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Feces ingestion

18 15:05:51

Question
My 8 yr old labrador has a fetish for eating feces.  She did this as a puppy also.  I remember that it had a name and I bought some type of medicine for her to take, but I can't remember what it was.  Can you help?

Answer
You are talking about Forbid. You put it in the food and it makes her feces taste bad but won't work on other animals.

Make sure not to scold her or pick her stool up in front of her, that only encourages her to 'hide' it from you by eating it.
Check her diet also. If she is eating junky food she may not be getting enough balanced nutrients in her diet.

Let me know what she is eating and I can tell you.