Why do dogs eat their own poop?

My 7 year old Cocker Spaniel likes to eat other dogs dried poop when I take him on his walks. We live in an apartment so I take him out on daily walks 4 times per day, since he only potties outside. When we are walking he can't see any dried poop (like...

Both of my dogs eat their poop all the time. One has always done it, and now the other one has picked up the habit, too. I heard to feed them pineapple with their food, but I've been doing that for a week and they're still eating it. It's the first thing...

My neighbors dogs (sweet animal shelter mutts) eat quite a bit of dog poop and I'm thinking they may be retarded. How can I know for sure? I'm worried that their behavior will rub off on my sophisticated King Charles Cavilers.

I am asking this, because my neighbor's dog likes to come over and visit us a lot. He is a chocolate Labrador-Pit Bull Mix; we play with him, and basically treat him like our own. Well, just recently, we let our cat out to play, and he used the bathroom...

yes this is a true story. I didn't actually see it, but both my brothers and one of our friends told me that this boy up the street ate his own dogs poop as a bet. The boy ...show more

2 months old puppy, goes to do her business and after that, she smells where she pooped and starts eating it, yuck! I washed her mouth when I catched her doing that..why does she do that!?!?

seriously, why? its really conserning me and my (white) tiger and i are scared for the health of my little pooky bear Geraldine.