[Dailydrool] Need help with coprophagic puppy

[Karen Cannon]

Hi all you Droolers:

This is my first time posting to the DD - but having lurked for a few weeks now, I need some help with our latest basset puppy.
Lucie is our 4th basset, but our first female - not that her gender makes any difference in this case.  She is 5 months old.

She engages in coprophagia - that is, she eats her own poop and has done so on & off since we got her at 12 weeks.  The vet gave us 6 days worth of "Forbid" which was only 1/2 successful.  We've been diligent about watching her when she's out in the yard, and pick up her poop right away.  Sometimes she's good about leaving it - has a sniff and then walks away.  A couple of times, we've even gone out and found a little pile just left on the ground.
Other times - she eats it up right away.  She was getting Kirkland Puppy Food and then I changed to Innova - but she got very loose stool, which she still ate.  Took Lucie to the vet who suggested Medi-Cal Gastro Food and she's got regular stool now, but still eats it.
We will try pineapple.  Does anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks.

Karen
MomSlave to Lucie (Devil Dog)
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