My Dog Brought Me Some Poop
Michael S. Malley
are not food, and that destroying the litter-box liner and scattering litter
everywhere is not considered redecorating.
Well, last night I was sitting on the floor and he come trotting up to me,
bows his head, and drops a piece of cat poop beside me--just like when he
brings his ball during fetch. Well, I told him NO, and went to check out
the litter box. To my surprise, the litter box was undisturbed and there
was cat poop in it.
Upon reflection I wonder if he was doing it to:
a) Let me know that he was a good boy and didn't eat the poop even though he
could have.
b) Let me know that the litter needs cleaning or he might do it for me.
or
c) Here Daddy, try some of this and maybe you will understand why I like it!
Still wondering,
Michael :-)
Kim
When you get your answers , please post them. My 2 dogs love doing their
"chores"!!
Kim
Michael S. Malley wrote in message ...
Case Dekker
>
> I've been working with my black lab pup to teach him that kitty-crunchies
> are not food, and that destroying the litter-box liner and scattering litter
> everywhere is not considered redecorating.
>
> Well, last night I was sitting on the floor and he come trotting up to me,
> bows his head, and drops a piece of cat poop beside me--just like when he
> brings his ball during fetch. Well, I told him NO, and went to check out
> the litter box. To my surprise, the litter box was undisturbed and there
> was cat poop in it.
>
>
> a) Let me know that he was a good boy and didn't eat the poop even though he
> could have.
>
> b) Let me know that the litter needs cleaning or he might do it for me.
>
> or
>
> c) Here Daddy, try some of this and maybe you will understand why I like it!
>
> Still wondering,
>
> Michael :-)
Mark Calhoun
Thank you for the laughs!!!! I don't have any advice for you-- just had to
respond to let you know how funny it was!!!!! I have a yellow lab, and I can
picture the "HEY DAD LOOK WHAT I DID! I"M A GOOD BOY HUH? GOOD BOY HUH? YEAH
GOOD BOY HUH? WANT ANYTHING ELSE DAD? I'LL GET IT DAD! I'M A GOOD BOY HUH?"
look on his face! Labs-- born to please (or at least try to)!
Thanks! :-)
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Jerry Howe
Sounds like a negative attention getting device. He may have been hoping you'd
chastise him for it. I hope you didn't fall victim to his ploy.
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dogsnus
>
> Hey Mike,
>
> When you get your answers , please post them. My 2 dogs love doing their
> "chores"!!
The simplest answer, since dogs do not do this out of any emotional
punishment at all to you, is to buy a pooper scooper and simply
pick it up on a twice daily basis. The pooer the quality of
food, the more often the dog poops.
If the poop isn't there, they can't eat it nor bring it to you.
Plus, you can see for yourself if the dog has problems just by
looking at the poop.
Problem solved.
Terri
S & A
The original poster was talking about the dog eating/bringing her CAT
feces, not it's own.
Alison
Leroy
Vet has powder (MSG).
Kim
box all day making sure that I scoop as soon as my cat poops. I clean the
box at least 3X a day. My dogs still find the poop and carry it around.
Kim
dogsnus <"Terri"@cyberhighway .net> > wrote in message
<7dul9n$c...@news1.newsguy.com>...
Michael S. Malley
YEAH
>GOOD BOY HUH? WANT ANYTHING ELSE DAD? I'LL GET IT DAD! I'M A GOOD BOY HUH?"
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
That <sniff> was <hehehe> the best <sigh>!
Thanks right back at you.
Michael
dogsnus
>
> Gosh, how smart you are.
Thanks. But, it's really called common sense, not smarts...
I suppose that I need to hang around the litter
> box all day making sure that I scoop as soon as my cat poops. I clean the
> box at least 3X a day. My dogs still find the poop and carry it around.
What are you feeding your cat that it poops 3 times a day?
And, what does that tell you?
Hint:
(On urth, it means to keep the cat box away from dogs).
I'm not sure what that means in your village, though.
It's really very simple. If the dog cannot have access to
cat poop it can't bring it to you.
Does that simplicity escape you?
Terri
jp...@wma.com
>The pooer the quality of
>food, the more often the dog poops.
