Why does my dog eat tissues?
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Dogs who eat nonfood items, which include tissues and tissue paper, have a condition called pica. Dogs can develop pica from not receiving enough nutrients from their regular diet, from boredom or because their odd eating habit turned into a compulsion
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Behavior always has a function. And behavior is driven by consequences. Of course the answer so many times is 'it depends'. If pica has been ruled out a more common possibility is that they learned to because of our response. Most of the time we teach them it gets attention. So it works for them.