lauren84 Â Â 11 #1 Posted April 16, 2016 Is this a normal thing? Â I am looking after my parents' dog for the weekend and I have to keep stopping her eating our cats poo! Â The cat does it in a similar area and I pick it up with a shovel regularly but now she has already figured out where the cat does it and I have already stopped her twice today from devouring it! Â She really does enjoy it which is totally disgusting and then she is coming in and trying to lick us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sedith   19 #2 Posted April 16, 2016 No worse than humans eating KFC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lauren84 Â Â 11 #3 Posted April 16, 2016 No worse than humans eating KFC? Â Are you being serious? Â I'll give you a choice, a lick off a dog after pinching it's owners KFC or a lick off the dog after eating my cats doo doo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rubydo1 Â Â 10 #4 Posted April 16, 2016 Is this a normal thing? Â I am looking after my parents' dog for the weekend and I have to keep stopping her eating our cats poo! Â The cat does it in a similar area and I pick it up with a shovel regularly but now she has already figured out where the cat does it and I have already stopped her twice today from devouring it! Â She really does enjoy it which is totally disgusting and then she is coming in and trying to lick us! Â First thing don't shout or punish the Dog it will stress it. Removing the cat poop is the easiest method . Cat poop eating can be scavenging instinct with some dogs and others they eat it because they like the taste . You can buy stuff to mix with the cat food that puts dogs off from eating it but I don't know if it works . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lauren84 Â Â 11 #5 Posted April 16, 2016 I didn't punish her but shes a little deaf now with old age so had to go out and just put my hand on her so she knew I was there and coaxed her back inside. Â I just wondered why she did it! Its not a permanent thing as Im dog sitting but she used to do it a while back when mum had a cat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
medusa   16 #6 Posted April 16, 2016 I'm afraid that this is normal for most dogs. Cats have a very short gut which is relatively inefficient at extracting nutrients from food passing through, so their poo does still have a lot of nutrients left and it's not really a huge leap for dogs, omnivores that they are, to take a very generalist approach to nutrition when it comes to cat poo that still smells of meat to them.  Can you work out a way for her not to be able to get at it? The fight to prevent it includes reducing access and working on compliance with behavioural stuff, but if this isn't your dog then I don't imagine that you'll have too much success with that in the short time you'll have her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rubydo1   10 #7 Posted April 16, 2016 I didn't punish her but shes a little deaf now with old age so had to go out and just put my hand on her so she knew I was there and coaxed her back inside. I just wondered why she did it! Its not a permanent thing as Im dog sitting but she used to do it a while back when mum had a cat.  Sorry I wasn't implying that you had I just ment that it's only natural to shout and drag them away when you see them wolfing down a cat turd . Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sedith   19 #8 Posted April 16, 2016 Are you being serious?  I'll give you a choice, a lick off a dog after pinching it's owners KFC or a lick off the dog after eating my cats doo doo!  I'll go for the lick off your dog after eating cat poo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lauren84 Â Â 11 #9 Posted April 16, 2016 Have you read the ingredients in shop bought pet food? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pitnjules   10 #10 Posted April 17, 2016 My daschunds used to do it. It's a matter of clearing the poo quickly before they get to it x Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
vwkittie   10 #11 Posted April 18, 2016 Yes it's totally normal, my dog hunts cat poops like a pig hunting for luxurious truffles  Unfortunately I have two cats as well so have to just go out and poop scoop in the garden very regularly, and watch her like a hawk out there.  And yet when my cat threw up his breakfast the other day she wouldn't touch it (which would have saved me half a job!) go figure. I guess it wasn't digested enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...