Owner is convinced her puppy has Pica and I don't know how else to explain this to her.

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Lolol sometimes I just have to laugh at the things that pet owners come up with. Has this person never spent any time around a dog? It's shocking how dumb people can be sometimes. Lol just try to get a laugh out of it if you can!

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Explain to her that puppies are like children and they put things in their mouth they shouldn’t and they are teething. Tell her to get toys that are appropriate for chewing and redirect the dog to chew those instead.

All you can do is to continue to educate her on what pica is and that her dog does not have it.

Easy to mistake a normal puppy's curious behavior for pica. If she's really convinced about it though, I would suggest letting her puppy get a blood test to prove that nothing's wrong.

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