"Tell Me About My Puppy Eating Poop!"

A puppy eating poop is much more common than you might expect.

As it turns out, thousands of people face this problem with their cute little dogs every single day. So, let's get this right out in the open. You are not alone!

Let's explore why puppies like to eat turds. What's going on? Why does this happen? Is there really a problem? Is my little puppy normal or totally crazy?

These are reasonable questions. Again, you're not alone!

Some puppies will eat poopie just to hide the evidence from you. A puppy is little and silly, but he will understand in a short time that you get angry when poop is on the floor. So, to stop your anger, the puppy will eat the poop to avoid the yelling.

You might be surprised by this, but some puppies eat poop because they think it tastes good. This won't make sense to a lot of people, but remember, you're not a dog. When you see a puppy eating poop, you have to remember that you don't have the taste buds of a pooch.

Puppy poop, like all poop, is warm and moist. It's a lot like what puppies eat when they are just born, either from momma dog or from you. Some puppies never break the habit.

There is another reason that dogs will eat poop, which is also known as coprophagia (that's the medical term). Puppies will sometimes eat poopie turds because they are "obeying" older, dominant dogs who eat poop.

That's right, your puppy might be eating poop because he's learned it watching older dogs. So, you might have mult-generational poop eating issues! It's a crazy world, I know.

This kind of behavior is obviously much more likely to happen in households where there are several dogs. The reason is that there is a domination factor and submission factor. The puppy will simply follow the pack leader.

By the way, some puppies will eat other types of poop, like cat poop. Puppies are very curious and will eat just about anything, like kids. You have to watch them closely or they might start eating cat turds left and right.

I suspect that you want to eliminate this poop eating behavior. If that's true, there are two things you can do. Give your puppy pills that make poop taste really, really bad. When they eat it, or the other dogs in your home, they realize it's nasty.

Second, you can train your puppy. There are several reports, ebooks, DVDs, and online tools for this. Poke around and this site for more solid advice.