For-Bid Stool Eating Deterrent for Dogs & Cats – Vet-Recommended Coprophagia Deterrent for Dogs for 50+ Years – Effective, Pet Safe, Helps Reduce Odors & Won't Alter Food Taste – Made in The USA

Works well to discourage and stop my dog from eating poop. Product must be administered to all dogs in the house.

So, I think that I can safely assume that this product does indeed make the poop taste terrible. However, it really backfires because, as I sort of suspected would be the case, it also makes the food taste terrible. So, it just teaches the dog to choke down the product in order to eat their dinner, which would only accustom them to the taste and I don't see how it could be an effective deterrent overall.I think that it could work quite well if the dog is eating poop later, but in my case, I pick up all poops immediately. My dog was pooping, turning around and immediately eating it before I could get it scooped up and thrown away in the trash (or flushed down the toilet). But if your situation is different from mine, and you can sprinkle this product on poop to prevent the dog from eating it later on (in which case it seems easier to just pick up the poop anyway), then this could be an effective deterrent. But apart from putting it into capsules and feeding it to the dog that way, I don't see how feeding it to the dog orally would deter them from eating poop later with the product in it. I actually did consider getting some empty capsules and doing just that, because I do think that could work quite well. She really was obviously choking down her food with the product sprinkled on it as directed, so the taste is obviously quite awful. But teaching them to tolerate that taste seems counterproductive. And sort of mean.

For-Bid for puppy or adult dog stool eating. I tried this on my dog. It is easy to apply in easy to use measured packets and the taste was not offensive to my dog, all things considered! It was ineffective fr my dog in the month I used it. Don't know if it takes longer to work systemically on them, bt on vets advice I switched her diet for more nutrition in her diet and immediate pick up at every bowel movement outdoors and she seems to have outgrown this habit as she gets older.

Finally something that worked for my lil poop eater! I tried other coprophagia tips and tricks including pineapple, and she just kept on lapping up the brown gold like it was the best thing she'd ever eaten in her life. Having my super cute puppy with her perfect lil white chin covered in dookie was gag inducing and puppy kisses were out of the question. I was so good at picking up her stinky presents as soon as possible, but the second I wasn't fast enough, down the hatch they went. Her veterinarian finally said, "I haven't heard a lot of effectiveness with ForBid, but you could give it a try." I wasn't expecting any good to come of it, but it worked!!! She doesn't have any issue with me mixing it into her food and since the 2nd day I started giving it to her, has stopped devouring her poops!! For the first couple of days she would look at her turds with longing, but didn't so much as sniff it. Now she drops a load and simply walks away. I couldn't be happier and will continue giving it to her for life if I have to. I give her 1/2 a tsp. twice a day and my only gripe is that I wish it came in a month sized jar, but that's a preference on my part, not a knock on the product.

I went through both boxes of this product in an attempt to get my golden retriever from eating his (and his brother's) poop in the back yard. This product certainly had an effect; my dog went from happily munching on poop to still eating the poop, but now he had a sad, sour, and slightly annoyed face while eating poop. By the end of the second box of powder, my dog had apparently gotten used to the new taste... it didn't slow him down at all. So it didn't work for me. I ended up buying capsaicin spray and spraying all of the piles of poop in the yard to stop him. Even still, when he finds a pile that's fresh, he'll go to town on it. Gross.Good luck to you all!

Smells so I’m sure in theory it should work HOWEVER, it didn’t work for my dog. It works for her first poop of the day. But she still eats some of her poops the rest of the day. I have a 1yo female frenchie. Vet said some dogs just wanna eat their poop. She gets a multi vitamin powder with breakfast, daily, so it’s not a nutritional deficiency & she doesn’t have worms.

We have five dogs in our kennel. I breed Border Collies. We have one darling that started eating his own poo (coprophagia) and branched out into eating everyone else's poo. Not sanitary or healthy and just an ugly habit. After having him visit the Vet to make sure there was nothing physically behind him eating poo (or practicing Pica because of health reasons), we found this product on Amazon, asked the Vet for approval and started a trial on all the dogs. It works. Simply put, it is very effective if used as directed on the package. The powder has no smell and the taste must be neutral because they all eat it on top of their regular food with no problem. To me, with five dogs, this is the healthy way to address the problem of coprophagia and very necessary to maintain each dog's health. The number of servings is perfect for the advised treatment schedule on the box. We notice NO uncomfortable stools with each dog. There is a tapering schedule on the box to wean them down when poo eating stops, and a schedule for maintenance if you notice the problem happening again. Price point is competitive with other vendors so we buy it here on Amazon.

I have a Golden who after 5 years starting eating you know what, and around the same time another Golden starting doing the same. I used sixes boxes of For-Bid with no apparent effect. Maybe it works for some dogs, but in my case it was a complete waste of money.Update: After leaving my review, Alpar Laboratories contacted me to offer me a refund on one of my orders. I accepted and they quickly processed the refund. While For-Bid did not work for me, Alpar's offer was a stand-up thing to do. I am changing my rating from 1 to 3 stars because this indicates that if it does not work, Alpar will refund your purchase. Thanks Alpar!