The colon and large intestine
hold dog feces before it is expelled from the body.
Not exact matches
Some leave the young
dog alone too many hours, which either teaches the
dog to
hold its
feces and urine for too many hours (and getting comfortable with being full and not emptying themselves, and thus never signaling they have to go potty), or causing health problems because the
dogs aren't relieving themselves frequently enough.
Finally, there may be no other reason than he is a
dog; it is thought this is a
hold - over behavior from the
dog's ancestors that necessitated eating of
feces in order to not draw the attention of predators.