Luckily, I've never had this issue with any of the dogs I've had, but it is a problem for some. Recently I met a woman with four Pugs, one of them regularly ate the stools of the others. I actually witnessed this, while one of her dogs was actually defecating. She was very frustrated with this behavior, and I remembered an old Dog Whisperer show where the trainer recommended offering pieces of banana, while stopping the dog in the act. He said that dogs that ate feces were usually deficient in potassium. On the show, the woman corrected the behavior when it took place, and offered small bits of banana instead, and successfully broke the dog of that nasty and unhealthy habit.

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Wow!! thanks for that kind2creatures, I will give that a try with our Shepherd as she is a finicky sort of dog that tends to have tummy troubles but I must admit she is not quite so bad now, maybe she is lacking in potassium.
I do pick up after them as soon as they have done their poo's.
This is the first dog we have had trouble, with this, the Labrador is good, and doesn't bother with it.
I also heard pineapple in their food is supposed to be good, also pumpkin, but that didn't work on her.

Good luck with your doggie ozzie. I tried to give my kitten some canned pumpkin when he had diarrhea issues, but he wouldn't touch it.

I wonder if this might have something to do with the dog food she is feeding them, it could be low in basic nutrients. Many dog foods are simply not fit to feed to well a dog. When you read the list of ingredients you might find that it includes things like chicken by-products. At a glance that might sound good but that is just a fancy way of saying they are using all parts of the chicken, peck, claws, feathers, etc.

I have two Dalmatians and unlike normal dogs that do well on a �barf� diet. (bones and raw food) they need a special diet as they are prone to developing bladder problems with stones blocking urine flow.

Found this company that makes a high quality food just for them or any other dog that might happen to develop the similar problem. You might want to check them out. Flint River Ranch. https://www.aplus-flint-river-ranch.c...10-reasons.php

I got this newsletter from them the other day and might also be of interest.

In one of the various industry periodicals I read, an article stated that a company who specializes in developing palatability for pet food, (yes, there are companies that don't make pet food, just find ways to get pets to eat it!) has now teamed up with a perfume and flavoring company. They are going to launch a new "Feel Good" program that will allow pet food manufacturers to make products that have perfume applied so that will be more pleasing to pet owners as well as the pets. Apparently, they are going to be able to inject a masking perfume into finished product like roasted chicken, beef and Italian seasoning.
It appears that the intention is to add a pleasing aroma for the benefit of the customer, but has no added nutritional value for the pet. So obviously, if the customers didn't like the smell of the original product, then they were naturally placing a negative opinion on the product that it might not be good. Or maybe rather, the manufacturer could not (or would not) make a product that naturally smelled fresh, clean and had a favorable aroma. Like the formulas Flint River Ranch has been successfully making for over 18 years!
Another issue is that these aromas are going to be able to last all the way through to the end of the bag. That's a pretty vigorous perfume to last for weeks or more, and I wonder if they are going to be natural or chemical in their origin? I'm betting that to stay that potent it will be chemical in origin. Low quality meat ingredients of limited nutritional value are still limited in nutritional value regardless of any aroma being added. Moldy grain sprayed with perfume is still moldy grain.
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Folks, this is just another way that some in the pet food industry continue to misrepresent their products. If they wanted to make a food that always smelled welcoming and fresh; like Flint River Ranch does, they would. They could, but most don't. There are still companies that will misrepresent, confuse and trick consumers into thinking that what they are feeding to their pets is good and wholesome. Some do it with cute, colorful, fun-shaped kibbles that trick the consumer into thinking that they are feeding real vegetables like carrots, peas, meat bits and such. In reality, it's just another dry kibble that's been dyed a color. Others do it with their impressive graphics and marketing on their bags, full of flashy colors, happy, healthy-looking pets, pictures of supposed fresh, whole meats and vegetables put into the kibbles. It's a misrepresentation and mainly marketing hype just to get people to buy the product. They only want to move product; not make a positive & permanent positive impact on a pet's health. Now they're going to use these powerful aroma additives to further trick the consumers and make the pets key in on the smell and flavor over producing a quality food!
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It's just wrong and again this is another reason why I'm so proud of what Jim started over 18 years ago. We stand by what we do and how we make it and always will. Yes, I know we're a premium-priced food in the marketplace, but our pricing is competitive even with the included shipping. There is a reason we will not skimp on the quality of the ingredients or our oven-baking process. We stand by the performance that we know our formulas will provide. There's an old adage that you can get by eating fast food all day, every day. But knowing the health impact, why would you want too? Masking the aroma of the finished product to the consumer is just wrong and this type of practice and the marketing surrounding it continues to frustrate me because there is always a trickle-down effect to those of us who are trying to do this business correctly. Just want to keep you informed.

We give our dogs a cupful of Purina dry food along with a cupful of steak or chicken, and vegetable caserole that I make and put a desert spoon of garlick and ginger in when cooking, and a fishoil capsule every day,so far they have never had any fleas or hot spots, since weve had them, keeping fingers crossed.