I still have a Chihuahua who likes to eat poop. Anyone have any

[xultar]

ideas.
I've tried just about everything.

[IndyOp]

1. If he is eating his own poop there are dis-taste pills you can give him

that will make his poop taste bad -- yeah, I know, seriously bizarre notion.

If he is eating the poop of other animals -- dogs, cats, etc -- I think your only option is to keep him away from it.

Sometimes animals eat poop to get nutrients they aren't getting in their food, but that seems unlikely in a pet dog.

:shrug:

Good luck!

[xultar]

10. I tried vitamins and that seems to have slowed him down a bit but

he's still eating and hiding the poop in his bed. YECH. I think he was abused and his previous owners stuck his nose in his poop when he made boo boos in the house. Now he eats it.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Is it cat poop?

I understand that dogs like to eat cat poop because of its high protein content. You just have to make sure the dog does not have access to the kitty litter box -- maybe use one of those covered boxes.
If he's eating dog poop, I can't help you.
Have you ever heard of "allexperts.com?" You could post the question there if no one here is able to help you.
Good luck.

[xultar]

9. No, just his own poop and maybe the poop of the smaller dog.

She gets the same size treats has he does but she's only 3 pounds so I guess her poop is extra tastey. I really should break her treats apart. Maybe his attraction to the extra flavor will deminish.

[livetohike]

3. I could use some help here too but my problem is different

my dogs sniff out human feces. There is a large open space behind my home where I let the dogs run and they can find human feces in a flash. There are a few homeless people who live back there and don't bother to dig and bury their waste.

Disgusting.

[xultar]

8. EU. GROSS. I can see the dogs attraction to it but at least the people

could bury their dooty.

[Kota]

4. I had a dog that continued to eat poop after her puppies were

gone. Someone said she was lacking something in her diet and to put ketsup on her food. She stopped doing it. We stopped with the ketsup after a couple weeks and she never went back to doing it.

[xultar]

7. Wow. I think I will try the ketsup! Thanks for the tip.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

5. I give my poop eater a product called

Distaste. I also try to pick up in the yard frequently

From what I've read, this is a very hard behavior to break completely.

[xultar]

6. He's a crafty little poop-eater. I think he was abused and they stuck his

nose in his poop when he had accidents. So now he eats it.
Poor little thing.
It is truly sad. But I can't kiss him and I can't have him licking my face or anything for that matter.

[IndyOp]

11. Here is info about poop-eating from Answer.com --

It is about dietary issues:
<http://experts.about.com/q/Dogs-701/dog-eating-feces.htm>

Here is Forbid - feed it to dog and poop tastes bad - it should be available at PetSmart...



<http://www.petrx.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=520>

[radfringe]

12. my folks ran into the same problem with their Daschund

vet told them to mix in some canned green beans with food

canned green beans make the poop taste well even more awful than poop

worked... no more poopy-pastries for dessert

[ernstbass]

15. Green beans don't work with my dog

I feed my bluetick hound green beans daily and she loves her own poop. I have 5 dogs and she will eat the poop of two others in addition to her own. I've basically given up but I don't let her kiss me on the mouth!!

[legally blonde]

13. my parents have the same problem with one of their dogs

But he enjoys rabbit poo. It's totally gross and makes his beard and breath smell terrible! The only thing they can do is to watch him when he goes outside (they're inside dogs)--but he's sneeky about it.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

14. One time when it snowed, I shoveled up

some poop along with the snow and threw it over the chain link fence. The little stinker spotted it and stood at the fence, whining and stomping his feet because he couldn't get at that piece of treasure.:puke: