'Why do dogs eat poop?'

Why do dogs eat poop?

Lucy (66.24.100.217) -

Ok this is gross but my younger lab eats the older lab's poop. We are constantly in the backyard cleaning it up but we miss some once in a while. We stand at the door and watch her. We have tried putting her on a leash and correcting her if she goes for it, we have tried putting things in the older lab's food to make it less appetizing to the younger one nothing seems to work. It is absolutely disgusting but I don't know how to get her to stop. She is fine when someone goes outside with her but sometimes we aren't always available to stand out there for 10 minutes. We have a 2 year old and one on the way so sometimes it makes it difficult. Any advice on how to get the younger one to stop this horrible habit would be greatly appreciated!!!

Comment #1 Jeanette from AZ -

Our dog used to do this too. It would just gross us out!! She didn't do it for very long, though. She got horribly sick one time after eating it and she learned her lesson from it. She didn't do it all after that.

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