Cut off opportunities

After your dog poops, clean it up immediately so that it has no chance to eat poop. When you can’t control when it will poop, wear a mask so that it can’t eat poop or possibly eat poop. It should be kept in a cage. The space at the bottom of the cage should be enough so that the feces will not get stuck in the cage and have a chance to be eaten. When walking the dog, be sure to use a dog leash to prevent it from eating poop again if it is not stopped later. Walk away and praise it. If you want to smell its poop after defecating, stop it immediately. In the environment where the dog lives, clean up all poop, including the poop of other dogs or animals, so that it does not have the opportunity to eat poop.

Reprimand and stop in time

When a dog eats feces, it must be strictly stopped and corporal punishment is not allowed, otherwise it will have the opposite effect. Do not take any punishment after eating the poop, because The dog no longer knows what your punishment is?

Encourage

Praise the dog after it poops, encourage and lure the dog with food, so that it will forget to eat poop, and slowly change the habit
< h2>Add a smell that your dog doesn’t like into the fecesAdd very bitter medicine or a smell that your dog doesn’t like into your dog’s feces after defecation. This requires the owner to find out what smell your dog doesn’t like. , every dog ​​is different, you may want to try

Stop with commands

This only works if the dog has been trained in obedience. It must be able to understand your commands. For example, commands such as no, sit down, come, etc., when the dog has finished defecating, command it to perform some obedient actions to divert its attention and prevent it from eating stool

Add the dog's digested food to the food Disliked substances

There are some examples of products abroad that are added to the food of dogs whose feces are eaten. If the dog eats its own feces, add it to its food. If it is just another dog, it must be added to the dog's food. In terms of food, I don’t know if there are similar products in mainland China, but their effectiveness is still being evaluated. Some people provide MSG, garlic, pumpkin, etc. that are added to dog food and have a bad taste in their feces after digestion. Dogs do not like to eat it. You can try it and tell everyone the results

Add digestive aids

Some people think that adding digestive enzymes can help digestion and thereby prevent coprophagia caused by digestive problems. The effect has not been confirmed in the study. Based on the above methods, you can choose one or several methods to perform at the same time. If other symptoms appear at the same time, you should consider whether it may be caused by internal diseases and take them to the hospital for examination to find the real cause. Go to therapy.
When pathological factors are suspected, relevant examinations should be carried out for the suspected cause. For example, when pancreatic hyposecretion is suspected, the tryptase immune response in the serum should be checked to determine the cause; after the diagnosis is confirmed, Treat the cause.
If heterophilic behavior is caused by imbalanced nutrition, the food grade should be upgraded and given food that is easy to digest and absorb.High-quality feed enables pets to obtain sufficient calories and various necessary nutrients from the feed, and eliminates the behavior of animals obtaining nutrients from feces or foreign objects.
At the same time, providing feed with high digestibility and absorption rate can also reduce the amount of feces and help reduce the chance of fecal eating. Therefore, remove feces immediately after animals defecate, wear a mask when going out, and prevent eating other animals’ feces or foreign objects.
Provide chewable toys, or allow animals to engage in certain activities to relieve their boredom. Taking pets out regularly can also relieve their boredom.
When using the all-you-can-eat method to help relieve boredom, be sure not to overeat, which may cause overweight and damage your health.