Doberman eating Horse Manure?

[peepsnbunnies]

Before I got my German Shepherd, Heidi, my neighbors cats used to use my backyard as a litterbox. I caught my dog Heidi digging it up and eating it! Gross!

Heidi is a cat chaser so those cats do not come in my backyard anymore, Thank Heavens

 

[mamaboyd]

My rotti will eat horse poo too, and he and my beagle will go and roll in the cow poo My beagle will also steal cat poop from the litter box and eat it so we had to put a baby gate up in the doorway to prevent him from getting into it. He also has the disgusting habit of getting in to the garbage and taking poopy diapers out of it and running upstairs and under my bed to eat the poop of it. I'm always feeling sick to my stomach when I have to go fetch that nasty diaper from under my bed, and we have to turn the garbage pail backwards to keep him out of it. When we go out somewhere, we have to lock the garbage in another room so he doesn't have it strewn evreywhere.

 

[RebelsHope]

You named your big bad doberman pincher Poopsie? I am surprise he isn't eating you.

Just kidding I had a dobie staying with us that was friends with my mini horses. No kidding he would "eat" hay with them. Sometime he would just lay in the middle of the hay and let the horses eat around him. One day I looked out and he take taken a bag of dog treats out to share with his equine friend.
One Native American tribe called dogs "eaters of horse poop" They just eat it. My dachies eat it, my bichon eats it. What is really great is when they roll in it.
I would not worry about the wormer. I just found out that Ivermeticin is used in dogs too. It is what is in heart worm medication.

 

[chickiepoo]

Well, I have certainly gotten an education today! " Eaters of horse poop ", huh. She certainly acted like she was enjoying it that first time we caught her. Animals are such funny people!
And actually, Poopsie is a she, and really a nickname, but with us she is, as you probably know from your friend's dobie, just a sweety-pie, but has a hissy fit even hearing someone in the yard! Even makes repeat visitors go through the same "interrogation" as a newcomer.
Thanks for the education and the reassurance!
I am so sleepy I'm about stupid!

 

[rufus]

Definately another reason not to have a dog. I like their company, but I can't deal with their nastiness. I just cringe when I see old ladies kissing their dogs.

Rufus

 

[alaskan_crew]

Chickiepoo,

My dog has been eating the chicken poop out of my compost pile! It makes me start gag just thinking about it!! No wonder why I can't get my compost pile to heat up!

 

[RebelsHope]

Oops sorry about that. The dobie we had was a boy so now they are all boys to me

 

[Standard Hen]

Yes, all my dogs have always eaten horse and chicken poop. And they love the horse hoof shavings the best after the farrier has come! Just a part of life and I have never been able to stop them.

 

[chickiepoo]

RebelsHope, I called her a he also when she was a pup. There is nothing feminine about her growl!

I've always heard that dogs have "good bacteria" in their mouth to fight the bad bacteria in what they eat. That is obviously why they can get away with this without killing themselves! I started making yogurt for the chickens and have put some in her food occasionally. I reckon I'll have to keep that up.

Yeah, Standard Hen. I leased a barn for a while from a woman who's Weimeraner loved hoof shavings also. Bad part about it was then she would throw up all night and her owner got no sleep. So, we had to clean them up carefully or get a "very sweet" little letter taped to the barn the next day!

Speaking of weird dog behavior; did y'all know that dogs can have "false pregnancy"? That's another thing I didn't know. Her first heat we watched her like hawks, she never even saw another dog. Then she starts...uddering up, for lack of a better term. Took her to the vet,,,false pregnancy! The only remedies are breeding or spaying. Not ready to breed her yet, so...now we know when she goes in and then udders up, not to worry.

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