1. Why do dogs eat their own feces
1. Dogs eat them The food is not fully digested, and the excreted feces contains protein that attracts the dog to eat its own feces. Because dogs usually devour food most of the time, they usually swallow the food without chewing it. If the pet owner feeds the dog too much at one time, causing the dog’s intestines to have no time to absorb it, then the dog’s feces may still contain some incompletely digested food, or the feces may contain some feces that have not been fully digested and absorbed. Such feces would then be attractive to the dog, causing the dog to eat its own feces.
2. Another possibility is that the lack of trace elements in the dog’s body causes dog pica, and then eats things indiscriminately, such as feces. In addition to the abnormal behavior of eating feces, dogs with pica usually also show the following symptoms: like to nibble and eat messy things, such as eating feces, stones, soil and other non-nutritious things. In this regard, the pet owner can carefully observe the dog. If it is determined that the dog has pica, the pet owner can go to the pet hospital to buy some trace element tablets for it to take, and supplement it with sufficient trace elements to completely solve the dog’s pica. fetish problem. Then pay attention to observe whether the dog’s symptoms are relieved. If the dog still eats feces, it may be a problem with its behavior. In this regard, pet owners need to strictly correct this bad behavior.
Second, is it harmful for dogs to eat their own feces
Actually , the dog eats its own feces, which has no effect on its health, but it is not good, and many pet owners find it difficult to accept, so the dog’s bad behavior can be corrected in time. Pet owners can use the following methods to correct the dog’s poop-eating behavior:
1. Spray some unpleasant sprays on the dog’s feces, especially the one that the dog hates so much Naturally, you don’t want to get close to the feces. Or pet owners can also make some mustard water and pour it on the dog’s feces to stimulate the dog to stay away from the feces to correct the dog’s habit of eating feces.
2, or when the dog is about to taste the feces, the pet owner can shout its name and strictly order it to leave, in this way to prevent it from eating the feces, if it does it obediently, it can be given to it Some rewards, so that the dog will understand that it is better to stay away from the feces, and then slowly change the habit of eating cakes.
Warm reminder: What kind of training does the pet owner do to the dog? It is annoying to repeat the training, so as to achieve the purpose of training well.
