Hi everyone,
Sorry, I haven't been on for a while. I've been busy with my kids. Libby is close to four months old now, and she's been giving me more work than anything.
The problem is that she's licking her urine and has began the terrible habit of eating her poop. She eats three meals a day and snacks. I've changed her food twice so far, but she's still eating poop. Not just hers, but other dog's too. How hungry can she be? She lso drinks a lot of water. I keep an eye on her when I can in our back yard. But I've seen her make and then turn around and start eating it. Or if she pees, she turns around and licks it. This is totally gross!! At this point her cuteness isn't buying it, nobody in the house wants to pet her. Due to this problem, she smells horrible. I must have missed this part about Bassets on my book. I don't know how to stop her. If I try to correct her she runs and obviously doesn't understand what she is doing is wrong, and that it can cause her health problems.
When I say that she's giving me more work than anything, I mean it. So far, I have woken up to the smell of poop at about three in the morning, coming from her kennel. Look, she lets me know when she wants to go outside, but she also likes to make a tiny bit inside her kennel, I think just to eat it. Then I have to clean her up at that hour and the kennel as well. Yet she howls and barks because she hates to get cleaned. By the time I'm done with her, it's almost four o'clock, and it's a hassle for me to go back to sleep (I have trouble sleeping). Then I have to get up at six to get the kids ready for school. I know I'm complaining, but what else can I do at this point.
Enough of this. I read about a pill or powder which I can sprinkle on her food, to make her dislike her excrements. Does anyone have experience with this? If so, does it work? I need help. Or I'm going to have to let her live outside of the house for now. Thanks.
Sorry, I haven't been on for a while. I've been busy with my kids. Libby is close to four months old now, and she's been giving me more work than anything.
The problem is that she's licking her urine and has began the terrible habit of eating her poop. She eats three meals a day and snacks. I've changed her food twice so far, but she's still eating poop. Not just hers, but other dog's too. How hungry can she be? She lso drinks a lot of water. I keep an eye on her when I can in our back yard. But I've seen her make and then turn around and start eating it. Or if she pees, she turns around and licks it. This is totally gross!! At this point her cuteness isn't buying it, nobody in the house wants to pet her. Due to this problem, she smells horrible. I must have missed this part about Bassets on my book. I don't know how to stop her. If I try to correct her she runs and obviously doesn't understand what she is doing is wrong, and that it can cause her health problems.
When I say that she's giving me more work than anything, I mean it. So far, I have woken up to the smell of poop at about three in the morning, coming from her kennel. Look, she lets me know when she wants to go outside, but she also likes to make a tiny bit inside her kennel, I think just to eat it. Then I have to clean her up at that hour and the kennel as well. Yet she howls and barks because she hates to get cleaned. By the time I'm done with her, it's almost four o'clock, and it's a hassle for me to go back to sleep (I have trouble sleeping). Then I have to get up at six to get the kids ready for school. I know I'm complaining, but what else can I do at this point.
Enough of this. I read about a pill or powder which I can sprinkle on her food, to make her dislike her excrements. Does anyone have experience with this? If so, does it work? I need help. Or I'm going to have to let her live outside of the house for now. Thanks.