Why Does My Dog... Eat Poop?

Vet Street via Yahoo! Shine ^ | Wed, Apr 23, 2014 | Dr. Patty Khuly

[Slings and Arrows]

Dog eats poop. Pet owner gags. Dog eats poop again. Pet owner runs screaming from the room.

Yes, it's disgusting. Yes, it's potentially unhealthy. And, yes, it's fairly common in the animal world.

A pup will eat his own poop for a number of reasons:

[Slings and Arrows]

It's not just their own: My dearly departed JRT Janey never ate her own poop, but regarded the cats' litterbox as a snack bar.

[Slings and Arrows]

He mistook it for an attacking politician.

[SatinDoll]

Yeah, mine too. Cat feces are high in protein; that is why dogs eat it, says my veterinarian.

[Cyman]

Stewie got Brian to eat his poop filled diaper.

[pax_et_bonum]

He mistook it for an attacking politician.

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Lol!

[Dick Bachert]

Because your dog cannot find a politician, a bureaucrat or an IRS or BLM agent in your yard. He has no choice but to eat the next closest thing to those items he CAN find.

[Steely Tom]

A pup will eat his own poop for a number of reasons...

Mixture too rich?

[Norm Lenhart]

Because dogs can’t vote for RINOs but it leaves the same taste in their mouths.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It sounds like your dog may be a Senator from Nevada wearing a dog suit. Check to see if he’s going through your garbage too.

[reformedliberal]

Mine eats deer poop. Vet just shrugs and says the dog likes the taste.

[Lurker]

Dogs do not have taste buds. Find another vet.

[Slings and Arrows]

My dog was brave, loving, and intelligent; ergo, she could not have been Hairy Reed.

[Slings and Arrows]

It was a natural mistake.

[Doomonyou]

your Dog is a (D) for democrat.

[stevem]

Why Does My Dog... Eat Poop?

Let me try to answer this in a way that people with common sense can see in a second while liberals will find anathema: Because he or she is a dog.

[pax_et_bonum]

Absolutely!

Impossible to tell the difference.

Can’t blame the dog.

[lee martell]

This is why sand turtles prefer a well fed cow as a close neighbor. Otherwise, this is a topic only a Gastroenteritis Specialist would want to spend a whole evening contemplating.

[reformedliberal]

Wrong. They have taste buds, just fewer than humans. Mostly on the tip of their tongue. They distinguish the 4 basic flavors we do, just not as well. They have an extreme sense of smell and smell can equal taste. The poop smell delicious to them, so they want to eat it.

My vet is awesome.

[shibumi]

,p>

[Slings and Arrows]

your Dog is a (D) for democrat.

Them's fightin' words!