Not me I hasten to add, although in the rush to clean it up I tripped and landed face down about 6 inches from it.

She is 6 months eats james wellbeloved with a mix of Orijens and Natural instincts and now some pineapple (myth or not I am willing to give it a go). It gets cleaned up on arrival when stealth allows. If I am not off the blocks in time she munches it.

Guidance needed....

Pray she grows out of it? I have one who does it, I blame her mother who took about a year to stop cleaning up after her, and taught her that that's what you do with poo! She has almost stopped now at 18 months, though this morning there was once again the telltale whiff that makes me run for the Dentastix! At least when it's their own, you know it's a healthy wormed dog - my oldest boy scavenges unpicked up dog poo on walks, and we've had a nearly 10 year battle to stop him!

OMG!!!!

It turns my stomach, she try's to race in doors with it in her mouth....It has only started in the last 2 weeks.

Nothing new, nothing unexpected, perfectly normal for doggies, only yukky for us lot!!

You can search to your heart's content for possible solutions, and you will find some, by all means try them, but basically ...

Mum with her pups will clean up dog poo, pups will copy ... most likely she will grow out of at a later age, seriously!

Don't make a big deal of it. Clean up in your own garden. Distract if out of your garden. But basically, chill :)

If you make a fuss, the more she'll think she's got a major trophy :) BTW, in my experience, frozen doggy poos is even more justifiable of trophy running :-)

Again excellent advise!

This is the first female dog I have owned, I can't remember the other boys doing this.

Sorry but this turns my tummy x

">Nothing new, nothing unexpected, perfectly normal for doggies, only yukky for us lot!!

So true, as are all of your comments, I've given up on stopping my 3yr old looking for the odd tasty snack deposted by one of my other 4 girls, nothing added to her food worked.
Luckily she doesn't eat foreign poo's only home grown ones.

In the end I just keep the garden as clean as possible and leave her to it, ironically because I don't bother about it she doesn't eat so many.

Still don't like the sight of her running down the garden with a chocolate cigar though :(

Nando is growing out of it, but if my Mum is watching him, because she made a huge fuss and runs to clean it up, he will still try and nab the odd one. If I am watching, 9/10 he will run to me and sit waiting for his treat.

I ended up keeping a little (sealed) tub of his dry dog food by the door. When he'd done his business, I'd get him to do a sit for me (sIt lol) and he'd get a treat. Now he runs in and sits waiting for his treat rather than trying to eat the poo

Yes totally natural!

Improve your recall if you can, maybe offer her something better if she comes away from it. And as already suggested control and management - get there first!!

Why not approach this as you would a puppy.... Watch every garden excursion, click and treat every pee and poo. If doggie gets a nice piece of chicken or liver cake for coming back to you every time he dumps or wees and lots of praise, that's going to be a better option.

>I blame her mother who took about a year to stop cleaning up after her

I have always blamed poo eating on pups watching mum eat it.  I think they reckon it's the grown up thing to do.  :-)

No, not really!  But I do think it is learned behaviour.

I actually have a dog that will wait carefully while another dog poos, and take it before it hits the ground!  :-(

Guess she likes it fresh and warm.  Ugh!

Yes, that sounds like Ellie - I used to have to simultaneously praise puppy for doing it in the right place, and snap 'no Ellie, leave it!!!' :-D

> Why not approach this as you would a puppy.... Watch every garden excursion, click and treat every pee and poo. If doggie gets a nice piece of chicken or liver cake for coming back to you every time he dumps or wees and lots of praise, that's going to be a better option.

This is pretty much what I did for my worst poo-eater, who'd been doing it for over 5 years before she came to me (so a very, very strong habit).  I never broke it entirely but I got her to the point that I could say 'no eating!' and she would walk away from the bit she was about to scoff, or if she'd not found one yet, she'd stop looking.

My other two poo munchers have been mixed success - Tia will still do it no matter what, she never used to but I think it's more age with her (she's nearly 13 now) so I'm getting some supplements tomorrow for her to try.  Saffi though has almost completely stopped, entirely thanks to her own denseness - I noticed she was doing it mostly at night, so when I heard her nails on the floor as she headed out to go, I would sneak into the bathroom to watch her out the window and stop her.  As she's not especially bright, she now believes that I can see her every time she's out looking and she's stopped doing it completely :-P

Opi did it briefly as a pup - with her I just kept a close eye on her and cleared up after her, and she grew out of it quickly.

