Quote Originally Posted by EarlyBird View Post
I Got an 8 Week Old Pup That Could Be Showing Signs Of Stress. She Is Starting To Eat Her Own Waste. I Am Up To Date On Worming And Shots, She's Eating And Drinking Fine. I Do Leave Her In A Kennel For Long Periods Of Time Due To Work But When I'm Home We Play With The Hyde And Run around.
Outdoor or indoor kennel?

The dog is bored. It is a puppy and needs playmates.

Picture leaving a human child, all by itself, in a room ... and it has nothing to do in that empty room except when it shit in that room ... and that is all there is to play with ... it's own shit.

If you actually followed the advice I have painstakingly put in my book (and on this site) ... and #1 fed raw, and #2 had an above-ground pen with 1" space between the slats ... your lone pup would be shitting hard nuggets, that would fall between the slats, and your problem would be automatically solved.

So if you insist on keeping your pups on the ground, all alone, and (whether you kibble feed or not) if you are gone all day ... its own turds are pretty much all there is for entertainment

And even if it doesn't eat them, it would still be stepping in them all day long, which isn't much better.

That is why I give such advise, in my book and on this site, is to solve problems in advance.

But who listens?

Jack