Judyg
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I'm going to have to try the pineapple. Nothing worse than poopy puppy breath. She is eating cat poop outside. Yuck!!
Poop Eating
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trini
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Unfortunately, to dogs I think poop smells like roses! LOL Our Kinnon loves when the tankage trucks carrying liquefied bovine nitrogenous waste pass by our house...which they do daily (except in winter) from the big dairy operation 2 miles down the road. He knows the sound of the truck's engines and long before we can see the trucks he will run to the front door and whine to be let out so he can stand on the front steps, eyes closed in total pleasure, nose to the air as he inhales that "wonderful perfume"...it really is too funny!
Kinnon...on perfume inhaling duty:
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I will never forget when Lil' Lady left a turd on the floor as a pup, and my grand girl thought it was chocolate, she was really little and so was Lil' Lady. My son
who is a germ freak, almost passed out. Boom it hit the floor and grand girl tossed it into her mouth quickly.
We all freaked out, EWWWWW, UGGGG, and so on. She never put poop in her mouth again, I wonder with a lot of EWWWWWWS that would stop a sheltie.
My two don't eat poop, Lil' Lady lets me know where one is and if the deer poop
is around. We call them land mines.
who is a germ freak, almost passed out. Boom it hit the floor and grand girl tossed it into her mouth quickly.
We all freaked out, EWWWWW, UGGGG, and so on. She never put poop in her mouth again, I wonder with a lot of EWWWWWWS that would stop a sheltie.
My two don't eat poop, Lil' Lady lets me know where one is and if the deer poop
is around. We call them land mines.
Caro
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Only my shelties are dedicated poop "search and rescue" dogs....they literally do grid searches of the yard looking for even one tiny piece I might have missed when doing cleanup. Thankfully my pommies and my collie have no interest in eating poop.
So that's got me thinking. Maybe the challenge is in finding their own food. That's a big thing for Deska, doesn't matter how skanky it is, if he found it it's got higher value than a steak. So my thought is - what if you gave them something else to look for besides poop? Like kibble?
I've never had a dog that ate poop (except for the kangaroo poo and all dogs eat that). Then Tully started eating cat poop just this year (she's 7yrs). When I used to work I would throw a handful of kibble into the yard for the dog(s) to search for during the day. Nowadays they just get an inside treasure hunt when I go out as I'm not working. Maybe that's why Tully is digging up cat poop. The added benefit of throwing kibble in the yard is the dogs confine their pooping to one area as they don't poop where I throw kibble, so it's easier to find it. And I must admit they have been pooping wherever lately.
Anyway, it's just a thought. I'd be interested if anyone wants to give it a try. Now I'm hoping someone in my class might have a poop eater so I can trial it when we start back.
trini
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Caro, I have already tried the kibble thrown in the yard, also cheerios. Actually I have wondered if the kibble and cheerios "hunts" I have done for them have helped teach them to like searching on the ground for stuff to eat and made their drive to find any tiny missed piece of poop even more intense.
Trini
I've always "cleaned up" after Zoe - during daylight hours and weather permitting but not at night or when it sub zero temperatures. I like a clean yard so my grandchildren don't have to watch their step in the back yard. Since I'm at risk for falls, night patrol or winter patrol is out of the question and Zoe has the "habit". I've asked the vet to include some "Forbid" when I pick up Zoe's thyroid RX and we'll see how that works. Thinking positive and will post results.