Eating ... Everything.

We string the mouse traps so that when one goes off it causes a chain reaction. We once rehomed a yellow lab that could get into anything . She could open cupboards, the fridge even got into the freezer. We offered to take her back but the new owners loved her because she would transfuse blood for their older lab. Anyway the mouse trap trick worked. At the end they didn't even need to be set just near the area that Nala was not to get into. Unfortuneately she was too smart for her own good. They left her at a boarding kennel and they did not lock the doors properly. Nala opened them and got out and was hit by a car.

I had a dog a lab collie mix.. She was so smart she could open her cage when it was latched.. She used her tounge to slide the bolt thingie out.. And once out she could push the door open.. She escaped one day from her line.. Don't know what happened.. Prbly got ate by a coyote..

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Originally Posted by topher

I had a dog a lab collie mix.. She was so smart she could open her cage when it was latched.. She used her tounge to slide the bolt thingie out.. And once out she could push the door open.. She escaped one day from her line.. Don't know what happened.. Prbly got ate by a coyote..

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But did she eat everything ???

Oh heck ya. My slippers.. My hat.. Diapers..
What's with dogs and their obsession with dirty diapers?

Well, ya know, one of the theories on how the dog was domesticated was that they hung around early human villages eating our poop. It was a good deal for everyone: the dogs got lots of food, and we solved our earliest plumbing problems. Maybe they're just wired for it....

It's even worse when there are toddlers around. Our dog knew that she would get nothing from us at the table, but she soon learned that sitting quietly beside our kids in high chairs would result in a buffet for her. And once the kids realized she liked their food, they were more than happy to fling it her way. Ironically, my daughter is now experiencing the same thing, as her kids like to feed their food to her lab when no one is watching.

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Oh heck ya. My slippers.. My hat.. Diapers..
What's with dogs and their obsession with dirty diapers?

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What an embarrassment! I had company and the Mother put the child's diaper in the bathroom garbage pail. You guessed it. The dogs comes running downstairs , shti flying.:ashamed:

That's one thing I have a hard time with - the whole eating poop thing. I've had a couple of dogs that could never be completely stopped of eating poop. Tried everything. The vet even gave me stuff to put in the food. (One dog I swear would have a second smaller poop somewhere hidden where she could go find it for later! She'd trot off a distance and do it while I was busy picking up the first one.) Of course, each time they got into some, they would throw up a while later, usually down the door or back seat of the truck or in the house on the carpet...

Day two of eating disasters -- a full pound of butter, and a bag of skim milk. The kids left the refrigerator door open when they went to school - my wife discovered the dog lapping milk off the floor, and an empty butter wrapper.

She has never done any of this before, and she is almost 1 year old - need to stop this before it becomes habit. Going to buy some mouse traps this afternoon and line the counter with them. Should I bait the counter as well?

I wonder if poop eating is more common with certain breeds. My first spaniel mix did it and so did my second spaniel but my Dalmatian didn't ever do it, and my last Rottie didn't, other than her rabbit poop phase.

My neighbors small terrier mix loves poop.