> Guess she likes it fresh and warm.  Ugh!

hehehehe :)
All these comments got me laughing sorry to say :) Some funny but disgusting images now in my head ahaha
Lacey did it also but only for a couple of weeks and grew out of it very quickly and all together :) All i had to say was 'no' every time i saw her about to eat some, and had a couple of weeks just following her picking it up as soon as it hit the floor, kept her on lead in the garden aswell at this time :)

My whippet did it, it turned my stomach. he didn't eat his own, looked like he wouldn't have ever dreamed of stooping that low, but he couldn't get enough of my GSD'S & terriers poo! I  taught him to 'leave' & then rwarded him with cheese, it has to be a high value treat that you are offering in return. You have to watch whem like a hawk if you want to break the habit. Clean up before they do it for you & watch for signs that a poo is about to be produced!

I try to clean it up before it succumbs to gravity. The minute i get distracted, she is in there.

My OH thinks it is because she sees me clean up after her. She used to be very disruptive of me putting things into the washing machine. So now, I have taught her to get her blanket and put it in the washing machine (obvious assistance required). When I wash the floors, she runs around with a strip of blanket afterwards. Maybe she thinks she is being helpful, as she can't hold a poo bags, her mouth will do.

Maybe I could teach her to whip the hoover around, dust and iron whilst I am out. Doesn't happen with the OH, but maybe he didnt have clicker training...

> Doesn't happen with the OH, but maybe he didnt have clicker training...

Never too late to start! :)

Lumie i love your last comment. Sounds to me like you have a very intelligent dog and a very helpfull and eager to please dog :) Instead of making such an effort with it, and stressing about it, making it into a big deal how about just taking a back step with it. Oviously clean up often as you dont want poo all over the garden, but dont run around cleaning up straight away, make your pup think it is not a big deal, dont give her attention of any sort when she eats the poo, dont let her see you are waching if you can help it as this is attention in itself, then if at all you do see her walk away from a poo with out touching it then start makin a fuss. But i think with your pup if she see's that something is a big deal to you (ie making sure dog poo is cleaned up straight away) then i think the more she will try and please you wit that matter. Dogs see any sort of training as positive ad pleasing you so how about not training with it so she see's it is not a big deal to you and so hopefully just grows out of it, alot of pups do :) Just my advice, i may be completely wrong haha :)

Just go out with her everytime she goes out to the toilet and clean up immediately - it really is that simple. Time consuming perhaps - but the only solution if you want it to stop.
It might be considered normal but in my book it is not acceptable behaviour for a family pet. Oops just realised this is an oldish thread - oh well, my reply maybe of some use to someone, if no longer the OP :-)

Oh and I don't think it is accurate to say this is "normal" behaviour - more common than some people might realise, yes, but not normal. If it was normal, all dogs would do it, which they most certainly don't ! It is a behavioural problem/bad habit (only normal for bitches who are nursing a litter).

Dont you just love Copraphragia! Some only like it hot......some only want their own, while others only want others, then there is the band of 'eating anything' their own and others, hot or cold they will have it. I think that the best one is the one that will only eat their own. that way good hygene will prevent it. Yuk who would have dogs! makes rabbit poo eaters smell sweeter.

Every pocket has poo bags in now. I even went to bed with a bundle of poo bags in my pyjama pockets.

I have been trying to get my one boston out of doing that now for 11 yrs next month :-(
Have tried forbid ect never worked,  hot sauce on it (think I was just spicing it up lol)
Even picking it up everytime they went out- but when ur not home and the kids let them out,
don't work to well.
Calling her just when finished and giving her a treat so I become more interesting- no go, worked a
couple times and that was all.
I no sounds mean- bought a collar and put it on noise only, never worked, tried the vibrate to no
avail. That was the end of that.
Now if I see her I just yell no and she comes straight in, or I go get her. She likes it fresh or frozen don't matter.
Think she has won :-( Grrr!! Mine is a poo eater Yuck!! Just don't get kisses from her, the worst it when she
comes in for a cuddle and then Burp! Oh my the smell!!

My crestie eats my staffie bitches poo. He doesnt touch any other poo only hers.

One reason for a dog eating anothers poo is that not all the food is getting digested, may need smaller meals and is coming out much the same as it went in so attracting the dog who eats it and it is then processed through its gut.

You need to be quick and clean up as soon as she goes. 

Her poo looks like normal dog poo to me. He doesnt bother with any other dogs poo only hers and waits till she squats then hes there waiting for it. I usually catch him though so doesnt get it very often. He is in love with her and follows her everywhere, he would be lost if he didnt have her aroung.