Um, my dog likes bunny poop

[idkausernamesoyeah]

hello, i recently got a dog, a chihuahua scottish terrior mutt. he is a quirky dog who seems to love chowing down on some bunny waste. i think that this is absolutely disgusting and would lovesome reasons that he does this and how to fix it if its an issue?

 

[NumsAquariums]

put a doggy gate between the rabbit room and his free roam space or separate them until the rabbit is done roaming, clean up after him then let the doggy go

 

[JamesVader]

Lol this is not doglore.com
It’s FishLore.com lol

 

[SM1199]

Because it's yummy!

No, really, dogs think poop is awesome. Mine eats coyote poop any chance she gets and eats her own poopsicles once they've frozen under the snow.

If you're talking about a domestic bunny sharing the home, then the solution will only be as good as your cleaning/separating skills as NumsAquariums has mentioned. If you're talking about wild bunny poop that your dog has access to, the only thing that could realistically stop him is not being loose/unsupervised in areas that have wild bunnies.

JamesVader, this thread was posted in the "dogs" forum and is an appropriate thread to create here.

 

[Kitley]

awww....your pooch is so sweet!

 

[Fisch]

Normal animal behaviour....cat poop, poopsicles, deer turds...you name it.
Being faster is the secret

 

[HakeyrKelly]

He probably just does it because to him it tastes good. He could be lacking vitamins so he's going to poop for it, but with it not being his I reackon he thinks it's just a little chocolate drop lol. Could be a behavioral issue in that he knows he gets attention ( even bad ) when he eats the rabbit poo.

 

[LizStreithorst]

that grosses you out just wait until he rolls in something dead then jumps in bed right next to your nose.

 

[idkausernamesoyeah]

f that grosses you out just wait until he rolls in something dead then jumps in bed right next to your nose.

oh no! i really hope that doesnt happen hahahahahaha

thank u guys for the responses! to clear up confusion its outdoors! when i put him in the backyard and we play, he will randomly stop, sniff the ground, then start chomping down on it. and i mainly wanted to know that this was ok, so im glad it is. id just prefer he doesnt eat it bevause thats gross

 

[Jerome O'Neil]

First dog?

Just remember that the next time someone tries to tell you their dogs mouth is cleaner than yours.

 

[idkausernamesoyeah]

hahahahaha!

 

[DoubleDutch]

My lab eats all kinds of poop but definitely has her favourites (the ones you don't like to hear). We've tried anything but nothing will help.

 

[LizStreithorst]

All dogs love it when the cat leaves tootsie rolls in a box for them. Then to thank us for having a cat they come up and give us a big lick in the face.

 

[HakeyrKelly]

All dogs love it when the cat leaves tootsie rolls in a box for them. Then to thank us for having a cat they come up and give us a big lick in the face.

 

[idkausernamesoyeah]

lol

 

[shrimpyay]

First of all, your new pup is adorable!!! Congrats!

Second of all, that is a dog, doing a dog thing. Unfortunately. Ours, Beeves, has lately decided that dry dog food is not good enough for her. Know what is absolutely delicious and should be gobbled up like it's going out of style? Hair clippings. Her own or ours. Mud (but she won't walk in it). Dry kibble that I sweep out from under the couch with hair and dust on it. (I guess it needs...seasoning??)

Who knows what goes on in their weird little brains.

 

[ElysiumPlants]

My lab eats all kinds of poop but definitely has her favourites (the ones you don't like to hear). We've tried anything but nothing will help.

So you’re saying your lab isn’t a poop snob, but more of a poop connoisseur?

All dogs love it when the cat leaves tootsie rolls in a box for them. Then to thank us for having a cat they come up and give us a big lick in the face.

Deer Dog,

I lubz u so much i haz left u dis delectable box of tootsie rolls.

Your Pal,

Cat

 

[DoubleDutch]

So you’re saying your lab isn’t a poop snob, but more of a poop connoisseur?

Short story : When on holidays in Austria I unleashed her on a place where no other people were in sight. Within seconds she raced in a straight line to a barn about 700 yards further on the road. Knowing what was going on I ran after her (she is deaf at those times). Guess what she was eating when I arrived (mmmmm rather don't guess) . She knows her stuff uhhhhh poop.

She should be called Disgusting or Poop instead of Bliss.

 

[ElysiumPlants]

Short story : When on holidays in Austria I unleashed her on a place where no other people were in sight. Within seconds she raced in a straight line to a barn about 700 yards further on the road. Knowing what was going on I ran after her (she is deaf at those times). Guess what she was eating when I arrived (mmmmm rather don't guess) . She knows her stuff uhhhhh poop.

She should be called Disgusting or Poop instead of Bliss.

Pretty dog, but she’s got something in her teeth

IMHO, cats are way worse than dogs when it comes to doing gross things.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Pretty dog, but she’s got something in her teeth

Hahaha. That is the next story. We had to let the vet pull some teeth (paradontitis)
If that's the result of thos beaviour we don't know but she has terrible teeth.

IMHO, cats are way worse than dogs when it comes to doing gross things.

You clearly never owned a labrador then hahah

 

[MomeWrath]

I've heard it's a vitamin deficiency of some kind, but I've also heard it's just what dogs do. My sister has five dogs and six horses. Apparently horse doo is a favorite snack for her pack. lol

 

[ElysiumPlants]

Lab mix, but I’ve gotten lucky. She doesn’t do anything too gross.

 

[kanzekatores]

My dog will eat his poop in the backyard and for a while we put hot sauce on it so he wouldn’t eat it
He’s a good pooch but he’ll eat absolutely anything

 

[StarGirl]

Mine used to like the seagull poop and dead washed up fish all nasty with flies at the beach.....So nasty. She was a lab aussie mix.

