Coprophagia (poop eating)
Coprophagy (sometimes called coprophagy, or poop-eating) is a pretty disgusting habit that will be happy to indulge in some dogs in It "is one of the things that" it seems, as far as dogs go: one, the logic and scientific study of behavior challenges , and mystifies trainers and veterinarians worldwide.
Many if not most dogs are eating feces of other animals (particularly other dogs, cats, sheep and horses) with enthusiasmwhenever the opportunity presents itself. This is a very common behavior in dogs, but not well understood.
The simple truth is that nobody really knows why some dogs a beeline for a pile of excrement that makes lying on the lawn. And 'natural to want dogs to sniff the poop – almost all dogs will do it because the depositors, the anal glands are a sort of post-it notes to "read" the other dogs on the left – and it is as natural (seemingly) those who for some dogsthese little signs. It's just that we do not know why they do it. In reality, the dog eats feces seems a matter of personal taste, of a dog: some dogs derive great satisfaction from the consumption of breast, while other dogs just seem to be more selective in nature.
There are several popular theories about the causes of this strange habit:
– Dog eats poop to make a diet is so inadequate complement to his own, nutritionally. HeNot getting enough vitamins from food, gave to his house, the car chooses from other animals (mainly dogs and cats) to eat in the hope that there may be some residual nutrition available for him to be, sponge up the second time. This is a plausible theory of weak, apart from the fact that studies in dogs suffering from malnutrition and well-fed dogs were performed with a certificate of good, and the incidence of cophrophagia in both groups was virtuallyidentical.
– The behavior can not be derived from the carnivorous / scavenging heritage of our dogs. When carnivores make a kill, usually consume the entire carcass of an animal – everything from tendons and ligaments real meat "gut", including the stomach, digestive tract, and its contents (poop). E 'proposed by some that coprophagia is a simple and natural extension of this instinctive behavior.
– It could be boredom or stress related to it. Informationthis theory are hazy, but essentially, bored or stressed dogs – such as those that spend too much time alone, those who unterstimuliert lives underexercised lead, and those from family life and adequate human attention and affection are excluded – often succumb to strange and compulsive habits, like pulling out their hair in a circle and turn for hours and eat (in theory at least) the stern. In other words, a dog just eat shit, becausenothing to do for him.
– Internal parasites such as worms, can be leaching nutrients and calories the dog's stomach and digestive tract. Typically, a dog with worms have a voracious appetite (even more than usual!) And eat all the food we have access. In more advanced cases, the dog becomes infested with an edible substance technically attractive (like shit), considering that it would rule, not to fill the emptiness inside
-Wrong house trained dogs sometimes eat their hut, in an attempt to conceal the "crime" by their owners and therefore not found. This is particularly true for dogs whose owners tend to punish the errors for internal training, and impatience / frustration or because they believe that the dog is doing anyway, "despite" them. A dog is pooping inappropriately at home or not home yet adequately trained, not by chance that his fault;or the reason is medical in nature. To this rule, the dog must be taken for a checkup at the vet (particularly the inner-defecation has started suddenly without warning and when).
– Care of the female dogs eat the cottage of her puppies as a means to clean the cave, and to hide the existence of her pups from potential predators. E 'by some that one of the reasons that coprophagia is so commonplace in puppies think, especially because emulatethe behavior of the mother.
Of course, theories abound on this topic. Unfortunately, most of them do not deserve: the simple truth is that even though we can guess as to the reasons we like that our dogs willingly and enthusiastically take up a lot poop whenever the opportunity presents itself, no with any degree of certainty because I know they do.
Although almost impossible "to" treat a dog with a taste for poop of this socially unacceptable habitHere is a brief list of tips for dealing with the behavior and minimizing as much as possible:
– Cleaning of the cottage at home, as soon as the dog toilets. If he does not have access to it, can not eat – and that will take you from dealing with the flies to save the smell, and if someone walked in it .
– Teach your dog the leave it "command for those times when you lead want to be able to walk to get him out. Reliable obedience in the "left" ago Off-lead walks a real pleasure (and it is much safer for your dog, too – the usefulness of "leave it" applies to things like herbicide, snail bait, and broken glass, and Poop S!).
– You can try booby trapping the hut in the backyard with things like Tabasco sauce and lemon juice, but that seems a big (rather ugly) will be trouble if you can only pick you up at the shelter. In addition to a natural deterrent to the need to manage multiple times samples> Dog Pile, the success of this technique are somewhat irregular relations – in many cases it appears that a dog bent on burning mouth will not be short in one of his coprophagia taken into
– There are substances, you can now change the order dogs veterinary clinics and pet shops, the years when placed in the food of the dog (or pet food that you eat feces) makes the mud and 'smell and taste very unpleasant. One such product is called "For-tenders."
– You canExperiment with the addition of natural compounds of defense – a couple of tablespoons of pumpkin seeds or canned pineapple or fresh grated zucchini – to your dog food. Again anecdotal evidence suggests that most dogs readily eat these substances, but their presence in the stern makes it undrinkable.
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