Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick ...

Have you ever felt the impending doom of watching your dog find poop in the yard? It almost happens in slow motion: you see the dog spot the poop, they even look at you as if to say “Yes, I’m going to ...

It’s not uncommon for a dog to sniff around a yard, come across a pile of poop, and gobble it up. Or even to eat its own poop. It might sound quite disgusting, but lots of dogs will eat poop at some ...

It is never a pleasant moment when you see your dog doing something you thought only happened in the wild. Watching them eat poop feels confusing and a bit alarming, but it is more common than people ...

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Dear Dr. Fox: I have two male Westies, ages 6 and 3. They are healthy, happy and look great. No wonder - they are fed your home-cooked brown rice and lamb diet, an occasional hard-boiled egg, some ...

So, you adore your furry friend, that’s for sure. But there’s one nasty habit they indulge in that leaves you gagging in disgust: eating poop. It’s a habit that dog owner Kayla Winrow knows too well, ...

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For humans, feces are last on the list of things we’d place near our mouth. In the animal world, that reaction does not always apply. Coprophagy is the act of eating feces, and for many species it ...