Dog eating cow poo

patsy_mccabe

We've a Jack Russell here and he's getting sick a lot recently. He'd often go a couple of days without eating his food. Found him yesterday puking up grass. Saw him eating the cow sh1te today.
Any ideas? Could he be lacking in something?

D3V!L

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

We've a Jack Russell here and he's getting sick a lot recently. He'd often go a couple of days without eating his food. Found him yesterday puking up grass. Saw him eating the cow sh1te today.
Any ideas? Could he be lacking in something?

What are you feeding him ?

larrymiller

2 dogs here and they are the same. And I tell ya they are the best fed dogs in Ireland. Always fresh dung from when I move the cattle. I just try keep them away from the fresh stuff for the day then they won't go near it once a crust starts to form.

Could possibly be the sweetness of the grass that attracts them

Who2

There's something upsetting their stomach, if they are eating grass, I was always led to believe. It's their own way of medicating. Try worming them and if that doesn't work bring them to the vet.

patsy_mccabe

D3V!L wrote: »

What are you feeding him ?

Don't know.:D Will find out though. I never feed him. Same bought feed for years now.

Who2 wrote: »

There's something upsetting their stomach, if they are eating grass, I was always led to believe. It's their own way of medicating. Try worming them and if that doesn't work bring them to the vet.

He's been to two different vets already with a skin condition. Well wormed too.

Base price

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

We've a Jack Russell here and he's getting sick a lot recently. He'd often go a couple of days without eating his food. Found him yesterday puking up grass. Saw him eating the cow sh1te today.
Any ideas? Could he be lacking in something?

He is probably eating the milky calf dung.
My dogs activity spend most of their time hovering up calf milky ****e in the straw from January to a few weeks ago.
Two years ago I had to bring one of them to the Vet as she had a distended bowel/tummy due to impaction due to ingesting straw. Liquid paraffin sorted her along with prescribed medication - buscopam (sp)

arctictree

Dogs can really eat some disgusting stuff! I had to cut a large lump of dried lamb ****e from a lambs tail and threw it away. The feckin dog went after it and ate it. Dried lambs testicles seem to be a special delicacy!

50HX

dog here at it v badly when he was younger ...calmed a bit now but still licking around

can be the carrier for neospora though

pedigree 6

The term is Coprophagia Patsy.:)

When is the last time you wormed the dog?

Are you feeding your dog dried food?
They go on here about dogs devouring rabbit poop for enzymes and B vitamins.
I can't see why cow poop wouldn't have the same B vitamins as rabbit poop as the diet would be the same (grass fed).

Then there's more info on what to do as well to stop or prevent it from happening.

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2011/12/06/coprophagia-repulsive-pet-habits.aspx

Edit: It's also a good insult for people and they wouldn't even know they were insulted.
You can call them a Coprophagian.:D

greysides

50HX wrote: »

can be the carrier for neospora though

Not the faeces of cattle. He would have to eat a dead foetus, cleanings or calving fluids.

It's the cattle eating the dog faeces that's a problem.

Gravelly

I was hoping this thread was about vicious cow poos that attacked defenceless dogs.

greysides

Gravelly wrote: »

I was hoping this thread was about vicious cow poos that attacked defenceless dogs.

When they get home and are looking to get in, there's many a dog that will swear blind that's exactly what happened.



And they were lucky to get away!