ewe. buddy eats cat poops too. Our cat’s are even disgusted by it. We also have a cat that eats bugs.
You know, dogs are great. So our kitties. I like them more than most people
I’m going to assume the monthly worming pill he gets will rid his intestine of whatever parasites have attached themselves to his poo-lined stomach.
Acidophillus huh? I think I took some during pregnancy. Does this mean he’ll have an easier labour too?
TXJumper - You have a borzoi? My instructor has had a couple also. Majorly laid back, really people dogs(“I’ll just stand here, leaning on you, and you can pet me forever”)and surprisingly good at catching the barn vermin. Great dogs! And, yes, they both loved dog and horse poop.
(someday I am going to make a post without ending up having to edit it, argh)
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Heidi, Canter, I am having a deja vu. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Sort of like, been there dung that.
Boy, what a great topic to read right after eating!!! 
Actually, my lab sounds downright moderate in her poop-eating habits…only very very fresh horse poop will do for her – and at least she doesn’t roll in dead seagulls down at the beach, a favorite pastime of several other dogs I had. That is just tooo nasty.
Apparently so does my three year old. He’ll only behave when you call him by his, ‘doggie name, mommy’. Just hope he doesn’t inherit real puppy’s nasty habit…oh god what a thought. Perhaps a new thread is needed, what to do with the horse poo consuming toddler. YUCK!
Rye,
Could you expound on the horse eating horse poo situation? My gelding has just started this disgusting-to-me habit. I hadn’t started the research of why. Maybe you can save me some hours of sifting through info.
Cause, imbalance, preventitives, cures?
Thanks,
Kate
My horse loves it. My old dog thought it was a great delicacy. Whoda thunk?
On a separate droppings-related note, did you know that there are actually books with poo photos from wild animals? So that when you’re out in the wild, you know what was there first. I think it’s called sketology (yah, the study of poo).
Calico is like me, we have to know this stuff for our work. I just thank god my autoclave is put to more conventional uses.
Though if you want to swap gross stories about poo, work in a situation where you have to dispose of radioactive poo. There is a thrill.
Here is a transcript of an actual conversation I had with a client while working at the animal hospital.
Client: I’m having a problem with Fluffy.
Me (desperately trying to figure out who Fluffy is): What’s the problem?
Client: I just got a cat.
Me (guessing that Fluffy’s a dog): Don’t they get along?
Client: No, they get along fine. It’s just that, well, you know."
Me (thinking about all I need to do and getting impatient. Ok, I’m not the nurturing type): No, I don’t know. What’s the problem?
Client: Er, well, you know, the cat has a litter pan and (long painful silence ensues).
Me (getting the picture): You mean Fluffy is cleaning the litter pan? (said with fiendish delight).
Client (relieved): Exactly. Why does Fluffy do this?
Me: Because Fluffy’s a dog and dog’s like to clean litter pans. Be happy. At least you don’t have to do it.
Nina (who has a really great and true story about a dog, a tick, flea spray and a match)
I don’t know about dogs, by horses eat each others poop when the internal “good” bacteria in the gut is low.
Reilly did this and I was totally grossed out that my precious horsie could do something so gross. I gave him some Probiotic paste and it stopped the poop-munching.
Maybe dogs are similar?
I reaaly don’t know what to do.
My friends dog is obsessed with eating the pieces of cut hoof when the farriers are there. He usually proceeds to barf them up latter that night.
Hey thanks Rye. Having just stocked up on fruit yogurts to keep me out of the ice cream carton, I think I will share with Bud. My lord the horse eats anything. Bute straight in his oats, nothing slows him down Bet he will be looking for more.
Again thanks for the info.
Actually, the term for horses eating horse poo is coprophelia. I have no idea what its called when we’re talking dogs eating poo of many species. My first JRT took great delight not only in eating horse poo, but more especially in rolling in it, the sloppier the better. His little (formerly) white self was always extremely pleased when he managed to sneak a roll in, and the horses always seemed very amused at “that silly dog.” All litter box containing rooms in my house are equipped with baby gates to keep the dogs out. Has the added bonus of increasing human flexibility when stepping over gate to use facilities.
Louise, Hoopoe, et al – I just hope nobody is using the autoclave to steam poo and then using it to sterilze instruments.
Paddy’s Mom, my darling Creature will even go in and start scratching to cover up the other cats’ debris. I got her and her sister Monster from the shelter when they were only 7 weeks old, so I blame it on toilet training too soon.
Another poo disposal story – One of my cats had a thyroid problem and had to have his thyroid injected with radioactive isotopes (See the Amazing Glow in the Dark Kitty!). He had to stay at the special fancy pet hospital for 5 days until he was no longer radioactive, then for the next week I had to clean his box wearing gloves. I couldn’t throw out the trash from it for a couple of weeks after that to give it a chance to neutralize, otherwise it would set off the radioactivity detectors at the city landfill.
Then a few months later one of the young attorneys in our office also had a thyroid problem and had to have the same treatment and he was doomed because we all knew what the procedure involved. He got no end of grief about how he had to handle his radioactive disposal issues…
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Apparently so does my three year old. He’ll only behave when you call him by his, ‘doggie name, mommy’. Just hope he doesn’t inherit real puppy’s nasty habit…oh god what a thought. Perhaps a new thread is needed, what to do with the horse poo consuming toddler. YUCK!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
heidi, I know horse poo takes the proverbial cake but consider the dog food eating toddler. How many times did I catch my youngest with his hand in the canine equivalent of a cookie jar? Yuck.
My Dad, a self-taught candymaker once played a joke on my Mother. He was making truffles one day and as a joke, went out back and gathered up a few “road apples” Oh yes. He dipped them in chocolate and gave one to my Mother to taste.
Did I mention that they’ve been divorced for 20-odd years?
Actually, I shouldn’t joke. An old boyfriend of mine contacted thyphoid fever as a toddler and almost died. Seems his mama couldn’t keep him out of the cat food. And cats carry typhus.
Ga-ross.
Dogs eating hoof trimmings from the farrier can be a big problem. You can understand why they eat the trimmings, right? Pick up one and smell it. Nothing more appetizing to a dog that the odor of slightly decaying flesh. Especially high on canine taste-lists is slightly thrushy frog trimmings. But they throw up the stuff because it’s indigestible. My neighbor’s lab ate some hoof trimmings and had to have emergency abdominal surgery because it caused an impaction. So rake up those trimmings! But on the barfing dog topic: we had a really cool Boxer that chased all kinds of varmints out of the barn/tackroom. Once, on Thanksgiving, when all our relatives were visiting “the ranch” the Boxer must’ve caught a skunk, because he came bounding in the door (very Boxer-like), said “hi” to everyone, then proceeded to barf up a partially digested skunk on my mom’s living room rug! Needless to say, the odor didn’t mesh well with the stuffing and mashed potatoes. Ah, life with dogs and horses!
I can top ALL of y’all “gross” stories…
One of my golden retrievers ate his fill of “horsey McTenders”, got ill and threw it ALL up in my dining room. Then my other golden came by, saw what happened, and procceded to “clean up” the mess from the first dog.
Even Frank Zappa at his best couldn’t top that one !
Hoopoe, what is an autoclave?
I have never met a dog that didn’t like to eat horse poo. My vet told me that it is harmless. Basically, to a dog, horse poo tastes good. It isn’t a lack in diet or anything. When you think of waht your horse eats… sweet feed, alfalfa, grass, carrots, apples, oats, etc… all sweet things. So basically, the poo tastes good. (Not that I know from personal experience 
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