Our 3 month old boxer eats his own poop. If he goes out side and we pick it up right away, he licks the ground. (even rips out chunck of grass to get every last drop) Or if we turn our heads for too many seconds and he poops inside he quickly eats the evidence. We have treats on hand to give when he does his business outside and he anxiously awaits them after he relieves himself but he'd much rather eat his own business, rather then a treat when he does #2.
We went online and even asked the vet, who both mentioned that maybe he's hungry? We free feed our puppy and he has access to food all the time. This was the suggestion of the breeder so we just went with it. My husband can't handle it, although he had the same issues with our daughters diapers (she, of course, didn't EAT the poop but he still gagged even at the thought of diaper duty)
It's not making him sick, which was the vet's concern and we can't seem to get him to stop.
Hoping that someone here has experienced this and can reassure me it will pass or can offer a suggestion as to what to do to curb this behaviour. We will be starting obedience classes early December and I hope that helps. He's learning "leave it" since I say it every time he poops but he still devours down if we don't get to it in time...
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