Umm, really?
I thought it depended on the dog.
I'm using Nutro Max Puppy, and one dog goes 4x, the other only 2x
(Not flaming, actually really curious)
blac...@dog-play.com
box out of the reach of the dogs? I have five cats, and four cat boxes
and two dogs and several different methods of keeping the cat boxes out of
their reach. Now I figure you are going to skewer me for offering just as
obvious advice as Terri did. But if you are having a tough time figuring
out HOW to keep the cat box out of the reach of the dog look at
http://www.dog-play.com/kittybox.html - but you will have to take the
*ideas* and adapt them. And if you don't like the suggestions don't
bother complaining about it
Diane Blackman
di...@dog-play.com http://www.dog-play.com
- - - - - - - - -
"If others' interpretations either bother us or recur, we owe it to
ourselves and our dogs to reevaluate our own orientation carefully. If we
find ourselves becoming angry and defensive, chances are our own
interpretations are the incorrect ones. "The Body Language and Emotion of
Dogs" by Myrna M. Milani, DVM.
Kim <kimb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
: Gosh, how smart you are. I suppose that I need to hang around the litter
: box all day making sure that I scoop as soon as my cat poops. I clean the
: box at least 3X a day. My dogs still find the poop and carry it around.
: Kim
Randy&Cindi
some extra feet to get in, but it keeps the dogs out!! Cindi
Kim wrote in message <7e06ai$2j2$1...@samsara0.mindspring.com>...
dogsnus
>
> I put a lid on the cat box and turned it towards the wall, the cat had to go
> some extra feet to get in, but it keeps the dogs out!!
Kewl! Common sense prevails on some parts of planet urth!
I had a dog get a blockadge once from eating cat litter
and cat poop. I learned my lesson fast and hard.
He spent the entire weekend at the emergency clinic
and cost several $$$$!
Thank doG for this new( at that time), emergency clinic!
Terri
LilCanaan
I have a litter box with a hood and the opening faces the toilet. The cats go
behind and under the toilet tank to enter the litter box and the dogs can't
fit. Of course, it wouldn't work with little dogs.
Julie
Lynn
otherwise your dog is going to eat the poop. It sounds as though you're not
cleanng it enough. You might consider doing it at least twice a day.
It's hard to tell why your dog did it, although I must say what you described
was pretty cute. I'm thinking he brought it to you to show that it was there -
in the litter box. The way I figuer it, is dogs are somewhat like children. You
don't put temptation in front of them, then punish them when they go for it. You
remove the tempation. I don't know why dogs like cat poop. Mine does too, so I
check the litter box probably 4-5 times a day. You don't have to do a whole
cleaning every time - just remove the poop. It only takes a second, and the
problem is solved. Sounds like youre doing a good job training your dog not to
eat it, but as I said, I'd remove temptation.
Lynn
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:14:35 -0800, "Michael S. Malley"
<msmalley[remove]@teleport.com> wrote:
>:/I've been working with my black lab pup to teach him that kitty-crunchies
>:/are not food, and that destroying the litter-box liner and scattering litter
>:/everywhere is not considered redecorating.
>:/
>:/Well, last night I was sitting on the floor and he come trotting up to me,
>:/bows his head, and drops a piece of cat poop beside me--just like when he
>:/brings his ball during fetch. Well, I told him NO, and went to check out
>:/the litter box. To my surprise, the litter box was undisturbed and there
>:/was cat poop in it.
>:/
>:/Upon reflection I wonder if he was doing it to:
>:/
>:/a) Let me know that he was a good boy and didn't eat the poop even though he
>:/could have.
>:/
>:/b) Let me know that the litter needs cleaning or he might do it for me.
>:/
>:/or
>:/
>:/c) Here Daddy, try some of this and maybe you will understand why I like it!
>:/
>:/Still wondering,
>:/
>:/Michael :-)
>:/
>:/
jsbaird
They don't eat their own stuff BUT will eat the horse manure in the barn.
All dogs eat that stuff. YUk. But sorry I can't tell you why. Possibly a
lack of a certain vitamin? By the way they leave the cow stuff alone. Smells
too bad I guess.
