eating poo

Billy's crate has been clear of poo for the last 4 nights, he has a poo about midnight then again about 5.30am.
Wow I thought what a clever boy, but this moringg he went out for his poo and I caught him eating it, told him no and cleaned it up. Then he wanted to go out again about 2 hours later and did the same thing again.

Im thinking that he is probally doing that at night as well. What can I do to stop him and also is it bad for them

lola did exactly the same thing up till two days ago i thought she had worms or summat

theres nothing to worry about according to my vet lola was either
a,hungry
b,copying what her mother used to do or
c,hiding the evidence as she knew she wasnt to poo in the house

well she definatley isnt hungry and according to the girl i got lola off the other pups were doing it
2 things you can do is add banana to his meal just half a banana sliced thats wha i do with lola
when they poo theres summat in the banana that they wont want to re eat and as soon as you catch them doing it a firm no then remove them from the area wich obviously you cant do when they in bed but the banana will stop that.its worked for me and my little angel with horns hasnt eaten poo for 2 days now!lol

im well chuffed ive managed to give advice rather than ask for it lol

To be honest, I doubt he's eating in in her crate at night cause you'd still see some evidence of it in the morning! As well as the above, try taking him outside on a lead & when he goes, praise him & move him away. If he goes to eat it say "No!" and pull him gently away, he'll soon get the hang of it!

very true about the evidence lola left a smear or sumthing so i knew she had eaten it

thanks everyone

" taking him out on the lead"

Thats my next new post

mine eats hes every so often i caught him doing it in the garden yesterday! he used to do it all the time, but luckily its improving x

yes tara has been doing it as well only its my other dogs not hers, i was told give them pinapple juice and that will put them off.

I think I heard somewhere that they do it when they need more iron in thier diets and that bananas have iron in that they need....not sure though!

I have not seen Milly do this yet but I always watch her