The main disadvantage of stool eating is that it causes nausea to the owner and bystanders and makes people feel that they have failed in house training. Dogs eating stool will not cause too much health hazards, but the presence of parasites in the feces, the presence of bacteria or molds breeding in the feces over a long period of time, and viral contamination of the feces of other dogs such as canine microviral gastroenteritis viral contamination or protozoa such as toxoplasmosis infection can cause other internal diseases, and if the owner has deworming and vaccinations regularly, the damage can be minimized. Deworming and vaccination can minimize the damage, but the treatment may not be effective for every dog, so owners may have to be patient and try.
1. Cut off the opportunity:
After the dog has finished pooping, clean it up immediately so that he has no chance to eat the poop, when you can’t grasp the time when you will poop, put on a muzzle so that you can’t eat the poop or you may have to be locked in a cage, the bottom of the cage should be clear enough to make sure that the poop won’t get stuck in the cage and there is a chance for you to eat it, you should always use a leash when you sneak your dog in order to prevent you from stopping it too late after the poop, so that he eats it again, you will walk away after the poop to give him compliments, and you can stop him right away after the poop to stop him from sniffing his poop. If you want to sniff his poop, stop him immediately. In the environment where the dog lives, clean up all the poop, including the poop of other dogs or animals, so that he has no chance to eat the poop.
2. Reprimand and stop in time:
Dogs eat poop at the time to sternly stop, can not use physical punishment, or get the opposite effect, has eaten the poop don’t have any punishment action, because the dog already don’t know why you punish?
3. Encouragement:
Praise your dog after he poops, encourage and lure him with food so that he forgets to eat the poop, and slowly change the habit.
4. Add flavors that the dog doesn’t like to the feces:
Add hot chili, bitter medicine or a flavor that your dog doesn’t like into the stool after the dog has pooped, it’s up to the owner to find out what flavor your dog doesn’t like, every dog is different, you may have to try and see.
5. Stop it with a command:
This is only useful if the dog has had obedience training, he must be able to understand your commands, such as no, sit, come and other commands, when the dog is finished pooping, order him to do some obedience actions to move his attention away from preventing to eat the poop!
6. Add substances in the food that the dog does not like after digestion:
There are some examples of commodities added to the dog’s food, if the dog is eating his own stool, it will be added to his food, if it is only his dog, it must be added to his dog’s food, I don’t know if there are similar products in the continent, but the effectiveness of the product is still being evaluated, some people have provided monosodium glutamate (MSG), garlic, pumpkin, etc., added to the dog’s food, after digestion, there will be a bad taste in the feces, and the dog won’t like to eat it, you can try it and then put it on! You can try it and tell us the result.
7. Add digestive aids:
Some people think that adding digestive enzymes can help digestion, and thus prevent the fecal eating disorder caused by digestive problems, the effect in the study has not been confirmed in the synthesis of the above methods can be selected one or several methods at the same time, if there are other symptoms at the same time, you have to consider whether it may be caused by internal diseases, to be brought to the hospital for examination in order to find out the real cause of the treatment.
