What to do if a puppy eats its own poop

What's the deal with dogs eating their own poop? This condition is generally caused by the dog's weak gastrointestinal digestion or overeating gastrointestinal indigestion, resulting in a large amount of unabsorbed nutrients left in the feces, such as: protein, fat, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, various amino acids and various vitamins.

This may be due to insufficient trace elements in the body. In addition to the lack of trace elements, the biggest reason why dogs will eat their own stool is:

Digestion or absorption problems, some dogs may have undigested protein in the stool due to imperfect intestinal digestion and absorption, and the dog lacks protein, so it is eaten back again.

In the dog's sense of smell, the feces emit the smell of "food", so it will also take the initiative to eat the poop again, the dog's curiosity and play are very heavy, many dogs in order to satisfy curiosity, in order to play and imitate the same kind of behavior, will take the initiative to eat poop.

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.