What Causes Coprophagia in Dogs?
In a more natural sense, mothers are known to eat their puppies stool. This is not a situation that should be treated or reprimanded. It is natural for a mother to want to keep bacteria and infection away from her babies. By eating their stool, it is possibly her way of protecting them. On the other hand, any other type of dog that likes to eat stool could be experiencing a nutritional deficiency. By eating their own stool or that of another dog’s, they are instinctively trying to fill the nutritional requirements they are lacking in their own food. In other cases, underlying medical conditions can contribute to the behavior of coprophagia in dogs. If your dog has a medical condition, such as thyroid disease, that is limiting his ability to digest and store his food properly, he will be lacking the nutrients and the satiating feeling of fullness. This in turn can cause him to eat his own stool, still feeling hungry and thinking that he can replace his nutritional requirements with his
