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How to keep dogs from eating poop?

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Add a spoon (teaspoon or tablespoon depending on the dog's size) of canned pineapple, pineapple juice or spinach to the dog's food. Coat stools, following elimination, with hot sauce or lemon juice. Or booby trap sample stools by penetrating some left in the yard with hot sauce. read more

The emotional stress of being left alone or restricted to a small area for long periods of time without the companionship of the caregiver can result, for some dogs, in the eating of his own feces. Internal parasites may lead a dog to consume feces, because the parasites can leach nutrients from the host animal's system. Thus, the dog will feel unusually hungry. If a dog is punished for defecating in the house, she may eat her feces in order to hide the evidence and avoid punishment. read more

Eating feces is normal with many different animal species. In dogs, it is not part of the digestive process, but it is a normal cleaning behavior in mother dogs with pups. Some dogs eat stool even without puppies in a misguided attempt to clean either the yard or their kennel. read more

By making your dog’s poop taste really, really bad, the following products will deter your dog from eating his own waste. Deter; Forbid; Potty Mouth; Do-It-Yourself Solutions. Do-it-yourself suggestions to help you stop your dog from eating his own poop include: Coat stools with hot sauce or lemon juice. read more

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