Murray ate his poop when he was a puppy, but outgrew it. In the meantime,don't give her the opportunity-when she has to poop, stay close to her and pick it up right away. Scolding gives her attention, and could be reinforcing the behavior.
As far as night time accidents: she's still pretty young. I kept Murrays crate next to my bed, and would run him outside during the night when he became restless. He would do his business, I would praise him, and we would go back to bed. This actually helped to housebreak him, because he learned that if he signalled, I would take him out to potty.
I hope something I said helps- hang in there!
As far as night time accidents: she's still pretty young. I kept Murrays crate next to my bed, and would run him outside during the night when he became restless. He would do his business, I would praise him, and we would go back to bed. This actually helped to housebreak him, because he learned that if he signalled, I would take him out to potty.
I hope something I said helps- hang in there!
. Charlie, on the other hand, will probably never stop eating poop (he's 5 1/2 and has always done this). If I can't be there to scoop as soon as he or Edith start to go, he's gonna eat it. Disgusting? Yep. But I've thrown up my hands and we love him anyway, the little goof. By the way, I don't think eating poop has anything to do with being hungry. It's actually a fairly common phenomenon. A lot of dogs lick the spot where they've pee'd, too. It's a dog thing, I guess!
