why do dogs eat their own poop i feed science diet?

Answer 1

No one knows for sure exactly why they do it. Sometimes it can be a nutrition deficiency, sometimes can be just a nasty habit.

A vet check is in order to be sure there are no medical problems that could be triggering it.

Past that keeping the yard clean is your best bet to prevent this. Sprinkling stuff on food often times doesn't work, and people will also say to sprinkle stuff on the feces itself, but in my opinion if you've got time to sprinkle every turd with something, you've got time enough to just pick it up.

Next Science Diet is one of the worst foods. Yes most vets will recommend this food. But vets also recieve very little nutrition education, and they also get paybacks from dog food companies as well.

So I'd also switch to a higher quality of food, here's how to find one:

Nothing you find at a grocery store is going to be a good food. High quality foods can be found at large pet store chains, or online. A couple of foods I like are Nutro Natural, Innova, and Cannidae.

There are other high quality dog foods. Here's how to spot them:

A high quality food will have little or no fillers such as corn, wheat or soy. These aren't very digestable for dogs, and are common food related allergens. Since you were seeing corn meal in the first few ingredients, those are not high quality foods. Foods list ingredients by content, with the ingredient it contains most of at the top.

A high quality food will not contain BHT, BHA or Ethoxyquin, these are all chemical preservatives that have been linked to cancer.

A high quality food will not contain by-products of any kind. Meat meals are ok as long as the source of the meat is listed, such as Chicken Meal.

A high quality diet should have meat as at least the first ingredient., and be made from human grade ingredients. Foods that don't use human grade ingredients often get their ingredients from less than desirable sources, such as meat from animals that were diseased, or euthanized.

There is another diet option other than dog food. Some people choose to feed a raw diet. This involves feeding the dog raw meaty bones and organ meat. However it is not as simple as throwing a couple chicken bones in a bowl everyday. If you wish to feed this type of diet, do lots and lots of research first. Switching to this diet without knowing what your doing can lead to nutritional problems for your dog. I'll give you some links as a starting point in research if you are interested in this type of diet.

http://www.willowglen.com/barf.htm

http://www.bestfrisbeedogs.com/diets.html

http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html

http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html

http://www.rawdogranch.com

What's Really In Pet Food
http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359&more=1cat=286

Answer 2

Science diet IS garbage, expensive garbage. It's corn and soy. Feed your dog a meat based dog food that is Soy-free. A good brand is Iams, and it's less expensive. Also, pick up the poop daily. Most of all...ditch the Science Diet.

Answer 3

You answered your own question. Science Diet provides poor nutrition. Look at the ingredients - it's mostly corn.

Answer 4

Sprinkle meat tenderizer on it before your dog eats. They don't mind the taste going in, but apparently not at other end.

Answer 5

by eating there poop they get rid of the evidence that they are there so a predator can not find them