Customer Reviews

Nutri-Vet Nasty Habit Canine Chewables, 60-Count

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I have 2 rescued Westies. Molly had been a puppy mill breeder for who knows how many years. After we brought her home, we noticed that as soon as she used the bathrrom in the back yard, she would turn around to eat it. I bought Nasty Habit and gave it to her with breakfast and dinner; she likes the taste, so it was no problem. It didn't take long fer her to stop trying to eat her own, but when she would see Winston starting to use the bathroom, she would run over to where he was & then try to eat his feces. So, I had to start giving Nasty Habit to Winston, too. He seems to not like the taste, so I just have to break it into smaller pieces and put it in with his food. After about a week, I started breaking the tablets in half, and giving each dog 1/2 a tablet in the morning and 1/2 in the evening. It still seems to be working, and the bottle should last twice as long. :D

I've tried a few different products or ways to deter coprophagia in my puppy. The vet claimed they had something that worked better than commercial products, but even that didn't work. So I went looking for something again. I had read about what types of things would deter pets from getting near stuff, such as hot peppers. This product contained a derivative of hot peppers, as well as Yucca Schidigera to reduce odors in stools to make them less appealing, Thiamine (an amino acid) which is a common deficiency shown to cause coprophagy in some dogs, Glutamic Acid which makes stools taste very bitter to the dog when mixed with stomach acids, and digestive enzymes for overall digestion (this information is from the product's description). All of these things appealed to me because they seemed to cover all the reasons a dog might have coprophagia.

So I tried it. It took about 24-36 hours, but it started working. I noticed after a few days he was still taste testing, so I increased the dosage by 1/2 a pill and that did the trick! I will continue buying if necessary. Finally, something that works!!!

Have tried other products, and this is the only product which has curtailed my dog's "nasty habit." My wish is there were more tablets in the bottle. as it only lasts for a month using the recommended dosage.

Save your money and by a clothes pin to put on your nose... Or better yet change your dog's food. These didn't work on our four dogs especially the boxer, lol. These don't work and if you have large dogs you end up giving them about two-three pills a piece. DON'T BUY...

We tried a few different things to get our dog to stop eating her poop with no success. These pills worked right away and she thinks they are a treat. She loves getting two per day. I never thought I'd be so happy so smell her normal dog breath in my face!

my dog doesn't like this so he refuse to eat it. I have shihtzu/maltease mix, and i give him half a pill twice a day.

unfortunately, even when i force it down on him, he still eats his poop.

I've tried powder one (which he absolutely HATES!!!), this pill form, banana, apple, spraying pepper on his poop (he won't eat the peppered one, but not eating never became a habit..)... and nothing worked...:(

so maybe it's just my puppy, but no success here.

Our little Teddy Bear Hybrid Shichon loves his poop! It's like a full-on buffet for him.

So thought we'd try these and despite weeks of trying .. these had no effect at all!

Off to try other things

Only one of our four dogs was eating poo, and it seems to have stopped her, but it made one of my other dogs START eating poo. Voraciously. It's also made them all slightly constipated, so we're discontinuing using this product.

I use this product to deter my two chihuahuas from eating feces. It has proven effective, but is expensive when treating two dogs.

Well my frenchies and bostons have a nasty habit of eating feces and I was desparate to stop it and tried this product. They loved the taste and enjoyed hearing me open the bottle in the morning but it did nothing for their nasty habit which still leaves me disgusted. There must be something out there that works, HELP!!!