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royalljade · 05-18-2009

Hey there all,

I have kind of a weird question.
A friend of mine has 3 chihuahuas and a boston terrier. They are great little dogs. The chihuahuas are puppies. None of them older then about 6 months. He is an older fella so I go over and help out with bathing them and so on. Lately we have been running into a little problem and no matter what I try it doesnt seem to make a difference.

The problem is that we are in the middle of training the dogs...its hard to do with 3 puppies (the boston terrier is already trained as she is 3). The puppies though keep wanting to eat their *droppings*. Gross I know. We did quite a bit of research on this lately and found a few solution. One was feeding them pineapple, we tried that and it worked for a couple of days. Now they are back at it again. Another option was that their food was lacking nutrients. We checked the food and with a vet and the food is great for them.

I am only asking this here because I dont really belong to any other forums on the net and I have already tried talking to everyone that I know and no one seems to know what could be causeing this. They all get plenty of attention and love. They have tons of space to run and play in. They get fed very well and are allowed very adequate time outdoors.

The weird thing is though...they will only try to eat each others *droppings* and not the boston terriers. Its weird. But if anyone has any advice or knows of anything that we could possibly try it would be greatly appriciated. We are all out of ideas as of now and are pretty much willing to try anything.

The last idea that was given to us we never tried. It was to sprinkle cayenne pepper or some hot sauce or something of that nature, on the *droppings* after they deficate....well...needless to say that with watching 4 dogs it is very hard to watch the where and when to be able to do that! lol.

Again, any help would be greatly appriciated.

HappyCappy · 05-18-2009

According to this article its natural in puppies:

http://www.pets.ca/articles/dog-eats-poop.htm

royalljade · 05-18-2009

Thank you so much. I am glad to know that it is normal and according to that site they will grow out of it

awsome!

roswell · 05-19-2009

ya i was always told it was normal with puppies too, although gross they should outgrow it, but i can understand the ICK factor , LOL good luck

royalljade · 05-20-2009

thanks a bunch...it is kinda nasty but here is to hopeing that they outgrow it! lol

bluebird · 06-07-2009

I have a terrier cross, small adorable well behaved and so much personality everyone loves her. Only one problem, couldn't get her to stop cleaning the litter boxes for me. tried everything. She is now 9 years old and has finally stopped. So, hang in there you have a ways to go

beigewood · 06-08-2009

My mom (who fancies herself quite a "dog person" and has had three New Skete Sherpherds over the last 15 years) said that when her current doggy was a puppy she had this problem and was able to manage it by making a loud noise every time the pup would approach the poop. In a short time, the dog would not attempt to munch on the poop for fear of being startled. She said it was very effective for her. She also said that a lot of dogs are just into poop eating. Some more than others. I know it took us a while to get our Lab to stay out of the litter box. Gross!

Hope this helps...?

royalljade · 06-14-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by beigewood

My mom (who fancies herself quite a "dog person" and has had three New Skete Sherpherds over the last 15 years) said that when her current doggy was a puppy she had this problem and was able to manage it by making a loud noise every time the pup would approach the poop. In a short time, the dog would not attempt to munch on the poop for fear of being startled. She said it was very effective for her. She also said that a lot of dogs are just into poop eating. Some more than others. I know it took us a while to get our Lab to stay out of the litter box. Gross!

Hope this helps...?

That is an awsome idea and we will be trying it. Its not as bad now since we started feeding them each a little bit of pineapple everyday...it seems to keep them off it a bit but one of them (the one that I am totally addicted to of course..lol) seems to still want it. lol...not as bad....but I am gonna try that loud noise thing because he is sketchy sometimes anyways so maybe the noise will make him stop...amazing I never even thought of it! Thanks again soooo much!!!

beigewood · 06-18-2009

well I hope it works.

