Why is my dog eating crap during walks?

Dogs might have a good sense of smell, but that doesn’t mean they have a good sense of taste. They have a knack for finding awful stuff that can make for unpleasant walks. Photo: dpa

As much as you love your dog, its innate enjoyment of unpleasant substances – food waste, animal excrement and vomit, for example – can put a strain on that emotional bond. But there are solutions.

Such behaviour dates back to the time when dogs were evolving and had to live off human waste during the domestication process.