Some dogs will eat cat poo, or horse poo or there own. This can be a health concern. Lots of puppies explore and quite often we will give them lots of attention for doing it!

If you have a cat keeping your dog away from the cats litter tray is imperative.

WHY DO THEY DO IT?

Some dogs enjoy it, sometimes it can be due to lacking nutrition, sometimes for attention or boredom. Looking at all the possible reasons and ruling out the different reasons can help you get to the root cause of it. Speak to your vet about options.

Doing an audit of your dogs day to day life, people's response and their diet can all be factors.

WHAT CAN I DO?

Cleaning up any mess straight away so they cannot rehearse the behaviour is imperative. Obviously if they are off lead it will be impossible to clean up anything another dog does. Areas such as Heartwood Forest where there are lots of horses mean there will be alot of horse dung do keeping a dog away is important,

 Teaching a leave it cue can be helpful tool so they are not going near the poo.

It's really important that a dog cannot rehearse a behaviour as otherwise it can become a habit.

Working with a professional can be an investment on time and health.

Thank you for reading this blog posy, if you have any queries or wish to contact me please reach out.