QuestionWe got our female dog from the shelter a little over a year ago. She was guessed to be a little over a year old and had already had and weened a litter of pups. She was then spayed and we brought her home. We have always fed her Science Diet Lamb & Rice dry food. But she eats her poop and other dogs who roam in our yards poop too! Why does she do this?
AnswerI actually have a dog that used to have this problem
It is called 'Coprophagy' And there are a number of reasons why dogs may do this,such as trying to get more vitamins,because it tastes good or trying to keep there yard clean-it doesn't matter about the type of food they have so you can stay on the same brand
A few things you can do is clean the yard as soon as you can and there is are products called 'Dis-Taste''For-bid' and 'Deter' and what they are are little pills that just make there feces taste bad,and I have used this on my dog and she stopped in a matter of weeks
Also adding b Vitamins to the dog's diet will also help as that is the vitamin they sometimes seek in feces