you don't?

I saw a bumper sticker on someones car that said "I eat ass"

That's actually puzzling when you think about it. Shit is stuff that your body can't process so why are dogs so eager to eat it?

>>5114078
Ummmm... Why would I shove my nose in a dirty stinky shithole and get fecal matter on my face?

>>5114076
Most mammals do. Cats, rats, and humans all like to sniff near that area.

>>5114083
They aren’t unless you malnourish them with grainslop and allow the neurosis to develop. My dog doesnt eat or even go near shit because I fed them meat and yelled at them when they got curious with a turd.

Wild dogs and wild cats will only eat shit if its in the den, because its a means of transporting parasites away from their offspring. If its any other way there’s a disorder you or the breeder (looking at mastiff types here) allowed to develop.

>>5114200
seems like something you'd like

>>5114083
Dogs love smelly shit. They often roll in shit, dead animal carcasses, etc.

>>5114204
I've never heard of mastiff types (maybe because they're more likely to be fed a proper raw diet and unneutered) developing coprophagia and I'd naturally associate it with neurotic types

>>5114233
That makes it even more confusing.
Dogs have like 100x better nose than humans.
Shit and especially carcasses smell to the fucking sky, and the latter is absolutely unbearable.
Now imagine that 100x more intense.
They must be literally getting high on this literal shit.

>>5114204
>>5114083
Pretty sure mammals sniff butts to
>identify the other
>to quick check their health
If their butt smells off they will avoid that butt and the animal attached to it to not get sick

>>5114462
It's not just health, it's also a sexual thing. Pheromones.

>>5114076
you smell worse, coon

>>5114460
That’s what being groundbound for tens of millions of years of your evolutionary history does to you.

>>5114460
all your preferences are evolved around what your digestive system can handle

eating a rotting carcass could kill you but not a dog.