billypayton
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We have a 9 month old American Bully. We adopted her at 5 months old, and she showed no interest in ever eating feces until we left her with a sitter for a week in December. Since we’ve returned, she is absolutely obsessed with finding any and all poop and eating it. It’s all she does when she’s outside now. My guess is while she was at the sitter’s she got a lot of yard time with minimal supervision, and she discovered the new hobby. I read that pineapple and pumpkin helps to deter them from their own poop, so I have started feeding her and our other dog those, and it does seems to help. However, if we are on a walk or at the dog park, that’s all she wants to do to the point where it’s become obsessive. I’ve tried deterring her with treats, using bitter apple spray, and we are working on leave it, but nothing seems to stick. Any and all advice would be appreciated!
She was also recently diagnosed with Giardia which I’m positive is from this new hobby, so I really need to way to make her uninterested in poop!
Update: we just found out our dog has tapeworms after extensive testing at the vet for a variety of symptoms she was having.
This could explain her poop obsession that seemed to pop up out of nowhere! I’m hopeful that after treatment she will have less of a desire!
She was also recently diagnosed with Giardia which I’m positive is from this new hobby, so I really need to way to make her uninterested in poop!
Update: we just found out our dog has tapeworms after extensive testing at the vet for a variety of symptoms she was having.
This could explain her poop obsession that seemed to pop up out of nowhere! I’m hopeful that after treatment she will have less of a desire!