Sorry I know I've just asked a feeding question but in between times I've just done the poo patrol. My 2 shepherds are dreadful poo eaters-their own is preferred or each others occasionall, rarely strange dogs and never their wee beardie brother's. They are both fed kibble and produce totally different  poo to the beardie who is raw fed and produces stones which noone finds appetising apparently.  As I am currently re-thinking diet I was wondering if people find that any particular diet reduces their interest in this disgusting habit? Read loads about it and tried everything. Only thing that works for us is collecting the poo immediately and/or a basket muzzle. Would be sooo happy if they could just be let out without needing to scour the garden first. Thanks again!! Gill

Short answer: no. All my dogs are at last part raw fed, all the toy dogs and one Mali are 100 % raw, and they all still do it. :( It seems to be something they copy off each other unfortunately.

I was advised to add fresh pineapple to their meals (3 adults 1 pup all raw fed), it worked for a week but she's back to doing it again. She plays with it mostly but she will eat it when challenged. We have to be so quick to get it before she does :( She's only just over 5 months so hopefully will grow out of it.  Though her mother started doing it again once she'd had the pups and has only just stopped!

Years ago we had a Boxer who did it, tried the pineapple, also tried all of the other "remedies" people suggested, none of them worked she just grew out of it.

Yes me too Henri3402. Including some delightful tablets called Stoolums which Loki(7 1/2 month GSD) absolutely loved-almost as much as a nice bit of poo but it did not a single thing to stop them any more than pineapple or pumpkin did.
Oh well-I had high hopes of the raw diet thing being the answer but I suppose I will just have to accept it as part of their behaviour and keep up the constant battle to keep up with the poo collection and the muzzles. Thanks all.

Pineapple didn't work for mine, quite opposite. Someone on Facebook suggested ketchup and it did the job. Although supervision is the key I think.

Mine are all raw fed the only one who poo eats is Brooke the flat coat but then she is the only one who does lots of things lol her preference is cats poo but others will do. So sorry it seems not allthough raw would be good for your dogs anyway if you are already raw feeding

It stopped Nando eating his own poo! Every now and again if he gets bits of kibble from one of the old dears we meet on our walks, (they often stop to give him treats) he will go back to eating one.

Mine are all Raw Fed only and T-bone who has eaten poop as long as I can remember still does it at the ripe old age
of 12 yrs old lol- don't see an end yet :-(

Lol dollface! The good news there is it clearly hasn't done him any harm!!

Hi, I have had German Shepherds for many years and they have all been poo eaters, it drove me mad having to get outside to clear it up before they did, about 3 years ago  when I bought my recent shepherd  she started to do it so I change to Arden grange lamb  and rice, within a couple of days  both shepherds stopped eating the poo and haven't done it since.