Cleveland Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 ARRGGHH!!! My 10 week old cairn puppy is eating her own poo! We only just noticed she was doing it a few days ago, she doesnt do it with all of them all the time, but occasionally we see her grab it and run, or stand and eat it (as we are running towards her telling her Noooo... haha) Only when its out in the garden. She gets fed advance tinned puppy food and purina pro plan biscuits, she is a bit of a fussy eater but never goes hungry and is a happy bouncing puppy. Toilet training is a bit of a nightmare, shes not really toilet trained at all, occasionally she will poo on the paper but its a hit and miss and forget about ever peeing on the paper. We take her out literally every twenty mins to half hour and we can spend 10 mins out there, with no toileting, come back inside and boom, pee on the rug. She is crated at night in our bedroom and we set the alarm to get up twice during the night to take her out, which works well, she pees and comes strait back to bed. But during the day its terrible. Why would she be eating her poo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 You might find this link helpful Puppy eating own poo :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ah Ha! Awesome info, thanks for that, good to know its only disgusting wont hurt her :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) Ha Cleveland she is only 10 weeks toilet training can take months lol Rogue is Gee nearly 6 mths and he isn't 100% trained .. maybe toilet then crate her during the day taking her out to toilet very 20 - 30 mins play and toilet before going back in crate her bladder isn't large enough to hold for very long. :-) Can't help with the poo eating we don't have that issue yuck take care ARRGGHH!!! My 10 week old cairn puppy is eating her own poo! We only just noticed she was doing it a few days ago, she doesnt do it with all of them all the time, but occasionally we see her grab it and run, or stand and eat it (as we are running towards her telling her Noooo... haha) Only when its out in the garden. She gets fed advance tinned puppy food and purina pro plan biscuits, she is a bit of a fussy eater but never goes hungry and is a happy bouncing puppy. Toilet training is a bit of a nightmare, shes not really toilet trained at all, occasionally she will poo on the paper but its a hit and miss and forget about ever peeing on the paper. We take her out literally every twenty mins to half hour and we can spend 10 mins out there, with no toileting, come back inside and boom, pee on the rug. She is crated at night in our bedroom and we set the alarm to get up twice during the night to take her out, which works well, she pees and comes strait back to bed. But during the day its terrible. Why would she be eating her poo? Edited April 27, 2012 by mumof4girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyra Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 It's even better when they start stealing the cat poo - like little treasures to dogs it seems.. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juddabug Whippets Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 We put baby gates up to stop ours stealing the kitty poo treasures aka Summer Rolls, from the litter tray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyra Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 hhaha summer rolls - love it - hilarious description :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 It's even better when they start stealing the cat poo - like little treasures to dogs it seems.. !! Kitty Crunchies are the 6th food group to dogs!! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 We take her out literally every twenty mins to half hour and we can spend 10 mins out there, with no toileting, come back inside and boom, pee on the rug. She is crated at night in our bedroom and we set the alarm to get up twice during the night to take her out, which works well, she pees and comes strait back to bed. But during the day its terrible. Something to look at here is the difference between night and day toileting and YOUR actions. I'll bet at night when that alarm goes, you take her out, remain businesslike and "almost detached", tell her what to do, tell her she's a good girl and then take her inside and put her back to bed. Do you do the same during the day???? Or do you allow her to wander off, sniff and play and get distracted???? The thing about puppies is they are like human babies...they sleep, they drink, they eat, they play and after all of those actions, they toilet. Keep her confined to a smaller area, not necessarily a crate, during the day. Interact with her and watch her body language. If she has done any of the above actions, take her outside. If she starts to sniff the ground a lot or run around in circles, take her outside. Take her to the same area each time...don't stimulate her further by talking to her a lot, maybe just repeat the same commands for toileting...I use "wees and poos" and if you can make sure you're saying that when she does the deed, and then praise her loudly, with great animation and make a HUGE fuss of her once she has finished it won't be too long before she associates her actions with your command and your praise and will start to pretty much perform on command just to please you and get that lovely attention! Also, if you take her out, whether she goes straight away or not, you are committed. You've seen what happens when you give in first and bring her in...she immediately toilets. So you must time it better and when you take her out, you're out until she empties, then fuss as above and bring her in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovem Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 We had a puppy years ago that did that and we couldn't seem to stop him. When he went to the kennel we were embarrassed when we they told us he was doing it in the kennels and they seemed horrified. I finally found the solution to it and it worked straight away. Eucalyptus oil sprinkled liberally on the poo as soon as you see it and then don't pick it up (it's gross if they are still having accidents inside but worth it). They will go to smell it before they eat it. They don't like the smell and so don't eat it - after a while they stop sniffing it with the intent to eat it. We have a new pup arriving on 31st and I've already got the Eucalyptus oil handy JIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 We had a puppy years ago that did that and we couldn't seem to stop him. When he went to the kennel we were embarrassed when we they told us he was doing it in the kennels and they seemed horrified. I finally found the solution to it and it worked straight away. Eucalyptus oil sprinkled liberally on the poo as soon as you see it and then don't pick it up (it's gross if they are still having accidents inside but worth it). They will go to smell it before they eat it. They don't like the smell and so don't eat it - after a while they stop sniffing it with the intent to eat it. We have a new pup arriving on 31st and I've already got the Eucalyptus oil handy JIC! Seriously, if you've got time to put oil on the poo, why not simply remove it?? Frequent cleaning up and acknowledgement that this is something quite a few pups do (and grow out of) is all that's required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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