i agree about the dog food issue....for the most part. however, we feed our dogs a high quality, soy/corn/wheat-free food. no animal by-products. our 9-month old bullmastiff has started doing the same thing and it's GROSS! but then again, she'll eat ANYTHING....
Dog eating poo...how to make em' stop
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costco's kirkland brand dog food has meat as the 1st ingredient. we just switched our 3 dogs to it and our beagle who used to eat poo has not started doing it again.
My field springer also has this problem. However it was mostly in the winter as she would scour the snow covered yard in search of her frozen "poop-sicles". Friggin nasty. Now with the weather change she doesn't bother. Either way, I think I'll take her to the vet, and maybe switch food. On the plus side, I make the kids pick up the poo as I get dry heaves instantly. By the way first $500 can have her!
FJBen
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We feed them FROMM dogfood, supposed to be pretty good....maybe it's not?
Fromm Family Foods - Four-Star Salmon À La Veg Holistic Entree
Salmon À La Veg
FOR DOGS
A delectable fusion of fresh wild salmon & rice with cheese, cauliflower, blueberries & parsley.
* Fresh Wild Salmon
* Cartilage Rich in Natural Glucosamine
* Real Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese
* Prebiotics & Probiotics to Aid Digestion
* Optimum Omega Fatty Acids Ratio
Ingredients:
Salmon, Salmon Meal, Brown Rice, Sweet Potato, Pearled Barley, Potato, Oatmeal, White Rice, Whole Dried Egg, Salmon Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Millet, Dried Tomato Pomace, Safflower Oil, Cheese, Flaxseed, Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Apples, Lecithin, Chicken Cartilage, Potassium Chloride, Monosodium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate, Cranberries, Blueberries, Salt, Monocalcium Phosphate, Chicory Root Extract, Alfalfa Sprouts, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Folic Acid, Parsley, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium Longum, Enterococcous Faecium, Vitamin A, D3, E, B12 Supplements, Choline Bitartrate, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Sorbic Acid, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite.
Calorie Content:
kcal/lb: 1,850 | kcal/cup: 405
Fromm Family Foods - Four-Star Salmon À La Veg Holistic Entree
Salmon À La Veg
FOR DOGS
A delectable fusion of fresh wild salmon & rice with cheese, cauliflower, blueberries & parsley.
* Fresh Wild Salmon
* Cartilage Rich in Natural Glucosamine
* Real Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese
* Prebiotics & Probiotics to Aid Digestion
* Optimum Omega Fatty Acids Ratio
Ingredients:
Salmon, Salmon Meal, Brown Rice, Sweet Potato, Pearled Barley, Potato, Oatmeal, White Rice, Whole Dried Egg, Salmon Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Millet, Dried Tomato Pomace, Safflower Oil, Cheese, Flaxseed, Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Apples, Lecithin, Chicken Cartilage, Potassium Chloride, Monosodium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate, Cranberries, Blueberries, Salt, Monocalcium Phosphate, Chicory Root Extract, Alfalfa Sprouts, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Folic Acid, Parsley, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium Longum, Enterococcous Faecium, Vitamin A, D3, E, B12 Supplements, Choline Bitartrate, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Sorbic Acid, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite.
Calorie Content:
kcal/lb: 1,850 | kcal/cup: 405
Wouldn't recommend supplementing their diet with rabbit poo. A friend of mines dog is currently on medication for a parasite that is paticular to rabbit dooky.
Or you could find another dog and make a butt load of money selling 2 dogs 1 cup videos...... Just a thought. No really the medical term is Coprophagia.
Coprophagia is a behavior often observed in dogs. Hofmeister, Cumming, and Dhein (2001) wrote that this behavior in dogs has not been well-researched, and they are currently preparing a study. In a preliminary paper, they write that there are various hypotheses for this behavior in canines, although none have been proven:
* To obtain attention from their caretakers.
* From anxiety, stress, or upon being punished for bad behaviors.
* They had been punished for having defecated in the past, and attempt to clean up out of fear of being punished again.
* From boredom.
* In an attempt to clean up in crowded conditions.
* Mimicry of behavior observed when their caretakers pick up feces (allelomimetic behavior). This is highly improbable because the behavior has also been observed in environments where caretakers never picked up the dog's (or other's) feces.
* Because puppies taste everything and discover that feces are edible and, perhaps, tasty, especially when fed a high fat content diet.
* Because dogs are, by nature, scavengers, and this is within the range of scavenger behavior.
* To prevent the scent from attracting predators, especially mother dogs eating their offspring's feces.
* Because the texture and temperature of fresh feces approximates that of regurgitated food, which is how canine mothers in the wild would provide solid food to their pups
* Because of the protein content of the feces (particularly cat feces), or over-feeding, leading to large concentrations of undigested matter in the feces.
* Due to assorted health problems, including:
o Pancreatitis
o Intestinal infections
o Food allergies, leading to mal-absorption
* Because they are hungry, such as when eating routines are changed, food is withheld, or nutrients are not properly absorbed.
* Carnivores may sometimes eat or roll in the feces of their prey to ingest and exude scents which mask their own.
