glenmar
Posted : 1/17/2007 7:44:08 AM
IMO, that's your problem. You are not feeding a high enough quality food for them to get the nutrition they need from it and they are eating their poop because of the undigested carbs that pass through in it.
I have six german shepherds, a working line of dogs who are very active. I have about 1/2 acre fenced for them. My dogs don't eat their own stool, but I feed them Innova or Canidae for breakfast, both MEAT based foods, and homecooked or raw MEAT for dinner. Your pups *might* be hyper because they are still pups, or more likely from too little training, or a combination of both.
Particularly with growing pups you HAVE to provide them with proper nutrition to ensure proper growth and development. It sounds like what you are feeding is mostly carbs and no where near enough protein.
If you want to stop the poop eating, the very best method is to know when they are going to need to go, and be there to pick it up. Dogs have pretty predictable schedules as far as pooping goes and it's not a huge issue to just snatch it up before they can for a month or so until the habit is broken.