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Why Does My Dog... Eat Poop?
Vet Street via Yahoo! Shine ^ | Wed, Apr 23, 2014 | Dr. Patty Khuly

Posted on 04/24/2014 9:29:22 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

Dog eats poop. Pet owner gags. Dog eats poop again. Pet owner runs screaming from the room.

Yes, it's disgusting. Yes, it's potentially unhealthy. And, yes, it's fairly common in the animal world.

A pup will eat his own poop for a number of reasons:

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; napl; poop
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To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows; Salamander; Norm Lenhart; TheOldLady; 50mm
"I'm Ready!"

(POOP you never let us down!)


61 posted on 04/25/2014 3:50:35 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

An older guy was telling me one time about how faithful a companion a dog is.

He said: “Try this sometime. Lock your dog in the trunk of your car for a day, lock your wife in a closet for a day, then let me know which one licks you when you let them out..”

Oddly, I found myself wondering if he’d actually tried it himself!


62 posted on 04/25/2014 3:57:11 AM PDT by IamConservative
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To: IamConservative

Define “lick.”


63 posted on 04/25/2014 4:10:11 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi
Define “lick.”

I've wondered if he was that clever myself. He probably was. It was years ago. I think more highly of old farts now that I am one..

64 posted on 04/25/2014 4:18:49 AM PDT by IamConservative
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To: Slings and Arrows
Why Does My Dog... Eat Poop?

It tastes better than your cooking?

65 posted on 04/25/2014 4:35:06 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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To: Slings and Arrows
This is how dogs view a litter box.
66 posted on 04/25/2014 4:56:03 AM PDT by dgbrown
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To: shibumi

You’re right. My bad. But isn’t it Bush’s fault that Bundy is killing desert tortoises with his cattle?


67 posted on 04/25/2014 4:58:13 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

No, no, no.

The Desert Tortoises are dying from grief because queers can’t get married in all 57 States.


68 posted on 04/25/2014 5:03:35 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

My dog loves cat poop too but he knows enough to stay away from the litterbox. My only consolation is he gets wormed regularly so the vet says not to worry.


69 posted on 04/25/2014 5:04:22 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Please support efforts in your state for an Aticle 5 convention.)
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To: Rebelbase

I remember a “Law and order” episode where the murder weapon was stashed into a doggie bag along with the day’s “deposit”. The cops talked to the perp, and didn’t look in the bag because it was filled with poop! :-)

So, the perp with the puppy poop persuaded the police that he was perfectly pure.


70 posted on 04/25/2014 5:07:53 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
I have only had one dog that ate his own poop and he was a JRT. All of the others think rabbit poop is a delicacy. “Yum,mom, look what the rabbits left for us!”
71 posted on 04/25/2014 5:29:34 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Slings and Arrows

Homos would say “because it’s natural”.


72 posted on 04/25/2014 5:40:33 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Slings and Arrows

I have heard that dogs eat poop because it has undigested food in it. I would guess cat poop has more “left over” food that other poop.


73 posted on 04/25/2014 5:49:39 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Take to vet. May have worms.


74 posted on 04/25/2014 5:53:10 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Why do dogs roll in smelly things?
1) Dogs have an acute sense of smell
2) Dogs are hunters
3) When hunting they know they need to smell like anything but a dog
Just like a human deer hunter would never spray themselves with AXE spray before going out


75 posted on 04/25/2014 5:54:32 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: IamConservative

Why Some Men Have a Dog And No Wife:

1. The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you.

2. Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another dog’s name.

3. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor.

4. A dog’s parents never visit.

5. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.

6. Dogs find you amusing when you’re drunk..

7. Dogs like to go hunting and fishing.

8. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, “If I died, would you get another dog?”

9. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away.

10. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert.

11. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don’t get mad. They just think it’s interesting.

And last, but not least:

12. If a dog leaves, it won’t take half of your stuff.

To test this theory:
Lock your wife and your dog in the garage for an hour.
Then open it and see who’s happy to see you.


76 posted on 04/25/2014 6:00:35 AM PDT by panaxanax
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To: Sivad

And to add:

Cats are libertarians.
Kittens are radical anarchists.


77 posted on 04/25/2014 6:07:25 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

If your dad had lost it, the pooch probably would have been happy to clean it up for him.


78 posted on 04/25/2014 6:08:56 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Ditter

I grew up in the country, and my dad usually had a few cattle on the property. Our dogs loved fresh cattle manure.


79 posted on 04/25/2014 6:12:15 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: panaxanax

Also, a dog won’t get upset if you say his mother is a bitch.


80 posted on 04/25/2014 6:13:16 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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