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How to stop my Shih Tzu puppy from eating poop unsupervised?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Male | unneutered

My male shih tzu is 6 weeks old and he eats his poop is there anything i can do to stop this behavior while hes not supervised?

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 12th, 2020

You can try using Forbid powder. The behavior is called coprophagy - there is a link to an article below about this problem. ( https://www.allivet.com/p-1193-for-bid.aspx ) ( https://www.petcoach.co/article/stool-eating-coprophagy/ )

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