Why do some dogs eat their own poop after pooping?

There are three main reasons for this situation, the first reason is that when the puppy is born, his mother has this habit, so the puppy will learn this habit from his mother in the future. The second reason is that puppies have the habit of consciously cleaning up the environment around them. The third reason is that it is likely that the puppy's nutrition is insufficient.

First of all, the first reason is that when the puppy is just born, the dog mother protects the safety of the puppy. It is common to choose to clean up some things in the puppy's living area that can emit the characteristic smell of the dog's body, so as to ensure that it will not be detected by external predators, and at the same time to protect the puppy's growth. And some of these things are removed from puppies and dogs' mothers who produce feces after defecation.

In this process, the puppy will slowly form a learning behavior. When puppies grow up, they will also exhibit this behavior, and then imitate the mother dog to eat poop.

The second reason is that puppies have a behavior of consciously cleaning up their living environment. Therefore, we usually see that the puppy will choose to clean up the poop next to his residence, whether it is his own or other creatures in the outside world. This is a natural behavior that puppies have developed over a long period of evolution.

The third reason is that there may be a puppy with insufficient nutrition, because when the puppy is undernourished, he will choose to supplement the nutrition by using his own poop or the poop of other creatures, so as to maintain the consumption of nutrients in his life activities, and after the poop is discharged from the body, in fact, part of the energy is not fully utilized. Therefore, when the dog eats it again, it can also provide a certain amount of energy for the dog. Of course, this phenomenon is common in rural areas today, because in urban dogs are mostly used as pet dogs.

Pet dogs generally do not suffer from food shortages**.

Because there may be parasites in the dog's body, resulting in no digestible nutrients in the feces, some dogs will eat them after playing with poop, and some dogs just think it's fun.

1.The dog has problems with gastrointestinal absorption, so there is often undigested food in the poop 2Dogs only eat one meal a day, and in order to fill their stomachs, they will choose to eat poop 3

If the owner does not feed the dog correctly, such as the dog pulling the poop in the wrong place, the owner will force the dog to eat poop.

The reason for this situation is mainly because dogs like to eat poop, so after pooping, they can't control it and want to eat their poop.

They are animals with misconceptions, after all, they have been like this since ancient times. They always think it's edible, but they don't know it's going to happen.

The reason why a dog eats its own poop after pooping is because it feels hungry, so it eats it as if it were a physical object.

That's because dogs are actually born to eat, and they think that is fragrant, so they sometimes eat their own poop.

What's the matter with the dog's own poop and eating itself, I think it should be a puppy that is not too big, just like human children have eaten their own poop, just because it doesn't matter, and it will automatically correct this mistake when it grows up.

Maybe there is undigested food in it, and the dog can't find other food for the time being, so it will eat feces on its own. As an owner, you should find a way to correct this habit of your dog.

"It could be a lack of trace elements or indigestion. You can observe whether there is undigested food in the dog's stool, if there is any, it means that it is caused by indigestion, and you can properly feed some drugs that help digestion. If not, it is considered that there is a lack of trace elements, and then it is necessary to provide the dog with nutritionally balanced food or feed the dog some drugs to supplement trace elements. ”

1. The reason why the dog eats the poop after pulling it.

If the dog pulls the poop, and then turns around to eat, there is such a strange phenomenon, the owners should first carefully observe to see if the dog in addition to eating poop, there are some other strange behaviors, for example, when going out, like to eat some stones or a clod of soil, if you like to eat these things, then the dog should have pica, which shows that its body lacks some trace elements, so the owners must be targeted to it to supplement.

Second, the method of improvement.

When the dog has such a strange behavior, the owner can go directly to the pet hospital, or some larger pet stores and other places, to buy special drugs to supplement trace elements, and then every time the dog is put in the food and stirred, let it eat, generally speaking, after eating for a period of time, it will be found that the strange phenomenon of the dog gradually disappears or improves.

In short, when it is found that the dog has this phenomenon of eating itself after pulling the poop, the owner should analyze the specific reasons, and then improve it in a targeted manner, which will be more effective, of course, some dogs may have such a bad habit, then in this case the owner should stop it in time, and force it to get rid of this bad habit.

The reasons why dogs eat their own poop are fear of punishment by their owners, negative psychological factors, poor digestion, and malnutrition.

1. Fear of punishment from the owner

When training dogs to defecate at fixed points, some excrement shovelers are easy to get angry and angry, making the dog mistakenly think that pooping at home has made the owner angry. So in order to escape the punishment of the master, he took the initiative to eat and destroy the evidence. At this time, it is necessary to stop the dog's poop eating behavior in person, and wait for the dog to calm down and be honest, so that it can understand that the owner is only dissatisfied with its poop eating behavior.

2. Negative psychological factors

When the dog's inner pressure is very high and it is about to be unbearable, it may awaken pica and eat some strange things to vent negative emotions and get satisfaction, and it may be that the dog deliberately eats feces to take revenge on the owner. At this time, the owner should be kind to the dog, not always lose his temper with it, play with it more, reward it with snacks appropriately, and keep it in a positive and happy mood.

3. Poor digestion of the stomach and intestines

The dog's stomach and intestines are not digested and absorbed well, so its feces will leave a lot of nutrients and emit the smell of "food", which will make the dog think that this can still be eaten, it is "food"! At this time, you should give the dog less and more meals to reduce its gastrointestinal burden and help digestion, or feed some probiotics to help digestion.

4. Malnutrition

If the dog is malnourished, it can also cause pica, so that it will eat grass, poop, mud, sawdust and other pica behaviors. At this time, it is necessary to pay attention to choosing a balanced diet, meat and vegetables with balanced nutrition, or feeding some trace element tablets to correct the dog's behavior of eating feces.