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 ...

You may not want to admit it, but your dog has probably eaten poop once or twice. While this type of behavior makes dog owners shudder, it’s shockingly common for our four-legged companions to eat ...

Maybe I’m overly enamored with my dog, but I think everything he does is cute—even the way he poops. Tux, an 8-pound Yorkshire terrier mix, determinedly hunches and twirls in a circle or two before ...

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 ...

Nobody looks forward to scooping poop, but your dog’s daily deposit holds more information than you might think. That humble pile in the grass holds clues about digestion, diet, hydration, and even ...

And yes, a lot of dogs eat poop. The fancy word is coprophagia, which sounds dramatic, but most of the time it’s not some big medical mystery. It’s usually behavioral. Dogs are scavengers. They didn’t ...