Poo Eating & Big Drinking

[claireybell]

My cocker hardly drinks anything all day but each night she has a massive drink of water. It's huge!!!! Is this normal? Is there something I should be looking for?

My beagle is eating my cockers poo. They are both fed a barf diet, exactly the same. Meat, veg, oils, vitamins and bones. What is she missing to make her want to eat poo?

[juice]

Sounds like you have my bully all in one :laugh:

She eats anyone's poo she can, and drinks in large amounts only a few times a day ( i can tell as the water bowl is by the back door and she makes such a noise when she drinks)

Mine i think is just too lazy to get up and drink allday :laugh:

[Stitch]

Poo eating or Coprophagia can have many different causes.

Link http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_PoopEating.php for more information.

To see if diet/nutrition is a factor try feeding a good quality dry food mixed in with the BARF for at least 6 weeks.

All you can do is experiment with diet & see if it helps. Sometimes good quality dry food is more suitable for particular dogs than feeding raw.

I feed BARF but I do have dogs that can't eat it or do much better on a good quality dry food.

[Boronia]

You may be interested in this DOL topic started by BMAK, about the dog eating poo. I remembered someone suggested feeding pineapple so did a search

http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/214398-eating-dog-poo/page__st__10__p__5183960__hl__pineapple__fromsearch__1#entry5183960