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eating poop
How do you stop a dog from eating poop? Not only its own, but others. Any
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"Courtney" wrote in message
... How do you stop a dog from eating poop? Not only its own, but others. Any help is kindly appreciated. IME, that's a toughie. Might help to understand that this is how the momma dog cleans up her puppies before they're weaned. So you're trying to quell a natural instinct. Clean up poop frequently, so it isn't there to eat. Try drenching poop with hot pepper stuff, chili powder. Supervise your dog carefully, and say "No!" when he tries. There are some substances to feed to dogs that are supposed to make the poop less appealing; I've never tried them. flick 100785 |
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"Courtney" said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior: How do you stop a dog from eating poop? Not only its own, but others. Any help is kindly appreciated. There are plenty of methods which work with some dogs, but the only guaranteed method is avoidance. In your yard, pick up right away; on walks, use a leash or have a good recall or "leave it." -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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According to Dr. Raymond Coppinger, all dogs are scavengers, and all
over the world, village dogs have hung around village dumps and latrines consumming garbage and turds. He figures dogs are not direct decendants of wolves, not created by neolithic man raiding wolf dens and artificailly selecting for tameness, but by a natural selection co-incident with villages and dumps, a niche filled by the creation of this energy source. Breeds came about after illness wiped out all but a new founding pair, thus Northern breeds became larger and hairier, while Southern breeds smaller, less hair. There are sitll many places in the world where "village dogs" exist, and people say they own them, but they are more like trees on their lot, not cared for, named, fed, or allowed inside. Food for thought, and a much better explanation for copography than imitating Momma cleaning up the den. You'd think with noses all powerful, this would never happen, but it is more common than you'd ever imagine, but it's just so disgusting, nobody talks about it. As for additives, Drs.Foster & Smith sell a product called "Distaste" which only works on their own turds, does nothing for those of 'others'. You'll need a "LEAVE IT" command to avoid the temptation, however you accomplish that task. Good Luck with that, as nothing is so disgusting than this! |
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Tried the pills and stuff that are out, but doesn't work. Telling them no
just makes them eat faster. Plus, they, one male and 2 females, no puppies from them. The biggest problem that I have with it, besides being gross, is that they will come in later and throw it up and it is soooo gross, worse then fresh pileof poop! The dogs are all at a different home, from the same litter, all with family. They don't seem to care about the hot stuff either, they just go to the water quicker and throw it up quicker. Thank you for the help "flick" wrote in message ... "Courtney" wrote in message ... How do you stop a dog from eating poop? Not only its own, but others. Any help is kindly appreciated. IME, that's a toughie. Might help to understand that this is how the momma dog cleans up her puppies before they're weaned. So you're trying to quell a natural instinct. Clean up poop frequently, so it isn't there to eat. Try drenching poop with hot pepper stuff, chili powder. Supervise your dog carefully, and say "No!" when he tries. There are some substances to feed to dogs that are supposed to make the poop less appealing; I've never tried them. flick 100785 |
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eating poop [ninnyboy] [jerry]
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eating poop [ninnyboy] [jerry]
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