My Basset is eating his stool, pretty much right after it comes out.
Can anyone tell me why he's doing this?
Some info:
He gets 2 feedings a day of about 1 cup each of Hill's Science Diet 'Sensitive Stomach'. He has allergies so I give him 2 benadryl's at each feeding.
He's not mopey or slugglish and by all accounts in good shape.
Not overweight. 55 pounds and 7 years old.
Any ideas here? I've read that sometimes if you overfeed dogs, they (especially Bassets I'm guessing) can smell the undigested food in their stool and be enticed by that. I've looked in his stool and not found anything that looks to be undigested food. Besides, he's not getting too much food.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Can anyone tell me why he's doing this?
Some info:
He gets 2 feedings a day of about 1 cup each of Hill's Science Diet 'Sensitive Stomach'. He has allergies so I give him 2 benadryl's at each feeding.
He's not mopey or slugglish and by all accounts in good shape.
Not overweight. 55 pounds and 7 years old.
Any ideas here? I've read that sometimes if you overfeed dogs, they (especially Bassets I'm guessing) can smell the undigested food in their stool and be enticed by that. I've looked in his stool and not found anything that looks to be undigested food. Besides, he's not getting too much food.
Any help would be great.
Thanks