How to correct a dog's poop eating? The veterinarian tells you how to deal with pica

Aug 30,2024
6Min

Table of contents

⊙Causes and solutions of trace elements

⊙Digestion causes and solutions

⊙Causes and solutions to hunger

⊙Causes and solutions to inappropriate education

Causes and solutions of trace elements

Usually when asked in the group what to do if a dog eats poop, everyone will give the same answer: feed trace elements quickly~

Indeed, the lack of certain trace elements is the most common reason why dogs eat poop, but it is not the only reason~

So some dog friends responded that after feeding trace elements, they feel that the dog has not improved... If eating trace elements is of no use, then we have to consider the reasons from other aspects, which will be mentioned later. .

Solution:

① Trace elements for pets

There are too many brands, and they are all probably the same, so find it yourself~ Take it according to your weight and requirements~

② 21 Golden Vitamin

This is because Ping An Ma once compared the ingredients of pet-specific trace elements and 21 Gold Vitamin for humans, and found that 21 Gold Vitamin has both trace elements. So once a dog friend encountered the problem of his dog eating poop and consulted Ping An’s mother. Ping An recommended trace elements and 21 Gold Vitamins, and finally the dog friend chose 21 Gold Vitamins. After a period of time, I realized that it really works! The dog no longer eats daddy~

Digestive causes and solutions

The habit of eating daddy caused by digestive problems is mostly seen in puppies. If this dog's ability to digest meat is weak, but it has recently been fed a variety of high-proportion meats such as fish and meat, this will cause some undigested meat components or odors to appear in the poop... This is As a result, dada contains the "meat" smell that dogs love ╮(╯▽╰)╭...

I don’t want to describe it any more. It is also partly due to the addition of too much meat-flavored flavor enhancer/phagostimulant to dog food, resulting in residues in the dog food and a "meaty" smell.

Solution:

① Reduce the amount of food with high meat content and keep the meat intake within the range of the dog’s digestion capacity. This will completely solve the problem of the “meaty” smell in the cake. ; Or change dog food/change dog food with less artificial food attractants and flavor enhancers.

② Improve the digestion and absorption capacity of the gastrointestinal tract, such as feeding some yogurt, Jianweixiaoshi tablets, lactase raw tablets, lactobacilli tablets, dry yeast tablets, etc., which can help gastrointestinal digestion and absorption. Absorbed energyOnce you have good strength, you can digest all the meat you eat and avoid the "meaty" smell of your daddy~

Causes and solutions to hunger

This is usually caused by puppies appearing more often~

Dogs should not eat too much in one meal when they are young. If they eat too much, they will get into serious trouble, so they have to eat less often. However, most owners have to leave early and come back to work late. They don’t have time to feed their dogs in the meantime, and they don’t dare to feed them too much in one meal. This leads to them eating daddy without choosing when they get hungry...

Solution:

Dogs no longer need to eat wet food. After they can eat dry food, they can borrow the "automatic dog food feeding machine", which will feed the dog at regular intervals~

For puppies that are not far from the company and are too young and need to eat wet food, try to come back at noon and feed another ton, there is no other way.

Causes and solutions to improper education

When your dog poops at home, did you press your head towards Daddy and use the method of "eating poop" to punish and teach your dog? Woolen cloth?

Such a wrong approach is also one of the reasons why dogs eat poop~

Because this method will make the dog think: "Pooping is wrong" and "the owner will be punished for defecating", instead of pooping in this place, it should be pooped in the designated place. The "toilet".

In order not to be punished by the owner and no longer beaten, the dog thought of hiding the daddy or the owner would see this method. Either hide and pull the daddy, or directly use "eat" to hide the daddy...

I found that after "hiding" the daddy, the owner really would not punish him anymore, so eating daddy became a habit again and again.

Solution:

The root solution is not to use this wrong method to educate. Let’s learn more about scientific “encouragement” education methods~

For those who have formed the habit of "eating dada", the owner can only clean it up as soon as they see it. If you persist in this way, the dog will have nothing to eat and slowly get rid of this bad habit.


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