dog that used to eat cat poop.

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:30 pm
by F Keenan
WindyCityBluesFan wrote:2 dogs, one cup.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:03 pm
by STL JA
Blueline29 wrote:I think some dogs, as nauseating as it is, just like the taste of poo. My parents have a rescued Shih Tzu (har) who can't enough of the buffet found in the cats' litter box. And since they have chickens, too, the barnyard is basically one giant smorgasbord to him. They've tried forever to get him to stop, but he won't. Speculation is that he has some kind of emotional "thing" from being a rescue (his previous owner died, so Max bounced around between a couple of different homes before my mom & dad agreed to take him); personally, I just think he likes shit.
Shih Tzus are shitheads.

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:13 pm
by Winning Unlimited
My parents have three shit tzus. :oops:

Re: My Dog

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:26 pm
by the knob
Hullie wrote:picked her up from the humane society. she's 3 months old.

she is left alone for about 6 hours a day and she eats her own shit while I'm gone.

How do I stop her from eating her shit??

many thanks
Give her a Red Wings chew toy.

Re: My Dog

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:46 am
by F Keenan
the knob wrote:
Hullie wrote:picked her up from the humane society. she's 3 months old.

she is left alone for about 6 hours a day and she eats her own shit while I'm gone.

How do I stop her from eating her shit??

many thanks
Give her a Red Wings chew toy.

Can't you read... He wants his dog to stop eating shit.