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Dog eating kitten poo

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  • 14-12-2008 1:43am
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    trilo
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭


    My dog is eating the kitten's poo out of the little tray, does anyone know why she may be doing this. She has never lived with a cat before but they are getting on very well. Trilo the dog did have and does have a fascination with her kitten food so i'm thinking this may have something to do with her eating the kitten's poo.

    The mutt did have a stroke or something a few months ago and her head tilts at a wierd angle now but her behaviour has started to return to semi-normal Trilo behaviour. She got very quiet for a few months and sleeps loads, into a state where you would have to touch her to wake her up.

    Anyway if anyone has any ideas on the eating the kitten poo, do tell.
    :)


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    Morganna
    Registered Users Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Morganna


    Unfortuanatley dogs love cat poo/cats dont absorp all the food they eat so thats why.


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    Morganna
    Registered Users Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Morganna


    Unfortuanatley dogs love cat poo/cats dont absorp all the food they eat so thats why.try putting pepper on it dogs tend to stay away from pepper


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    lucky111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭lucky111


    Hey there, my dog Otis loved eatting my cats poo:eek: Yuk
    He soon stopped in time
    The vet said there was nothing to worry about;)


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    Sigma Force
    Registered Users Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Sigma Force


    lol not much can be done unless you have a place where you can put the litter tray on a height.

    They also love baby poop out of a nappy and my little dog loves guineapig poop, like little beans of chocolate to her. Mind you piggy poop is probably pretty healthy should give it as a treat lol.


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    MsFifers
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    Could you try using a covered litter tray? Hopefully the dog wouldn't fit through the flap at the entrance and wouldn't be able to get at the poo.


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    ukgalwaymcguire
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    lol, they eat it because the cats dont digest all the fat from there food
    then it attracts the dog. pepper might work, or a little chilli lol


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    trilo
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭trilo


    Thanks guys. So now i know why they eat it, this is my first time ever coming across it and i've been surrounded by cats and dogs and horses and rabbits since i was a young one.
    We have moved the litter tray off the ground where she can't get it.

    Oh and they are like best friends now, Trilo is actually acting like a puppy around the kitten wanting to play. It's deadly.


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