royalljade · 07-05-2009

The problems with the puppies have all been fixed

I dont know if it was one perticualar thing that did it or all of them combined but thanks to everyone for the great ideas

sooooo happy that they stopped! it was getting kind of gross! lol

chicky82 · 07-05-2009

congrats for fixing the puppy poop problem

05-18-2009	#1
royalljade Diva Beaver Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Canada Posts: 278 Threads: 66 Thanks: 74 Thanked 424 Times in 69 Posts SMARTIES: 1837. Donate royalljade's Inventory	Need some help with my doggies please :) Hey there all, I have kind of a weird question. A friend of mine has 3 chihuahuas and a boston terrier. They are great little dogs. The chihuahuas are puppies. None of them older then about 6 months. He is an older fella so I go over and help out with bathing them and so on. Lately we have been running into a little problem and no matter what I try it doesnt seem to make a difference. The problem is that we are in the middle of training the dogs...its hard to do with 3 puppies (the boston terrier is already trained as she is 3). The puppies though keep wanting to eat their droppings. Gross I know. We did quite a bit of research on this lately and found a few solution. One was feeding them pineapple, we tried that and it worked for a couple of days. Now they are back at it again. Another option was that their food was lacking nutrients. We checked the food and with a vet and the food is great for them. I am only asking this here because I dont really belong to any other forums on the net and I have already tried talking to everyone that I know and no one seems to know what could be causeing this. They all get plenty of attention and love. They have tons of space to run and play in. They get fed very well and are allowed very adequate time outdoors. The weird thing is though...they will only try to eat each others droppings and not the boston terriers. Its weird. But if anyone has any advice or knows of anything that we could possibly try it would be greatly appriciated. We are all out of ideas as of now and are pretty much willing to try anything. The last idea that was given to us we never tried. It was to sprinkle cayenne pepper or some hot sauce or something of that nature, on the droppings after they deficate....well...needless to say that with watching 4 dogs it is very hard to watch the where and when to be able to do that! lol. Again, any help would be greatly appriciated.

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roswell The Ultimate Beaver Join Date: May 2008 Location: duncan b.c. Posts: 5,431 Threads: 2038 Thanks: 1,002 Thanked 6,710 Times in 1,773 Posts SMARTIES: 40106. Donate roswell's Inventory	ya i was always told it was normal with puppies too, although gross they should outgrow it, but i can understand the ICK factor , LOL good luck __________________

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beigewood Diva Beaver Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 313 Threads: 37 Thanks: 377 Thanked 99 Times in 29 Posts SMARTIES: 2075. Donate beigewood's Inventory	My mom (who fancies herself quite a "dog person" and has had three New Skete Sherpherds over the last 15 years) said that when her current doggy was a puppy she had this problem and was able to manage it by making a loud noise every time the pup would approach the poop. In a short time, the dog would not attempt to munch on the poop for fear of being startled. She said it was very effective for her. She also said that a lot of dogs are just into poop eating. Some more than others. I know it took us a while to get our Lab to stay out of the litter box. Gross! Hope this helps...? __________________ All things beige!

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beigewood Diva Beaver Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 313 Threads: 37 Thanks: 377 Thanked 99 Times in 29 Posts SMARTIES: 2075. Donate beigewood's Inventory	well I hope it works. __________________ All things beige!

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HappyCappy Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northern Alberta Posts: 7,747 Threads: 4322 Thanks: 1,145 Thanked 4,851 Times in 2,180 Posts SMARTIES: 45344. Donate HappyCappy's Inventory	According to this article its natural in puppies: http://www.pets.ca/articles/dog-eats-poop.htm

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royalljade Diva Beaver Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Canada Posts: 278 Threads: 66 Thanks: 74 Thanked 424 Times in 69 Posts SMARTIES: 1837. Donate royalljade's Inventory	thanks a bunch...it is kinda nasty but here is to hopeing that they outgrow it! lol

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bluebird Little Beaver Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17 Threads: 2 Thanks: 33 Thanked 12 Times in 1 Post SMARTIES: 195. Donate bluebird's Inventory	I have a terrier cross, small adorable well behaved and so much personality everyone loves her. Only one problem, couldn't get her to stop cleaning the litter boxes for me. tried everything. She is now 9 years old and has finally stopped. So, hang in there you have a ways to go

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