Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poop is gross. Cleaning up after your dog isn’t fun, but it’s part of the deal. You pick up the waste and move on. When your puppy ...

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 ...

I’m talking, of course, about whether or not it’s OK to throw your dog’s poop bag in someone else’s garbage can. Other seemingly low-stakes questions of taste and etiquette have churned through social ...

All dog owners will assess the consistency of their dogs’ stools daily while picking them up. If you have a dog with soft stools regularly, it can make you question what is affecting your dog’s stool ...

Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick its butt. In other cases, it may eat its own poop or, worse, the poop ...

If you’ve noticed your dog eating poop, you wonder if there’s a nutritional deficiency or mental problem causing this behavior. You may find it upsetting, but it may just be normal canine nature. So ...

As a responsible dog owner, you know it’s important to pick up your dog’s poop. But what happens after that? Trapped in a plastic bag that can take 1,000 years to decompose, your dog’s poop might ...