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My Dog Eats Poop!<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>
\nby Lorna Paxton
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\n\"\" A couple of years ago I rescued a little Westie mix named Brie. She plays well with my other dog RiQui and is such a sweetie\u2026but, sadly she\u2019s poo eater.<\/span>
\nThe very first night we got her my husband told me he saw some poop on the floor. I went to the kitchen to get a paper towel to pick it up and by the time I got back it had disappeared. I thought my husband was paranoid and didn\u2019t think anything of it.<\/span>
\nBut the missing poop episodes continued and I finally came to terms with the fact that I have a poo eater. There\u2019s even a medical term for eating poop \u2013coprophagy. <\/span>Medical or not, it\u2019s very disgusting, I mean, who wants a dog who has just eaten their own feces (or someone elses) to come give them a big wet kiss on the face? <\/span>GROSS! <\/span><\/span>
\nWhat\u2019s worse than the gross factor is that it can be dangerous. The main concern is that parasites, including giardia, coccidia, roundworms and whipworms, can be transmitted through dog and cat feces.<\/span>
\nAnyway, I will share with you what I learned about Poop Eaters\u2014Why they do it, and how to get them to stop<\/span>
\nWhy dogs eat poop<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are various theories and speculation on this topic which I\u2019ll now reveal, but the most important thing is how to get them to stop (that\u2019ll come in a minute)<\/span><\/p>\n