Jen
Lynn wrote in message <3703a383...@news.earthlink.net>...
brent
Cindy Tittle Moore wrote in message <7e0mmi$g8f$1...@hiram.io.com>...
>"Kim" <kimb...@mindspring.com> writes:
>
>>
>
>Put the litter box out of reach of the dogs but not the cats. For
>example: Up on a shelf if the dogs are small. Behind a catsized door
>in a closet if the dogs are large. In a room where the access is barred
>by a babygate (assuming the dogs respect the babygate).
>
my dog (rottie) doesn't eat my cat's poop but he likes to chase my cat into
the box and then knock it all over .. cat and litter .. so i put it into a
spare room (closet would work) and blocked the room with a pet gate (cat
accessible) .. works like a charm .. no access for dog .. no problem ..
j0sepf...@gmail.com
cshenk
5 days a week' means.
BTW, if you can use normal case, it helps to read you easier. It's ok
though if you can't.
j0sepf...@gmail.com
sto...@gmail.com
> RIGHT CSHECK FIRST OF ALL IM A BIT OFFENDED AT UR GRAMMAR AND UR INABILITY TO KNOW WHAT SIXTHFORM IS. I MEAN AFTER ALL WERE ON GOOGLE. AND BTW. MY EYE SIGHTS SO BAD THAT I HAVE TO USE CAPS AND NOW UVE TRIGERED ME AND IM QUITE UPSET. SO IN ONE MONNTH IM LITERALLY MOCKED FOR BEING BLIND AND MY DOG BRINGS ME CAT SHIT. FUCCKING BRILLIANT. ALSO U NEED A TRANSLATION? BUT U ACNT EVEN SPELL JOSEPH RIGHT. FUCKING TERRIBLE AND IM REALLY UPSET U CAN MOCK ME LIE THIS. WHEN WILL U LEARN. THAT UR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES? ALSO A BIT WEIRD HOW U STALKED THIS 1999 FORUM JUST TO REPLY TO ME. ANYWAYS GTG BEFORE MY DOG BRINGS ME CAT SHIT AGAIN
cait....@yahoo.com
cshenk
Also, I didnt mock you, I only said if you can post in not all caps, it
was easier to read but if you can't it was fine.
I have not 'tracked you' at all. I replied to a recent post, not that
there are many here.
I am totally happy if you want to use caps because it works best for
your visual needs. If you want, I will try to remember to use them as
well to make reading me easier when I reply to you.
You have me wrong. In 1987 I organized the first disability support
computer conference section in San Diego for visual and physical needs
at their main expo. We brought in 40 computers and demo'd it all. I
was a beta tester for some 30 screen reader products.
I remain active today in a smaller role of building computers with
screen readers and gifting them off for free to the local area.
cshenk
lock, it was ok. I have enough experience in the field to recognize it
might be visual issues but did not assume since he had not said so.
cshenk
particular year set of grades as we call them in the USA.
Did this international rec.pets.dogs.behavior group get crossed by
someone to a UK only set and we do not know it? If so, that would
explain why a USA person did not recognize the term.
j0sepf...@gmail.com
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cshenk
You are replying to very old 1999 messages.
cshenk
forum, you are replying to the older messages maintained by your
newsgroup server instead of current traffic.
cshenk
only one 'attacking' is you, including foul language aimed at me in
several of your messages.
cshenk
taking it out on others who have given you no harm or even a harsh
word, is not right.
I will not be apologizing for your abusive language at me. My age is
not your concern other than I gather 'older than you'. I joined the US
Navy in 1983.
cshenk
attack innocent members of this group. We were slowly growing back bu
no one is typing now here due to the abuse levels of the posts. Asking
me is I am here to 'jack off to dogs eating...' is deliberately rude in
the extreme.
cshenk
rude about it. You are however.
You are gay? Fine, but what that has to do with trump voters or me is
some hidden mystical part of your own head.
This forum has not been inactive since 1999. You probably pulled the
archives wrong.
j0sepf...@gmail.com
cshenk
looking for reaction and messing with this small calm group.
If you have an actual question on dog behavior and how to work with it,
please ask. That is what this group is about.
