I have a confession to make

[iraisin]

my dog eats poop.

There. I said it.

My Daisy Mae is a poop eater.

So I only love on my Boudreaux. Yes. I'm cold. I can't help it. It is so disgusting, I just can't get close to the girl.

[Bobbie]

Iraisin,

Hahahahahaha!!  I laughed out loud.   I would avoid her too.

Thanks, I needed that 

Bobbie

[artistangie]

hehe!

we have a coupla poop eaters too ...my husband had to build a fence around the cat litter box!

[Sleepy In Seattle]

Oh man - we had one of those. Loved the heck out of her, but HATED the poop-eating.

We got REAL good about cleaning up after her RIGHT AWAY, LOL...

But of course sometimes she'd find some...and then come in the house and BURP....oh man, we thought it smelled bad the FIRST time around....

[irish]

Man, you really had me worried----and then the proclaimation that you dog eats poop!!

Well, better him than you!! Irish

[Carebear]

When I dog was around 12 years old she started doing that as well.

It (gag ) seemed to be the worst (gag, gag  ) in the winter when she (sorry, another gag  ) would eat the frozen "poopsicles".   We'd have to check her mouth to make sure she wasn't bringing any into the house.

The vet said it wouldn't harm her though.  But it sure made us sick.

[Meld256]

Oh my...like Irish said thank goodness this is your dog's confession.  As much as I love dogs, they can do some gross things

Carebear, that's hilarious about the 'poopsicles"!    I had no idea our little Shin Tzu ever did this stuff until I caught him dragging something out of the litter box at my MIL's house one day.  (Gag is right! Eeuuuu..)

[iraisin]

I posted that after I had just let them out. That girl was sitting behing Boudreaux waiting for him to finish!!! I was so floored! I couldn't believe her.

I guess she was getting withdrawals because I had been picking it all up right away - so she was just about catching it on the way out!!! UuuuuhhhhH!

OK, I'm done. I have to get over this somehow. Thank's for letting me get it out of my system. I just don't even want to touch her. I want to shave soap and put it in her dog food.

[artistangie]

oh Iraisin ewwww i feel so bad for you!

here is the fence my husband had to make for kittie litter box to keep mine out,  thank God i havent noticed any of them eating dog poop

[iraisin]

OK. Now that is just adorable. I can't believe you haven't painted little cartoon mice on each fence top.

[artistangie]

LOL  that would be cute!

[eye2dry]

My little Rodney Joe did this when he was a puppy....he out grew it and he is now 4 years old and a reformed "poop eater".

wonder why they do it? is it some kind of survival mechanism? nutritional deficiency?

it is hard to see it happen...you got to look away.

I grew up on a farm and our farm dogs ate horse and cow poop every so often.


eye2dry

[lynnmarie219]

LOL...I had to laugh when I read your post and have to admit that I also have had some experience with "poop eaters" and having both dogs and cats in my house it can become quite a challenge. It really isn't as uncommon as you think...it's just something that people don't go around talking about becasue it is pretty gross! 

There are several things that you can do that may help. Sometimes your pet may be craving something in his/her diet and pet vitamins may help curb that craving. There are also formulas that you can buy at the pet stores and at the vet that you put on the food that the animals eat (the ones that have the good tasting poop). It wont hurt them but when it comes out (sorry) it wont taste as good to the other pet that wants to eat the poop! Sometimes you can also achieve this the same results by putting meat tenderizer on the food. It is cheaper than the envelopes you buy at the vet but may not work in all cases. I have also seen some products in department stores to put on the food, but don't know how well they work either as I haven't tried any of them.

Just some ideas for you....lol...sorry for the vivid descriptions...but hey...that's the way it is!  Gotta love our animals...even the poop eaters! 

[eyeamdry]

OH, I must tell my daughter to watch her one year old pup and make sure she doesn't do this.  I want to pretend i didn't hear this.  Lucy

[quietdynamics]

I had a feeling it was going to be something "dirty"   

Poor doggie is lacking something in his diet.