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Why Does My Dog... Eat Poop?
Vet Street via Yahoo! Shine ^ | Wed, Apr 23, 2014 | Dr. Patty Khuly

Posted on 04/24/2014 9:29:22 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

Dog eats poop. Pet owner gags. Dog eats poop again. Pet owner runs screaming from the room.

Yes, it's disgusting. Yes, it's potentially unhealthy. And, yes, it's fairly common in the animal world.

A pup will eat his own poop for a number of reasons:

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; napl; poop
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It's not just their own: My dearly departed JRT Janey never ate her own poop, but regarded the cats' litterbox as a snack bar.
1 posted on 04/24/2014 9:29:22 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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He mistook it for an attacking politician.


2 posted on 04/24/2014 9:30:41 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Yeah, mine too. Cat feces are high in protein; that is why dogs eat it, says my veterinarian.


3 posted on 04/24/2014 9:32:12 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Stewie got Brian to eat his poop filled diaper.


4 posted on 04/24/2014 9:41:55 PM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: Slings and Arrows

He mistook it for an attacking politician.

Lol!


5 posted on 04/24/2014 9:42:36 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Because your dog cannot find a politician, a bureaucrat or an IRS or BLM agent in your yard. He has no choice but to eat the next closest thing to those items he CAN find.


6 posted on 04/24/2014 9:43:16 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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A pup will eat his own poop for a number of reasons...

Mixture too rich?

7 posted on 04/24/2014 9:43:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Because dogs can’t vote for RINOs but it leaves the same taste in their mouths.


8 posted on 04/24/2014 9:45:30 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Slings and Arrows

It sounds like your dog may be a Senator from Nevada wearing a dog suit. Check to see if he’s going through your garbage too.


9 posted on 04/24/2014 9:45:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: SatinDoll

Mine eats deer poop. Vet just shrugs and says the dog likes the taste.


10 posted on 04/24/2014 9:46:09 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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Dogs do not have taste buds. Find another vet.


11 posted on 04/24/2014 9:47:04 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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My dog was brave, loving, and intelligent; ergo, she could not have been Hairy Reed.


12 posted on 04/24/2014 9:47:43 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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It was a natural mistake.


13 posted on 04/24/2014 9:48:31 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

your Dog is a (D) for democrat.


14 posted on 04/24/2014 9:49:17 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Why Does My Dog... Eat Poop?

Let me try to answer this in a way that people with common sense can see in a second while liberals will find anathema: Because he or she is a dog.

15 posted on 04/24/2014 9:49:35 PM PDT by stevem
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Absolutely!

Impossible to tell the difference.

Can’t blame the dog.


16 posted on 04/24/2014 9:50:34 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Slings and Arrows

This is why sand turtles prefer a well fed cow as a close neighbor. Otherwise, this is a topic only a Gastroenteritis Specialist would want to spend a whole evening contemplating.


17 posted on 04/24/2014 9:51:17 PM PDT by lee martell
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Wrong. They have taste buds, just fewer than humans. Mostly on the tip of their tongue. They distinguish the 4 basic flavors we do, just not as well. They have an extreme sense of smell and smell can equal taste. The poop smell delicious to them, so they want to eat it.

My vet is awesome.


18 posted on 04/24/2014 9:51:30 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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,p>


19 posted on 04/24/2014 9:51:40 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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your Dog is a (D) for democrat.

Them's fightin' words!

20 posted on 04/24/2014 9:51:55 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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