Why do dogs love to eat poop? How to correct the bad habit of eating poop in dogs?

Mondo Pets Updated on 2024-02-29

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Sometimes, dogs will inexplicably eat the poop that has just been pulled out, what is the reason for this? As the saying goes: dogs can't change their eating, is it natural for dogs to eat? Actually, there are several reasons why dogs eat poop:

1. The dog lacks a certain element or mineral in its body

If the owner always feeds the dog with human food, and does not develop the habit of eating **, after a long time, the dog will lack some elements due to a single food, and there will be a situation of gnawing the wall skin, eating soil or eating poop!

2. Dogs are born with bad habits

This condition mainly occurs in puppies, and underage puppies will think that poop is something to eat, and their bodies are in the period of growth and development, and they always have hunger. After eating it once, if you don't clean it up in time, you will eat it a second time or a third time.

3. Dog poop contains some undigested nutrients

Therefore, the dog should be given some digestive aids, which is also conducive to stopping the dog from eating poop.

Treat the symptoms so that the dog no longer eats poop.

1. For dogs lacking elements or minerals, the animal hospital has drugs containing special complex elements and minerals, which are given to dogs according to their weight.

Other than that. Try to feed your dog**. If the dog is used to eating human food, try to let the dog develop in the direction of eating. Like what. Add some ** to the meal it is used to eating. Start with a little less and gradually increase it.

2. The correction of the habit of eating poop requires you to give it more attention. First of all. Dogs poop usually within an hour or two of eating. During this time, the feeder should pay attention to the main thing. As soon as it finishes pooping, it cleans up in time. In this way, when it is hungry again, there is no poop to eat.

3. When you find that the dog eats poop. Stop it now. Criticize harshly and let it know that it is wrong. But be sure to criticize it when it is eating, if it has just finished pulling or just walking towards the poop, it will cause it to misunderstand that pooping is a wrong thing, which will make it easier to cause it to eat the poop.

4. In addition. There are also ways to prevent dogs from eating poop. For example, sprinkling the dog's poop with something that the dog doesn't like, such as pepper; Let the dog pull out the poop has a taste that it doesn't like, such as adding foods like garlic (don't add onions, because it contains ingredients that are harmful to the dog).

Be a responsible shovel officer and give the dog the best company!

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