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I have an 8 month old male a lot of times will eat his poop.
He is 50lb. I feed him 3 cups of diamond puppy food a day
Started giving him forbid to stop him. It seems like it’s not working. I’m at my wits in. Wonder if anyone has a sure way if stopping this. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

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I had a Walker female that done the same thing. Build him a pen off the ground and put wire in the bottom that the poop will go through.

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Thank you sir

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may try feeding him full feed a couple weeks see if he just still hungry ,maybe it will work. good luck..

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there's stuff you can add to dog food just google stool eating deterrrant

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Couple of things:

1.) The first (3) things listed in the ingredients of the dog food you are feeding make up the majority of what’s in the dog food. Do a google search on what the most digestible food components are for dogs. Corn will not be one of them. Rice, fish, chicken, beef, lamb as actual ingredients are good. Corn is not a very digestible ingredient yet it is often one of the first (3) products in many dog foods.

2.) Make sure you’re not over feeding your dogs.

3.) Look up and see what the most digestible ingredients are for dogs.

Good dog food costs more to feed but in most cases you’ll feed less of the better dog foods, shovel less shat and see evidence of physical improvement in your dogs. You’ll also see that you can feed less of the best then all the rest.

The sad part is many of us simply can’t afford to feed the really good stuff.

Look up what mushers feed their sled dogs. Nobody understands what dogs need for food to stay in hard running shape then mushers that compete in long distance sled dog races.

I should also add that over feeding them can give them loose stools too.

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Thanks to everyone who has tried to help me with my dog eating his poop. I increased his food a little and gave him a wormer from the vet instead the one I used a while back from a co-op type store. He has quit eating his poop.
Again thanks to everyone for the help.

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