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My 7-month-old puppies eat poop. How can I get them to stop?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pekingese | Female | spayed | 6 months and 29 days old | 8 lbs

I have two pekingese puppies. Both are 7 months old but from different litters. They both like to eat poop. Their own, each others, or whatever they can find. I've had them both on Natural Vet Coprophagia for several months with no results. What can you suggest. Thank you

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Answered By Ana M, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 3rd, 2018

Thank you for submitting your question regarding Daisy. You have a couple of options to try to control this behavior in your puppies. Hopefully they will outgrow it, but not all will. You can try placing Forbid powder on both of their food. Another option is meat tenderizer on their food. Finally, scooping the poop in the yard as frequently as possible to try to limit their access to it. I hope this information helps!

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