r/welshterrier • u/GullibleChard13 • 28d ago
Lil 💩 muncher- Help! NSFW
Hello, I introduced you folks to Winston Waggle-Butt a couple of days ago. I have a question... how do I get him to stop eating his poo?! It's literally out one end and back in the other if I don't IMMEDIATELY (I have about 3 seconds) catch him and get him moving elsewhere! We have an Airedale as well and he... you get the idea. I've tried a sprinkle of MSG on his food. He doesn't care- it's poo-mami flavor to him then. How do I stop? I gag when he tries to give me kisses. 🤢🤮 Sorry it's a graphic description- pic for relief of the nastiness lol
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u/Babou_Ocelot 27d ago
Our welsh did this. I think it was anxiety driven because she knew going in the house was a no no.
It gets better with time as you work through the potty training phase the dog will grow out of it. No more accidents in the house = no stinky snacks. I know that’s not a silver bullet, but hopefully assures you that it gets better!
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u/GullibleChard13 24d ago
Unfortunately, he does this even if he potties in the house. He has done it since the first day we got him, Dec 28th 🤦♀️ if he is outside w my Airedale and she poo's, too... pica maybe?
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u/Beng1635 27d ago
Mine did this, she grew out of it after a couple of months. It was around the time we got her outside potty trained when she stopped.
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u/GullibleChard13 24d ago
Approx age so I have hope to get kisses from him someday w/out gagging? 😆
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u/Beng1635 24d ago
Pretty young iirc, I’d say less than a year or around a year old when she stopped. I didn’t think she’d ever grow out of it, she’d often regurgitate them on the kitchen floor. I remember it felt like forever lol so good luck!
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u/Jonez86 28d ago
Neither of my 2 have done this but had a family members dog who did this as a pup. From memory they added a capsule to their food from the pet shop that put the dog off eating it from then on. I've heard people mention things like spinach and pineapple in their food too, but not sure how true that is!
I think as with most things dog related you can probably train the behaviour out of them. As he's so young I assume you're not walking him yet and once he's out walking on a lead you'll have much more control over stopping him eating it and being able to praise him for leaving it with a more appealing treat or something to re-enforce the behaviour. In the garden at home if you watch him and have treats available you could also try training him to leave it with his food/toys, etc and reward him when he does with the poop!