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Dog eating shit and it's really affecting my relationship with her.

43 replies

Wizzoh · 24/08/2023 11:45

We've moved house ad she's obviously a bit stressed by this.

She's on a good quality food (Orijen true fresh)

She started eating her sisters poo and her own poo after the move.

I fed them both pineapple and it stopped but there are alot of cats in the area and they're shitting on my small garden.

I'm disabled so I can't get out quickly enough in the morning to do a cat poo check before I let them out for morning toilet.

And she's walking in chomping on shit.

It makes me feel sick to my stomach.

She came in this morning with it all round her lips. I was heaving and crying and now I just don't want her near me because she smells like shit.

She's a very licky small breed and it was never an issue before this started. Now she is licking everything an dits making me feel physically sick thinking about the poo in her mouth.

I know the only solution is to make sure there no poo in the garden before I let her out but it's difficult because if I leave them in the kitchen to go check they do their morning bathroom in there, then I have all that to clean up.

She also may be eating her own poo again because after a few days she started to refuse the pineapple.
Her sister eats it and her poops are left alone.

I have no problem picking up dog poo, I know that's a huge part of dog ownership but this is something completely different. It's absolutely vile and is making me not want to sit with her.

I don't know what to do with the situation.

OP posts:
fitflopqueen · 24/08/2023 16:50

Moth balls !
get loads and scatter round the garden, that should help to deter the cats then leads/muzzles until they are out of the habit.
I have a spaniel with the sweetest nature, she can be partial to a bit of sheep poo, they are dirty devils!

Tygertiger · 24/08/2023 16:51

There is a really good dog training group on FB called Dog Training Advice and Support. They have lots of guides you can read and they will be able to help you.

Callywals · 24/08/2023 16:52

My lab boy did this all his life. I tried a muzzle but he just rubbed the muzzle into the poo and I then had to throw it away, as I was not going to attempt to clean it! It was OK on walks as I just pulled him away from the poo as soon as he'd done it and kept him well away from it whilst I picked it up. The problem was when I let him out on the garden. He was extremely food orientated, so, before I let him out, I made sure I always had a biscuit/sausage/small treat on me. As soon as he did a poo and before he'd had a chance to turn round to it, I shouted biscuit/sausage etc and he came running in for the treat, forgetting about the poo. It was a constant battle.

Chypre · 24/08/2023 17:00

What I learned with my 2 dogs, who usually are not interested in poo (unless its fox poo to roll in...) - if they go for horse/cow/sheep/herbivore cattle waste, they are unconsciously trying to load up on enzymes I guess. When they suddenly go for dog shite - some of the dog and cat foods/treats are so heavily artificially flavoured so they still smell like a treat on the exit. They literally think they are going after pedigree bacon soft bites or whatever.

MarjoriefromHemelHempstead · 24/08/2023 17:21

I had a retriever who did this. He was obsessive about it, the instant he pooed he would spin round really quick to eat it. I found that Deter tablets worked. It stopped him doing it and when I stopped the course of tablets he never repeated it.

This was a few years ago so I'm not sure if these are still available. They were over the counter at the time, no need for a vet consult.

cinnamonfrenchtoast · 24/08/2023 17:46

Wizzoh · 24/08/2023 16:34

I am, I'm trying but it's not easy when I am trying to unpack a whole house and settle my children in, during the holidays.

Believe me I do sympathise - but the only way to prevent is to be right on top of them unfortunately. Are your kids old enough to let them out or poo pick the garden?

Britintheusa · 24/08/2023 17:52

A few weeks ago my dog ate my 2 year old daughter's poo🤢🤮🤢🤮 she had pooped in her pants and while I was cleaning her up, puppy crept in, grabbed the poo and ran away with it... And ate it. So incredibly disgusting.

