My Dog

Hullie · Post by **Hullie** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:06 pm

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

Leedog · Post by **Leedog** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:21 pm

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.

Ruutu15 · Post by **Ruutu15** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:22 pm

Not really much you can do. Some...most...dogs just like it more than others. Usually they'll grow out of it.

SteveO · Post by **SteveO** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:48 pm

It must be a Wings fan.

WindyCityBluesFan · Post by **WindyCityBluesFan** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:27 pm

2 dogs, one cup.

marco · Post by **marco** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:46 pm

Dr. Blue? Anyone? Anyone?

Dr_Blue · Post by **Dr_Blue** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:56 am

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.

barnburner · Post by **barnburner** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:04 am

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.

Steve Levy Sucks · Post by **Steve Levy Sucks** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm

Here's an idea - potty train that damn dog.

Allblues555 · Post by **Allblues555** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:22 pm

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.

Blueline29 · Post by **Blueline29** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:29 pm

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.

ohio BLUES · Post by **ohio BLUES** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:19 pm

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.

Nyghtewynd · Post by **Nyghtewynd** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:28 pm

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.

Dr_Blue · Post by **Dr_Blue** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:01 am

It's actually "coprophagia"

Storm13 · Post by **Storm13** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:55 am

I had a dog that used to eat cat poop.

F Keenan · Post by **F Keenan** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:30 pm

WindyCityBluesFan wrote:2 dogs, one cup.

STL JA · Post by **STL JA** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:03 pm

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.

Winning Unlimited · Post by **Winning Unlimited** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:13 pm

My parents have three shit tzus.

the knob · Post by **the knob** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:26 pm

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.

F Keenan · Post by **F Keenan** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:46 am

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.

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