 

[idkausernamesoyeah]

wow lol these stories made me laugh hahaha

 

[Fisch]

oh no! i really hope that doesnt happen hahahahahaha

thank u guys for the responses! to clear up confusion its outdoors! when i put him in the backyard and we play, he will randomly stop, sniff the ground, then start chomping down on it. and i mainly wanted to know that this was ok, so im glad it is. id just prefer he doesnt eat it bevause thats gross

May have to be carefull as there may be the transmission of worms.

 

[ElysiumPlants]

My dog will eat his poop in the backyard and for a while we put hot sauce on it so he wouldn’t eat it
He’s a good pooch but he’ll eat absolutely anything

I grow plants for a living. My collection includes over 2,000 varieties of pepper from all over the world, including most of the world’s hottest. When I make lactobacillus-fermented hot sauces, I age my mash in 6.5G plastic buckets.

If our dog is anything like the wife and I, hot sauce would just add to the appeal.

 

[kanzekatores]

I grow plants for a living. My collection includes over 2,000 varieties of pepper from all over the world, including most of the world’s hottest. When I make lactobacillus-fermented hot sauces, I age my mash in 6.5G plastic buckets.

If our dog is anything like the wife and I, hot sauce would just add to the appeal.

I don't think dogs are though, at least my dog wasn't a fan of the tabasco. Spiciness doesn't seem to be something they enjoy
Cool story about the plants though, how did you acquire all those? Do you sell them?

 

[LizStreithorst]

There's a product called Forbid that you sprinkle on their food. It makes their poop taste bad to them. It's worth a try.

 

[StarGirl]

Mine never ate her own just the stuff at the beach.

 

[ProudPapa]

I haven't seen mine eating it, but if he gets out of the yard he'll find some good fresh stuff that the cows leave behind and roll in it.

 

[HakeyrKelly]

Short story : When on holidays in Austria I unleashed her on a place where no other people were in sight. Within seconds she raced in a straight line to a barn about 700 yards further on the road. Knowing what was going on I ran after her (she is deaf at those times). Guess what she was eating when I arrived (mmmmm rather don't guess) . She knows her stuff uhhhhh poop.

She should be called Disgusting or Poop instead of Bliss.

Gosh, this brings back so many memories of are lab. As deaf as a door nob once he started to run after something that's a gorgeous dog but they're definitely handful

 

[ElysiumPlants]

I don't think dogs are though, at least my dog wasn't a fan of the tabasco. Spiciness doesn't seem to be something they enjoy
Cool story about the plants though, how did you acquire all those? Do you sell them?

My mother was a horticulturist, so I grew up in the plant industry. Had my first “serious” grow at the age of eight: something like 20 different heirloom tomato varieties, although I don’t think they were calling them that back then. I’ve been collecting plants ever since. I built my pepper collection through a chilehead website called Thehotpepper.com. Kind of reminds me of the people on these forums: just a bunch of kind, helpful people eager to share their passion with newcomers to the hobby. Did several different things for a living before it occurred to me to monetize the thing I truly wanted to be doing.

Now, I’m the horticulturist at Galloway Farm Nursery, in Miami. We specialize in rare, hard to find, exotic stuff. Basically, I get paid to do five days a week what I do two days a week for free. It’s a blast.

 

[SM1199]

IMHO, cats are way worse than dogs when it comes to doing gross things.

I work at a vet hospital and I have to disagree 100%.

With the whole curbside service thing people aren't allowed inside but their pets are. About 75% of the dogs (even the house trained and perfectly healthy ones... especially the perfectly healthy ones) pee and poop in the exam room while we're not looking. Most of those then step in it, traipse it around the room, then jump on us when we walk in and cover our clothes with it. I witnessed a 17 year old white fluffy toy poodle squirt yellow diarrhea on the floor only to turn around and try to eat it before I stopped her.

Cats, on the other hand, might very occasionally vomit in their carrier during the car ride over if they are sick. I can't recall a single time a cat, not even a sick cat, has peed or pooped while loose in the exam room.

It's a running joke now that we should only see cats until people are allowed back in the building to supervise their dogs. Half of our job now is cleaning up after the dogs and we're so sick of it. The cats are so much cleaner.

 

[kanzekatores]

I work at a vet hospital and I have to disagree 100%.

With the whole curbside service thing people aren't allowed inside but their pets are. About 75% of the dogs (even the house trained and perfectly healthy ones... especially the perfectly healthy ones) pee and poop in the exam room while we're not looking. Most of those then step in it, traipse it around the room, then jump on us when we walk in and cover our clothes with it. I witnessed a 17 year old white fluffy toy poodle squirt yellow diarrhea on the floor only to turn around and try to eat it before I stopped her.

Cats, on the other hand, might very occasionally vomit in their carrier during the car ride over if they are sick. I can't recall a single time a cat, not even a sick cat, has peed or pooped while loose in the exam room.

It's a running joke now that we should only see cats until people are allowed back in the building to supervise their dogs. Half of our job now is cleaning up after the dogs and we're so sick of it. The cats are so much cleaner.

This was not the best post to be read while I was eating my breakfast lol but hey it has been done

 

[SM1199]

This was not the best post to be read while I was eating my breakfast lol but hey it has been done

Just be happy that you're experiencing it through a description and not sight or smell! I'm so used to it that even the lingering smell won't stop me from eating my lunch. After participating in lancing goat abscesses that produced pus identical to the appearance of white cheddar Velveeta squeeze packet cheese and still wanting to eat Velveeta afterwards, my stomach is made of iron.