Why do dogs eat their poop?

mine doesnt ewwwww

I love the cute little name GERALDINE!!!! Anyway as you probably know poop is old food that has been digested, and so dogs, with their sharp sense of smell, can still smell the food, and so they try to eat it. Its not healthy for them though so dont let little Geraldine get sick!!

this question is about as useless as a screen door on a submarine

because they want to!

Sometimes they have been harshly reprimanded when pooping in the house, so they eat it to keep from getting into trouble. Sometimes they are so hungry they have to eat anything to survive. Once they start its almost impossible to get them to stop.

Well it's not a good thing, but I see it a lot. My cousin's dogs used to chase each other around and eat each other's poo. My dog eats poo out of the cat's litter box and poo from under my rabbit hutch. Maybe some dogs just like the taste of poo? Maybe it has some connection to butt-sniffing? Perhaps it is because domesticated dogs are so inbred that they instinctively eat poo. Maybe they have been starved long enough that they eat it? Is there a nutritional value? I learned in mammalogy that rabbits eat their own poo. The first time they poo, they are black pellets - they will eat these to digest them a second time. Then the next poo are brown pellets. Dogs eating poo... it's just what they do.

i really dont know, my dog pooed pink poo and she ate it. i am sorry i couldnt help. :-(

Well maybe he is hungry and see's the tootsie roll on the ground. Other than that, I'm not sure, but if he keeps it up. When your mad have him kiss your S.O. and keep the information to yourself....;)

Don't knock it till you try it.