Is it harmful for a dog to eat poop?

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asked May 11, 2019 in Dogs by patricepv3 (440 points)
Is it harmful for a dog to eat poop?

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answered May 11, 2019 by Minty (132,850 points)
A dog eating it's own poop is not harmful but is gross and some people do want to stop it especially if the dog licks people in the face.

Because the bacteria from the dogs poop gets onto the dogs tongue and then can be transferred to the humans mouth and make them sick.

But the dog only eating it's own poop is beneficial to the dogs health and digestive tract but what is harmful is the dog eating other animals poop such as rabbit poop or other dogs or cats poop.

The dog eating other animals poop can get sick and die due to parasites and bacteria contained in the poop so you should not let your dog eat another animals poop but eating their own poop is safe.

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