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Why is my Lab puppy eating everything & avoiding water? How to stop?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | spayed | 10 months and 11 days old | 24 lbs

Why is my 10 month Lab eating everything she sees stones dead leaves etc how can I stop her? Also I bought a pool for her & she’s not interested! I thought all Labs loved water.

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 21st, 2018

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your questions. Unfortunately for you, not all labs love the water. She may get used to the pool over time and use it more but she may just not be interested. As for the abnormal ingestion of stones, leaves, etc. I would recommend having a hose handy and whenever she goes to eat the stones or leaves, spray her with the hose and say "off!" to deter her from doing this further. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further. Please take the time to mark this question as helpful or not as it helps us to improve on the quality of our answers to other pet owners. Thank you kindly!

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