Puppy Eating Poop!! HELP!!! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

zenzele · 01-09-2009, 07:31 PM

My 6 mth old puppy is eating his poop after I leave for work. What can I do to stop this???

Katamami29 · 01-09-2009, 08:26 PM

Illl. Mia does that sometimes too. I saw an episode of the Dog Wisperer where the dog was eating his poop and he said this happens when a dog is missing something from their diet. He recommended giving the Dog bananas and some vegetable ocacionally and that worked for them.

tishas_star · 01-09-2009, 08:32 PM

I've seen On It's Me or the Dog to give them pineapple pieces, they love the taste but it's nasty once it's in their poo so they quit eating the poo. A lady I work with had this problem with her Silky and I told her to try this and she said it worked great. Just get those little pre-cut cans or little cups and give your dog a few pieces throughout the day or with meal times. Good luck!

Daisy May · 01-10-2009, 09:13 AM

My Yorkie did this as well, and she just kind of stopped after a couple of weeks. Maybe she kind of out grew it, so hopefully yours will stop soon too. The first time I saw Daisy do this I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but after doing as much searching on the internet as I did I realized its not uncommon.

romeos mommy · 01-10-2009, 07:21 PM

They have stuff @ the petstore that you can add to the food to make the poo taste very nasty.

SWEETPEA · 01-10-2009, 07:24 PM

my misty did that when she was a puppy. they told me about meat tenderizer i tried it and she stopped eating it

tobysmom328 · 01-10-2009, 08:28 PM

yay i'm glad someone is talking about this.. izzy almost always eats part of her poo or drags it out of the bathroom (she goes on a pee pad in there) to the living room... ok so trying the pineapple... thanks!! any other tips would be great!!

Katamami29 · 01-10-2009, 08:42 PM

I'm trying the pineapple too. Thank you.

SpiderBBlue · 01-10-2009, 09:01 PM

The pineapple idea sounds great! except my puppy doesn't eat his own poop. He eats my sisters' dogs poop and I don't know if she'll want to feed her pup pineapple...

chasenluke · 01-12-2009, 07:46 AM

zthe pineapple works great once they have eaten it for a little while. I bought a container of the fresh cut pineapple at the store. I cut it in little pieces and then froze it. I take out a few pieces a aday for Krissy. It is great because we also work on training her to sit with it.

teachermom · 01-13-2009, 10:22 AM

What kind of meat tenderizer? How much? Do you just sprinkle it on the food?

lizbits · 01-23-2009, 01:38 PM

auuuuugh my 6 month started doing this as well. so i started walking him more and feeding him pineapple...we will see how it goes

01-09-2009, 07:31 PM	#1
zenzele YT Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Charleston Posts: 307	Puppy Eating Poop!! HELP!!! My 6 mth old puppy is eating his poop after I leave for work. What can I do to stop this???

01-09-2009, 08:32 PM	#3
tishas_star Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 182 Blog Entries: 1	I've seen On It's Me or the Dog to give them pineapple pieces, they love the taste but it's nasty once it's in their poo so they quit eating the poo. A lady I work with had this problem with her Silky and I told her to try this and she said it worked great. Just get those little pre-cut cans or little cups and give your dog a few pieces throughout the day or with meal times. Good luck! __________________ ~~Tisha~~Mom to Rambo Hannah Glock and Gwen

01-10-2009, 07:21 PM	#5
romeos mommy YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ Posts: 4,068	They have stuff @ the petstore that you can add to the food to make the poo taste very nasty. __________________ Bernadette & Romeo

01-10-2009, 07:24 PM	#6
SWEETPEA My Little Princess Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SUNNY,FLORIDA Posts: 2,764	my misty did that when she was a puppy. they told me about meat tenderizer i tried it and she stopped eating it __________________ RACHEL & MISTY

01-10-2009, 08:28 PM	#7
tobysmom328 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 126	yay i'm glad someone is talking about this.. izzy almost always eats part of her poo or drags it out of the bathroom (she goes on a pee pad in there) to the living room... ok so trying the pineapple... thanks!! any other tips would be great!! __________________ Kayla IZZY and Toby

01-09-2009, 08:26 PM	#2
Katamami29 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bronx, New York, USA Posts: 124	Illl. Mia does that sometimes too. I saw an episode of the Dog Wisperer where the dog was eating his poop and he said this happens when a dog is missing something from their diet. He recommended giving the Dog bananas and some vegetable ocacionally and that worked for them.

01-10-2009, 09:13 AM	#4
Daisy May YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: charleston,wv Posts: 7	My Yorkie did this as well, and she just kind of stopped after a couple of weeks. Maybe she kind of out grew it, so hopefully yours will stop soon too. The first time I saw Daisy do this I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but after doing as much searching on the internet as I did I realized its not uncommon.

01-10-2009, 08:42 PM	#8
Katamami29 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bronx, New York, USA Posts: 124	I'm trying the pineapple too. Thank you.

01-10-2009, 09:01 PM	#9
SpiderBBlue Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: California, United States Posts: 63 Blog Entries: 2	The pineapple idea sounds great! except my puppy doesn't eat his own poop. He eats my sisters' dogs poop and I don't know if she'll want to feed her pup pineapple... __________________ Liz(Maxs' mommy)

01-12-2009, 07:46 AM	#10
chasenluke Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 39	zthe pineapple works great once they have eaten it for a little while. I bought a container of the fresh cut pineapple at the store. I cut it in little pieces and then froze it. I take out a few pieces a aday for Krissy. It is great because we also work on training her to sit with it.

01-13-2009, 10:22 AM	#11
teachermom YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5	What kind of meat tenderizer? How much? Do you just sprinkle it on the food?

01-23-2009, 01:38 PM	#12
lizbits Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 12	auuuuugh my 6 month started doing this as well. so i started walking him more and feeding him pineapple...we will see how it goes