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Why do dogs eat eat their own poop?


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Dogs Some dogs can't resist a tasty morsel of feces. These dogs will eat their own excrement or that of another dog. Some prefer. MORE?

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Dogs are historically scavengers, and this is believed to be a scavenger behavior. ChaCha

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Your dog eats his own poop possibly because he is hungry, he is bored, or he may be lacking vitamins in his diet. ChaCha!

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Your dog may be eating too fast and thus causing it's food not to digest enough, so he can still smell what he ate in the pile.

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According to Dr. Jo Ann Eurell, Dogs are historically scavengers, and this is believed to be a scavenger behavior. ChaCha!

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