When my cat goes to the loo in the garden, our golden retriever eats what our cat has done. Really gross I know but how do we stop her from doing it??
2007-03-16 03:52:56 · 12 answers · asked by Les-Paul 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Try putting either pepper or chilli powder on it should do the trick .
2007-03-16 03:58:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It won't do your dog any harm. Dog's are pretty foul when it comes to things like this. If you are worried I would suggest consulting your vet to make sure your dog isn't suffering from any deficiencies in her diet.
Don't let her lick you though!
Here's some info I found:
If your dog eats the faeces from another animal it is more difficult to stop as you don't have any control over where the faeces are. Some people have found spiking faeces with chilli peppers or other unpalatable substances is enough to put their dog off for life.The only other alternative is training an alternative behaviour by preventing any successful eating and rewarding leaving the faeces. Also, while training you will need to stop him from ever being successful - he must not even get a small mouthful - which means training will need to take place initially on a lead.
Remember also that dogs are historically scavengers, and this is believed to be a scavenger behavior. This behavior is normal for a mother dog with pups. Patience is the key here. You are asking your dog to stop performing a natural and rewarding behaviour as far as your dog is concerned.
2007-03-16 13:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by jane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs do this because they like it - cat poo is the dog equivalent of truffles! Sorry, not much help but just to say it is not poisonous, she won't come to any harm as long as both the dog & cat are wormed regularly.
2007-03-16 11:37:18 · answer #3 · answered by anwen55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't let the dog out when the cat is doing the toilet.Cats normally cover up their mess but if yours doesn't bury it yourself or pick it up and bin it.If you can't do this you shouldn't be keeping animals.
2007-03-16 11:10:11 · answer #4 · answered by sanny 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
call her away, and give her a treat. put her on the lead, walk past the poo, and jerk the lead away when she goes to eat it, and give her a treat.
shell soon start comeing to you for a tasty treat instead of foul tasting poo.
don[t forget, they are animals!!!
2007-03-16 12:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by nymaatra_horakte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
2007-03-16 10:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by Katie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
STOP!!!!!! her doing it straight away, cat faeces is extremely poisonous and should not be ate by man or beast.
I let my dog lick my **** clean but theres not much left when im finished anyway.
2007-03-16 11:10:49 · answer #7 · answered by Gdee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
put pineapple juice on cat food, dogs hate the taste and wont do it again good luck!!
2007-03-20 09:53:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pick up the poo quickly or call the dog shitey breath and he will get a complex and stop doing it
2007-03-16 10:56:38 · answer #9 · answered by tra 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she needs vitamins. there is something missing in her diet that she is finding in the garden.
2007-03-16 10:58:36 · answer #10 · answered by charlie_corral 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