Originally Posted by
bernermom
I feel your pain! Riley was really bad about it when he was a puppy. We did our best to pick it up immediately. He did "sort of" grow out of it.... I say sort of , because he has an immune disorder and occasionally has to take prednisone. I don't know if you have any experience with a dog on Pred but they think they are starving... So, whenever he on the pred, he will race you to a pile! It is horrible!
I used to have a chow that did it as a puppy and my vet at the time told me to put Adolph meat tenderizer on his food. I just sprinkled a little on the top. Supposedly it tastes good when they are eating it the first time, but doesn't taste good the second time..I don't know if it really works or not, but my Chow did stop even bothering with his poop after about a week of that. I tried it with Riley too though, and he could have cared less.
About the pebbles....I wouldn't be too worried as long as they were small. Riley ATE everything in the house and in the yard when he was a puppy ( i mean everything ) and it always showed back up within a day or two.
Thanks for the advice. I heard about meat tenderizer as well, but he doesn't eat his own poop... only the poop of other dogs. So, that wouldn't work unless I convinced all the other pup parents at day care to put it in their dog's food! But, I'll try it if he starts eating his own.
Yea, I feel the same way about the pebbles, they just eat everything and it usually works its way out. Thanks for reassuring me! Our lab mix once ate an entire live lobster that he found on the beach (luckily, it was a baby and only about 8 inches long)... shell and all. This was 2 years ago, and he's still with us. Haha
Thanks again, I appreciate your time!