Immediately and routinely remove stool deposits from your yard. Provide wide variety of appropriate objects for your dog to chew. Increase the time you spend playing with and exercising your pet. Some dogs learn that eating stools is a way to get your attention, even though the attention often consists of scolding. As difficult as it may be, ignore your pet if you catch it in the act, and concentrate instead on preventing it the next time.
Some dogs develop a taste for the stool of other dogs and, occasionally, for the stool of cats.
The same corrective approach applies to this type of coprophagia. Prevent access to the feces of other animals by using vigilance during leash walks. Make your cat's litter box inaccessible to your dog by decreasing the size of the opening of a covered box, applying a hooded litter cover, placing the box on an elevated surface, or placing the box in a room with a cat door or leaving the door open just enough to allow the cat access. Copyright 2000 Tomball Veterinary Clinic. All Rights Reserved Web site designed and maintained by 202 South Web Designs, Inc.