Dumb dog won't stop eating chicken poop!

[Baggagolers]

dogs just like poop. cat poop. horse poop. cow poop.
They eat it. They roll in it. They enjoy finding new and exciting uses for it.

That about says it all. Nothing you can really do about it except......DON"T LET HIM SNEAK ATTACK YOU AND GET HIS TONGUE IN YOUR MOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nicole01]

Both my dogs eat and roll in the chicken poop outside! Bleh!

They also eat cat poop when the door to the litter boxes is left open. We specially made a door for the cats to get under, but our dogs are too big. My kids will sometimes forget to shut this door and the dogs go crazy and dig it out of the 3 litter boxes for our 3 cats before we get to it.

 

[kara_leigh]

My main concern was my dog getting sick, if that was the case I will look into fencing in the hens which I dont want to do?

I talked to my vet about this b/c when we first got our dog she would eat cow poop (then proceed to vomit it back up on our carpet *gag*) and chicken poop, and the vet said dogs just do that, and since we give her Interceptor which prevents roundworm, hook worm, and whipworm, she will be fine. She said as long as you keep the dog wormed (for me, mainly b/c she would eat cow poop), there isn't anything to worry about.

 

[Tigertrea]

dogs just like poop. cat poop. horse poop. cow poop.
They eat it. They roll in it. They enjoy finding new and exciting uses for it.

mmmmm....kitty crunchies....every dog's fave! I've heard such stories about how sneaky dogs can be to get their daily kitty crunchy!

As for them getting sick...I can't think off hand of anything chickens can pass on to dogs. Besides possible gastro-intestinal upset that is.

 

[Achickenwrangler#1]

Yes,so true, snacking happy on those kitty treats.
Recently I built a raised planter out of rr ties and cleaned out the coop into it letting it age...naturally I just dumped everything in and poop was all over the ties, where I eventually plan to sit, but just today, I noticed the rain and what else could have cleaned off the poop so nicely?! There's plenty of clean places to sit now!

 

[Amarisus]

My dog always rolls in chicken poop! I've never seen her eat it but she follows them around and she finds the biggest turd and rubs her face all over it...I don't understand! what purpose could that possibly serve!!

and the worst part is that she's only 6 lbs so one chicken turd is like half her body lol But she's never been sick from it and she does it all the time I just have to bathe her ever day

 

[jak2002003]

Its normal for a dog to do that (sigh

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Your dog won't get sick. Eating poop is part of the natural diet for dogs. He is doing you a favour cleaning up.

My poodle mix dog will eat a much as she can. I also have doves and the dog will go under the hanging cages and have a good much on all the stuff under there. Then she will come and try to give me kisses!!!!!!

 

[dainerra]

My dog always rolls in chicken poop! I've never seen her eat it but she follows them around and she finds the biggest turd and rubs her face all over it...I don't understand! what purpose could that possibly serve!! and the worst part is that she's only 6 lbs so one chicken turd is like half her body lol But she's never been sick from it and she does it all the time I just have to bathe her ever day

this one is easy. They roll in it to mask their smell. Prey animals won't be as likely to smell a predator that smells like chicken poop as they would a clean one It's just a leftover behavior from their wild hunting days

 

[Florida_country_boy]

both my dog and chickens are poop eaters. The chickens love to scratch through horse poop, and the dog loves the chicken poop.

 

[Amarisus]

this one is easy. They roll in it to mask their smell. Prey animals won't be as likely to smell a predator that smells like chicken poop as they would a clean one

It's just a leftover behavior from their wild hunting days

Ya that makes sense now that you mention it I just never imagine this dog doing anything "wild" she's got about as much prey drive as a newborn calf lol She loves everybody and everything, except other dogs

go figure...