I’m plagiarizing myself. But onto happier topics - horse poo.
We have a 6 month old lab who’s developed quite the appetite for horse droppings. Anyone have any ideas on how to deal with a rather dismaying culinary habit? As he’s still panting away after his very own (Canadian) thanksgiving weekend feast, I’m
assuming it won’t hurt his disgestive tract…
I’m plagiarizing myself. But onto happier topics - horse poo.
We have a 6 month old lab who’s developed quite the appetite for horse droppings. Anyone have any ideas on how to deal with a rather dismaying culinary habit? As he’s still panting away after his very own (Canadian) thanksgiving weekend feast, I’m
assuming it won’t hurt his disgestive tract…
I read that the reason why dogs eat the poop is because they are missing something in their diet. They prefer the poop because it’s already digested, making what they want to ingest more easily digestible. Whatever. My dog eats it too and quite frankly, there’s nothing worse than one that eats cat poop. My other LOVED it. I scold Sassy when she sneaks a pooplet and just make sure she gets regular fecal exams. Wheee!
On the topic of eating hoof trimmings - I have never seen the barn dogs puke them back up, though they seem to love them. I assumed they were edible since they sell cow hooves (or are they pig hooves) at the pet stores.
As for poop eating-My poodle kept eating the Dane’s poop (big meal) and it was ruining her social life (poop breath). The Accent is supposed to be sprinkled on the dog’s food (or the poop if you want to follow him around outside and wait until he goes but at that point it is easier to just pick it up and dispose of it)to make his poop unappetizing. While it worked with the dogs I don’t know about feeding Accent to the horse so the dogs won’t eat horse poop. My Borzoi used to find deer poop on our trail runs and stop to gobble it up. Figured its just a “dog thing”…
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…or would that be Scatology? Since bear poo is called scat?
Calico’s term is probably right…Calico you know way too much about this s**t!
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An autoclave is an extra fancy poo steamer, no added fat in those suckers. That is, unless you have one of those new, fancy chemical ones, then, who know what your dogs are eating.
My dog loves to eat horse poops too. I have no clue what to do. It’s never hurt him…
Maybe you should keep an eye out for worms though.
Buddy’s happiest day was when a horse pooped square on his head!
I have a friend whose dog is the worst poo-muncher of all time. She puts a very loose fitting cage muzzle on him when he goes to the barn. People often look at him warily, because they think he has to wear it to keep from biting, and he has learned how to get around it by thrusting his nose into a big steaming pile and then licking it off the edges, so it isn’t a perfect solution. My friend didn’t really mind the poo- eating per se, it was the poo-vomiting that happened on the bed at 2:00 am that drove her nuts!
Karla.
Of course TXJumper is right - you put it in their food! I must have been having a senior moment when I said sprinkle their poop!
Calico is right about the term for poo-eating.
Why ever would one want to steam poo?
“Anyone have any ideas on how to deal with a rather dismaying culinary habit?”
Just pray that the pooch is content with hoss poo and does not expand his tastebuds. Our canine crew is always sorting through the different pens- goat and poultry- at our place looking for extra treats. The cats indoor box is yet another stop they often make. It just gross, plain gross.
No worries about parasites though if animal is on one a day wormer or one of the anti fly products you might want to muzzle the dog.
Some dogs with pancreatic problems will do this but I think you just have a 6 month old puppy on your hands. Acidophillus might help, can’t hirt.
Keep a supply of Altoids handy. 
Sure Cakuskate.
Horses eating poo. There is an actual name for it, but I can’t recall the term.
Anyhow, after Reilly went through the Panacur Powerpack wormer, (the 5 day treament). He started munching on droppings, the vet told me that it can be common for horses that were either recently wormed, or been through some antibiotics to eat poop in an effort to restore the healthy gut bacteria. You see, the wormer or antibiotics kill the good and bad bacteria.
You can help the horse retore this bacteria, by either buying a paste of probiotics or you can try to feed the horse some yogurt. Yogurt has the healthy bacteria in it. Some horses won’t eat it, I have had luck with apple flavored and chopping up bits of real apple into it. However, I will just use the paste next time.
Hope this helps.
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Oh, well, Heidi, if you don’t feel that you are getting enough use out of the autoclave for that reason, you can also use it to sterilize hospital equipment and surgical instruments.
I work for a company that makes them. In the summer we also find that the one in the test lab works well for steaming corn (used to use the ones on the test line for steamed clams until some spoilsport at a hospital complained that they didn’t like the smell when they opened the door of their brand new and very expensive piece of equipment)
heidi! glad to see your sense of humour’s still intact! 
We’ve given up on our dog. We now refer to her fast food habits as “equine sushi” and hope to god she doesn’t develop a taste for another offensive delicacy: cow dung.
EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
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Oh yeah, that’s it - you watch what they eat, then 2 minutes later it’s “MOM! Time for Big Wet Sloppy Kissies all over Mom’s face!”
I have the opposite problem, a kitty with obsessive compulsive disorder about the cat box. I have to pull her out of the box because she won’t stop digging digging digging and throwing litter around to make sure every little speck is covered up. Of course, the cats then go clean themselves all over, including licking their own butts, and then want to give kissies too.
Dogs eat poo not because there is something lacking in their diet, but because, as scavengers, the poo, which is mostly undigested, is a meal to them. I have JRT’s and, yes, they’re major poo-eaters. I try hard to prevent it because they both vomit after ingesting it. So nasty.
Robby
Heidi, Canter, I am having a deja vu. Weird. I have found lots of interesting items in my backyard. NS Duck Toller owners of the world unite! Hoovers in motion.
Actually, I’m surprised they are both alive.
Louise, I suspected you were joking because our pup prefers the crunchy texture of the week-old hardened horse patties.
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