Why do dogs eat their own poop?

why do dogs eat there own poop?

My dogs dont...at all, ever. Some dogs do because they're gross...mostly shizus and other dogs do it from my understanding...mostly small dogs.

They need to maintain their fresh breath.

lol good question. my dog used to do that. it could be because your dog is hungry.

also... apparently poop has a lot of nutrition in it too. but don't worry. my dog stopped eating her poop after a while...

oh and you might wanna pick it up right after she poops if possible. god knows I was too lazy.

I don't really think this is why but maybe there like what the heck is this and they panick and end up eating it, but I think they need to maintain their breath or something. my dog used too and not anymore. Also I saw a baby chihuahua poop in it's cage and then started running in circles around it then, it scwat down and looked right to left and took a big chunk out of it's poop.

there are a thousand opinions of why they do this...ranging from nutritional needs to watching their mom's clean up after them...but nobody knows for sure.

I'd try a good quality dog food first, just incase it might be nutritional...tho Iams is not rated high...Eagle Pack Holistic, is however, and is very nutritional.

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Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F
Blue Buffalo Chicken Brown Rice/ Score 106 A+
Canidae / Score 112 A+
Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+
Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F
Diamond Lamb Meal Rice / Score 92 B
Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+
Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+
Eagle Pack Holistic / Score 119 A+
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Foundations / Score 106 A+
Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 A
Iams Lamb Meal Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D
Iams Large Breed / Score 83 C
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Innova Evo / Score 114 A+
Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+
Kirkland Signature Puppy Chicken, Rice and Vegetable / Score 108 A+
Natural Balance Duck and Potato / Score 114 A+
Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B
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Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B
Nutro Natural choice Lamb and Rice / Score 85 C
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Pet Gold Adult with Lamb Rice / Score 23 F
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Purina Benful / Score 17 F
Purina Dog / Score 62 F
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Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A
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Science Diet chicken adult maintenance / Score 45 F
Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F
Solid Gold Bison / Score 123 A+
Timberwolf Organics Lamb and Venison / Score 136 A+
Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+
Wolfking Adult Dog (Bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A

it tastes like chicken.. DUH!!

no.. because they have worms