All my dogs are neutered or spayed. The strangest thing was the two older ones starting to eat it a while back. After YEARS of acting like it was the grossest thing in the world. And they don't eat their own, lol. And then the female just quit. And my other female isn't eating it.

At first I thought maybe it was new treats I was giving them, so I started giving them the same dog food as treats. Still eating shit.

And genius here makes up a bowl of meat tenderizer to put on the food, and in the massive confusion that is 4 hungry pugs first thing in the AM, forgets to put it on the food.

DOH!

Thanks for the help. Just if you come over to visit, don't ask for doggie kisses!!!

You know, Ariel was fixed right after I got her (she was about 1.5 years old then). That was a year ago and now with the puppy, she humps him. Too funny.

I don't think I could ever live w/o a pet - they're just too much entertainment :)

Show him a photo of tub-girl while smacking him with a rolled-up newspaper.

Mine are getting fixed in the new year when they are old enough for my vet to do them but my lord it was embarrassing the first time Maggie mounted Parker and started humping. Not only because we have a guest but also because she mounted the wrong end!

Well, don't be so sure....

When I just had Meg and Ferd and Meg decided the playing was over, she'd bite the hell out his pecker.

When I got Ariel, she wasn't fixed and Ferd just LOVED that and spent the next month lavishing her hind end with lovin'. After she was spayed, she wasn't getting the attention she was used to and still constantly sticks her nunu in his face trying to get a reaction.

Ariel also nips at Riley's pecker when she's had enough.

I think they know where everything's located, lol.

Will they not fix them early there? I've seen them do it as young as 4 months here. I waited 6 months for Riley since he had so many health problems as a puppy. Ferd was about a year when I got him and had already developed some bad habits. It's kinda funny - with his bad back legs and Riley not knowing any better, all my dogs squat to pee :winkwink:

The ******* picture might excite them!! :helpme

Listen hick, nobody gives a shit about your ugly, skanky ass pugs. Pour some leftover deck sealer down their throats and put them out of their misery.

man, I have no right to be bothered when my dogs eat grass. lol

Our vet says he likes to wait until 10 months. Parker is just 11 months now and Maggie has just turned 10 months. Parker was just about 10 months when hers stopped but the vet wanted to make sure it was over (said during heat was more of a risk) and Maggie wasn't even 9 months. So, we have to decided to wait until after the holidays and have them both done on the same day. That way when I have to starve one before hand I can do it with them both and not feed one and feel cruel.

Well, they were WEARING deck sealer for awhile, does that count? :)

And misery? People have said when they die they want to come back as one of my pugs, lol.

If you're upset you don't have one of your own, check your local pug rescue group. Let us know if it eats shit :thumbsup

Nothing. It's a normal shit! :1orglaugh

Vitamin/nutrient deficiency -- in some cases, maybe so.

But I believe it can also be a behavioral problem in that many dogs (not saying yours Peaches) have been somewhat "shamed" into refraining from pooping indoors and going outside. When they do poop inside some become so ashamed and fearful of reprisals that they literally eat their mess in order to cover up. I've read this theory before on the web.

Thankfully my own dog never developed the habit. But if he had I probably would have tried some of the methods already suggested in this thread. As an extreme measure if all else failed I might try buying one of those shock collars. Whenever I see the pooch going in for a bite it's ZAP time. Dogs do very much tend to learn quickly when surprised like that as to what not to do.

Case in point -- My dog used to have the bad habit of jumping up on people with his front paws. That was tolerable and even cute when he was a pup, but as he got older and bigger, like 60+ lbs bigger, it became a real problem. I learned of a technique on a dog-training TV show one day and decided to try it out... took him to the park, got my then-tenant to tap herself with her hands to encourage him to jump up. I was ready with the choke-chain and leash, and the second he jumped up at her I SNAPPED him to the ground. It scared the crap out of him.

I got her to do it again, this time he was tentative about it, looked around a bit, then decided to go for it again. I snapped him quickly to the ground once again... and that was it. He has never in the ensuing 15 years jumped up at anyone. All from one 2 minute lesson.

So I am inclined to think that any dog would learn very quckly to stay away from the poop if they were zapped a few times whenever they went near it. In fact I bet you'd only have to use it no more than 3 to 6 times before they would get the hint and just never go near it again.

My dogs always ate poop. I wish I could have had 10 years without that habit. ;)

he might be missing some nutrients in his diet
my dog did that once, i added some more meat to his diet (suggested by vet) and hasnt done it since

Pugs are notorious for eating everything. I have yet to drop something on the kitchen floor they didn't grab up. I've seen them get into their dog food, or the cat food, and eat so much that their stomachs were distended. I've seen them eat bugs, sticks, and a whole roasted chicken. They will eat until they throw up, eat the vomit, then eat more.

I THINK they've found something that doesn't taste so bad and is edible. My plan is to make it taste bad (though again, as mentioned before, doesn't shit taste bad enough as it already is??!!).

squirt them with water mixed with peppermint when they do it

Simple solution: Get rid of the retarded gophers and get dogs.

Rotties are my 2nd favorite dogs. Dated a guy with two of them and they were residents in my house for most of the time. Just didn't want to deal with BIG poop, lol.

Yes, mountains of poop indeed. Luckily gardeners are cheap in Costa Rica, so it costs me like $20 a week for all the yard workd, including the poop.

I know what you mean about eating things though. My dogs eat rocks, mud, sticks, trees (Yes they pull little trees out of the ground), coins and pretty much everything but poop. Had to take one dog to the vet because she had 23 rocks in her stomach. :(