plz answer is my dog just werid ?
2007-01-17 13:44:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
It is perfectly normal. Almost every puppy does it and nobody knows exactly why. It's called "coprophagia". Usually it's just a phase and your dog will grow out of it as he gets older.
Coprophagia isn't limited to dogs, even baby humans do it sometimes if left alone unsupervised. If your dog isn't a puppy, well some dogs never grow out of it but it isn't uncommon. You can try giving him pumpkin puree with his food, as they say this makes the poo taste bad but don't know from experience. My dog used to eat his own poo until a few months ago. He did it during all of his puppyhood.
There are a few theories that try to find a possible explanation to this behavior. It could be out of boredom, hungriness, a vitamin deficiency, because it's warm and has a nice texture, etc. I left you a link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia
2007-01-17 14:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by Mary0319 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our two labs, a female and male, did for a little while. Research found that it could be boredom, stress, etc. When investigating the stool, we found that some of the food was not digested all the way. We started feeding them less amounts more often, and both problems ended. The undigested food, and the stool eating.
2007-01-17 22:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by raunda1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not normal but dogs do it. Try picking the poop up before that happens.
2007-01-17 21:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah! My friends dog eats his own, and her cats. It's kind of gross, but oh well. Dogs will be dogs!!
2007-01-17 21:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by .:Feliciano:. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dog did it as a puppy now he only tries to to it to my cats maybe you should get a shovel and just fling it into your neighbors yard it's kinda weird he still does it
2007-01-17 21:50:25 · answer #5 · answered by Martin SCholserZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not sure about dogs eating their own but i know my dog eats cat poo. she hasn't done it in a while because it made her sick but it was so gross when she did
2007-01-17 21:49:14 · answer #6 · answered by mosher 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there may be a protein imbalance in her diet try increasing her protein intake it could also be a ph problem with the food as well
2007-01-21 05:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by crczoo222 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is completely normal....totally gross...but it is ok....if u want to feel better about u might want to call a vet just to confirm....
2007-01-17 23:07:18 · answer #8 · answered by shortytinindy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