ConstitutionHill · 24/08/2023 21:11

I can't believe I'm writing this, I swore I would purge it from my mind. The other week, I used the downstairs loo as normal. Upon going to flush, I realised that I had turned the mains water off earlier at the little tap on the terrace.

I went out to turn it back on and got distracted for a minute or two... you know where this is going.

I went back towards the toilet and noticed some chewed up loo paper outside the door and DDog hanging around, hmmm.

Going to flush the loo, I noticed that the water level and "contents" Envy in the bowl had dropped or something weird had happened, the situation was just somehow not as I had left it?

Looking back at my lovely dog and the wet, chewed up bog roll bits, I put 2 and 2 together and the penny dropped, I think she had chowed down on a 💩

Dirty girl!!

IngGenius · 24/08/2023 21:42

Most poo eaters will still try to eat with the muzzle. So you just have a poo covered muzzle coming in contact with you.

You have to work out a way to take them out on a lead until the poo is cleared up.

Most dogs that eat poo do not have a deficiency and adding in the pineapple etc is a waste of time

IngGenius · 24/08/2023 21:55

fitflopqueen · 24/08/2023 16:50

Moth balls !
get loads and scatter round the garden, that should help to deter the cats then leads/muzzles until they are out of the habit.
I have a spaniel with the sweetest nature, she can be partial to a bit of sheep poo, they are dirty devils!

Moth balls are toxic to cats and dogs.

If the dog eats the moth balls you will have a mega vet bill or worse

SkinnyMalinkyLankyLegs · 24/08/2023 22:27

Oh the dirty bugger...

Disturbia81 · 24/08/2023 22:36

Oh thank god, thought it was just my dog. He LOVES it. I mean to them it's just meaty goodness and they're always hungry so why not. I know he's done it when I have no poop to scoop in the garden.

Gremlins101 · 24/08/2023 23:12

I got something that I used to feed my dog which makes his poop spicy, to stop him eating it. It worked with my guy, so maybe feed it to both your dogs. It doesn't taste of anything when initially eating it but it changes the taste of the poop.

Don't know what to do about the cat poo, that would bother me too as you don't know if those cats are properly dewormed etc.

Dogs can be so yuck. God love them.

Yourekiddingright · 24/08/2023 23:47

I've definitely been educated tonight! I was aware that dogs rolled in wild animal poo/dead seagulls etc, but I had NO idea that they ate actual poo!! No idea at all. We've been wondering whether to adopt a dog, but after reading this, not a chance am I risking adopting a dog that may eat shit 🤢🤮 No problem picking it up, but wiping it out of mouth fur, off face, lips etc, accidentally getting licked. Not a chance. Fuck that 😳
Good luck though OP, I really hope you do find a resolution to your issue. I can only imagine how you must be feeling 😫

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 25/08/2023 07:31

My beautiful Lhasa apso is a poo eater. I’ve stopped taking her on her favourite walk - the playing fields, as she’s 5/10 vomits loads up when we come back. Grim.

Usually she listens to leave it and runs for her treat. But not always. I end up putting a lead on her there so there is no real point.

TempleHill · 25/08/2023 14:42

Any tips for fuzzy poop-eater who would not touch pineapple? My only solution so far is to pull her away. She is a fuzzy eater. Somehow she finds poop appetising.

Triflenot · 25/08/2023 14:54

I was advised to feed pumpkin to help with this.

Flamedmoth · 25/08/2023 16:05

If you are looking at muzzles join the muzzle up pup Facebook group

The muzzles suggested don't allow pant room, so shouldnt be used for any form of extended period. Let alone with a bracy breed.

It's would be fine If she was going straight in and out, but if it's while she's running about it then garden it's not okay, and it's likely that she will need it constantly in the garden

You will also need to condition/ train her to it otherwise she will just try and rip it off or will be distracted by it so won't use the toilet with it on

Sadly its not a quick fix

My plan for now would be only garden access on a long line or an extendable lead so she van be prevented from having free roam, and monitored

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