Does anyone know how to stop a dog/bitch from eating its own poop? I have a friend whose lab is 6 years old and eats its own poop. They gave it tablets for a while but when they ran out they never reordered. Is there anything strong they can either put in their food and/or put on the poop when she goes?

had that problem with two of my bitches, changed dog food (switched to Purina Pro Plan Natural Selects Turkey and Barley) and they stopped.

They are presently giving her purina one lamb and rice. She is also over weight.

My 12 year old bitch would eat it every day if she had a chance to do so. I just don't give her the chance.....when the poop hits the ground it gets picked up. None of the pills, powders, fig bars, pineapple or tomatoes helped....I just have to pick it up. Thank GOD my boys don't do it!

Pick it up the minute it hits the ground, that's the only thing you can do.

I haven't tried this yet but have heard of people having great results so it is probably a good, natural remedy worth trying. Put 2 tablespoons of pineapple in their food. Something about it makes the poop taste horrible.

Good luck.

we have tried wheat germ, forbid, meat tenderizer, deter, pineapple, and some other things as well, nothing works. Picking it up before they eat it works.
Barb

Same thing here & with some of them you've got to be faster than they are cleaning up!

Ditto on picking it up as it hits the ground.

It helps break the habit.

Some will stop this when switched to grain free food.

Bananas, it actually worked for a while. I've tried everything named in here, and only the bananas worked. After a while my compulsive poop eaters started eating them again

I have an older bitch who eats her son's poops if she can but she doesn't eat the poops of her other progeny. She never eats any other poop but this particular son. Yes, it is a race for the pooper scooper but sometimes she beats me and I have to watch her from a distance enjoying her victory. It makes my stomach churn and no amount of aversion therapy will stop her either. I wonder if poop eating is more common in bitches than with dogs? A maternal instinct gone into over-drive maybe?

Who knows? I've heard of this more in bitches. Good thing this "maternal instinct" isn't present in our species. Yuck!

All my poop eaters have been girls. I think it's something hardwired into the bitches. Yuck!

It's not just the girls - I've got two boys who have the bad habit too!

My boy does too although he likely learned it from the old girl.
BTW, I am a raw feeder and they still eat poop.

A funny note here; a Native friend in New Mexico told me the Navajo word for dog literally means dung eater. (Wish I could recall the word.) Remember, too, that mama eats their baby poop in the nest for weeks and to model is the simplest form of teaching. My solution, pick it up faster than they can nab it. Good luck on that!