could she be eating her own poo???

katieb

I'm sorry to ask this disgusting question.

Lola hasn't been exactly the quickest in the house training front but over the last couple of days we really seem to have made some progress, hardly a wee accident and I thought no poo. Poo was surprisingly more of a problem then wee prior to that. Anyway this morning I came down and thought there had been no poo just a wee but there was a a dirty mark on the kitchen florr where she had previously always returned to for pooing. Then today I know she's pooed outside 3 times and lots of praise etc but just came in the kitchen and there was a round pooey mark by the sink again.

I did try and smell it but my son had just filled the biggest nappy so I really couldn't tell what I was smelling as my nose had given up the will to live Embarassed

I know I'm creating a lovely picture of my house and its various smells but hopefully Jan will back me up that it doesn't smell awful all the time Rolling Eyes

Is it possible that she's eating it? do they even do that or is it just something else? If she is eating it have I done something wrong to make her do that?

KerryJayne · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject:

My 5 mth old pup will eat it any chance she gets !!!!! Sorry Sad

AmyCS · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject:

I'm sure it's not anything you've done or are doing. Have you tried giving her pineapple? It's supposed to make their poo smell funny and less likely to eat it?

katieb · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject:

oh ok now there's an interesting fact, pineapple it is. I remember you and I eating that but not for quite the same reason Wink

AmyCS · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject:

Fat lot of good those did us too Kate! Well me... I was sooooo late with Isaac!

gixju · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject:

Very sorry. But it sounds like you have a poo eater Rolling Eyes

Welcome to the poo eaters club Laughing

Labs. They are just Great Wink

katieb · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:14 pm Post subject:

My other lab ate poo this one has alreday eaten poo but was a bit disturbed by the thought of her eating her own Shocked

gixju · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:39 pm Post subject:

vix_w · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:32 am Post subject:

Jess went through a phase of eating her own poo when she was left on her own in the kitchen and at night and this seemed to coincide with when she was getting the idea of house training and that she wasn't meant to wee/poo inside, and looking back, we think she was probably trying to hide it. We rectified this by leaving her in her crate when left. She wouldn't poo then as it was her bed. This was the best thing we did.

BUT, she still loves eating other animal poo and then trying to give me a kiss afterwards!!! Typical!

dotandmegan · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:14 am Post subject: