Poop eating (also known as coprophagia) is common among many animals, not just dogs. It is not well understood why some dogs eat stool. Some dogs may have a genetic susceptibility to coprophagia. In these cases, stool eating starts around four to 10 months of age and generally stops after one year. Coprophagic dogs can be divided into two groups: those that eat their own stools and those that eat the stools of other animals.
While we all love our dogs, we don’t always love the things they do. In fact, some of the things that our beloved dogs do can sometimes be downright disgusting; eating one’s own stool falls into this category. It is undoubtedly upsetting to see your dog eating stool, but disciplining your dog for this behavior does not usually work.Many dogs naturally eat their own stool, and they do not understand the behavior as something wrong.