My Lab Pup is eating her own feces

Question
I'm a 27 yr old living in erode in india. I've got a yelllow coloured female 3 months old Labrador pup from a decent breeder. She has a proper pedigree chart and documents and she is apurebred. I've vaccinated her and dewormed her. We feed her four times daily.I've been taking her to walk 4 times per day. But she is not fully trained to go outside. But she has got the disgusting habit of eating her own feces. I scolded her and tied her up. But she doesn't repent it. After she understood that i don't like that, she doesn't do that in front of me. But i noticed that the moment she is left alone she shits and eats it. Please help me i'm not able to correct the disgusting habit. Is there anything i can do to hate her shit. PLease help me. I already had a  male German shepherd and a male daschhund but i never had such problems with both of them. I'm desperate please help me.

Answer
This is not uncommon in puppies who tend to put anything and everything into their mouths, but once they seriously get into it, it can be a hard habit to break.

First of all, I think you are feeding your puppy too often. You might also be feeding her too much because of this, but at any rate, this will make her have to potty more often. I would take her feedings down to twice a day. Also be sure that you are feeding her a quality food; sometimes stool-eating occurs because of an inadequate diet. Make sure she is getting plenty of protein, with meat being the first ingredient on the label of the food bag (with NO by-products).

Walking her four times a day is great, but she does need to go outside more often than that at this age. If she is loose in the house, she should be going outside at least every hour. When you cannot watch her, put her in a crate, but make sure that it isn't too large for her so that she will be tempted to potty in it.

There are products such as "Forbid" that can be sprinkled on food to make the stools less tasty to dogs, but the best way to break this habit is to get out there with the dog and pick the stools up as soon as they are produced.

By the way, dogs cannot "repent". This requires reasoning, which dogs cannot do. Punishing a dog after the event only confuses them because they have no idea why they are being punished. One can only correct a dog the instant the misbehavior is occurring.

Karen