Some veterinarians recommend adding meat tenderizer to dogfood, as this makes the feces taste excessively bad to dogs. Several companies produce food additives that can also be added to the animal's food to make feces taste bad.[citation needed] Often, these food additives will contain Capsicum Oleoresin which gives off a repugnant odor making the fecal matter undesirable to the dog.
Due to the attraction of dogs to their own feces, a popular Chinese idiom states "A dog cannot change its habit of eating feces", which usually refers to a bad habit that is difficult to correct.
Coprophagia is a behavior often observed in dogs. Hofmeister, Cumming, and Dhein (2001) wrote that this behavior in dogs has not been well-researched, and they are currently preparing a study. In a preliminary paper, they write that there are various hypotheses for this behavior in canines, although none have been proven:
* To obtain attention from their caretakers.
* From anxiety, stress, or upon being punished for bad behaviors.
* They had been punished for having defecated in the past, and attempt to clean up out of fear of being punished again.
* From boredom.
* In an attempt to clean up in crowded conditions.
* Mimicry of behavior observed when their caretakers pick up feces (allelomimetic behavior). This is highly improbable because the behavior has also been observed in environments where caretakers never picked up the dog's (or other's) feces.
* Because puppies taste everything and discover that feces are edible and, perhaps, tasty, especially when fed a high fat content diet.
* Because dogs are, by nature, scavengers, and this is within the range of scavenger behavior.
* To prevent the scent from attracting predators, especially mother dogs eating their offspring's feces.
* Because the texture and temperature of fresh feces approximates that of regurgitated food, which is how canine mothers in the wild would provide solid food to their pups
* Because of the protein content of the feces (particularly cat feces), or over-feeding, leading to large concentrations of undigested matter in the feces.
* Due to assorted health problems, including:
o Pancreatitis
o Intestinal infections
o Food allergies, leading to mal-absorption
* Because they are hungry, such as when eating routines are changed, food is withheld, or nutrients are not properly absorbed.
* Carnivores may sometimes eat or roll in the feces of their prey to ingest and exude scents which mask their own.
Some veterinarians recommend adding meat tenderizer to dogfood, as this makes the feces taste excessively bad to dogs. Several companies produce food additives that can also be added to the animal's food to make feces taste bad.[citation needed] Often, these food additives will contain Capsicum Oleoresin which gives off a repugnant odor making the fecal matter undesirable to the dog.
Due to the attraction of dogs to their own feces, a popular Chinese idiom states "A dog cannot change its habit of eating feces", which usually refers to a bad habit that is difficult to correct.
re_guderian
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What's your definition of "meat"?
Since he is still doing it, you need to get out the cam corder. The video would make great laughs at a party with some of your closest friends.
Right after they get there faces licked by him
Watch your step if you decide the electrodes. Double Trouble.
Sprinkle Meat Tenderizer in your dogs food...try the low sodium if you can find it. My dogs liked the little kitty mints that the cat had in her box....I put some in with the cat and dogs food. Never did it again.
Indie tried to eat some of the cats poo....she took one bite and spit it out...
the meat tenderizer is good going in terrible coming out.
Indie tried to eat some of the cats poo....she took one bite and spit it out...
the meat tenderizer is good going in terrible coming out.
Maybe if we were only talking about dog doo. But, can't really shovel rabbit poo out of the grass, and cats don't s*** in the yard. The do it in the mulch beds and then cover it. The dog just sniffs it out and chomps it down as one big mulch burger.
My dog (may he rest in peace) ate road kill, cats, squirrels, rats, mice, snakes, birds (including dead crows), insects and even turtles but not his own s***.
He also ate the fingers of the guy who broke into my house (no joke)
I do have an answer for you, put pineapple in his food. It gets nasty as it goes through the dogs guts and makes the s*** stank so he won't eat it. Saw this on one of those "train your dog" cable tv shows.
He did like to roll around in road kill though. That sucked.
He also ate the fingers of the guy who broke into my house (no joke)
I do have an answer for you, put pineapple in his food. It gets nasty as it goes through the dogs guts and makes the s*** stank so he won't eat it. Saw this on one of those "train your dog" cable tv shows.
He did like to roll around in road kill though. That sucked.
Probably just a raw chicken wing from costco would cost a tenth as much and contain real meat, plus a bunch of other good stuff for the dog? Then give him kibble to fill his belly.
I brought this subject up with a friend at a dinner party last night. He used to run sheep, many thousands of them, and once he noticed the dogs weren't eating their food. He then saw them all eating sheep s***. So he said fxxx it, and stopped giving them dog food for a while. They didn't seem to suffer.
Eventually the subject turns to how gross it is when a family dog licks its starfish then comes over to lick your face.
The lady across from us heard only some of the conversation over the table noise, but we both catch her staring at us, and she says 'I sure hope you gentlemen are talking about dogs...'
Eventually the subject turns to how gross it is when a family dog licks its starfish then comes over to lick your face.
The lady across from us heard only some of the conversation over the table noise, but we both catch her staring at us, and she says 'I sure hope you gentlemen are talking about dogs...'
Our 3yr old mastiff love to eat frozen poo...he tends to leave it alone other times of the year. Our mixed breed prefers tootsie rolls from the cat box, if she can get to them, and goose poop. Either way - GROSS.
