My dog eats horse poop
Posted by Bill on May 06 2006 at 02:17 pm | Tagged as: General
I think that’s the best way to put it, really. My dog just loves our new horse. From the start neither showed fear or even much interest in the other. Except my dog quickly learned that having a horse around meant occasional carrot and apple snacks dropped from our messy horse and an endless supply of the finest horse manure this side of PetSmart.
Now I just know there must be some kind of disease my dog can get from this and of course we stop him whenever we seem him doing it, but there’s no way to keep him from the pasture and as long he as doesn’t run away or cause trouble, we like him to be able to roam freely when we’re outside.
The cleaning up after horsey snacks I don’t mind. I don’t like Valentine to poke his head through the fence and any food left behind will attract bugs and other critters. So I’m fine with my canine friend having some leftover (albeit dirty) carrot and apple pieces. But poop? Ick!
If you ever stop by our little farm, take my advice and don’t accept kisses from my dog.
Are we talking about Jack or Ranger. By the pics I would say Jack, but I need clarification for my suprise visit this summer. (oops, did I let that slip?
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It’s normal for your dog to eat horse poop and it probably won’t make him seriously ill. Although he might want a ’second look’ as dogs sometimes do and kak it all up on the living room rug. “Bun eating” is just one of those icky things dogs do, and you just might want him to take a drink of water or have a breath mint before he gives you a kiss–other wise no harm.
yup..almost all dogs eat horse apples. Just make sure your horse is wormed regularly and you dog is too
My dog loves apples but not horsey ones.
He likes red apples or pink lady apples.
He sometimes eats melon, cucumber and radish, not horse radish though.
He doesn’t like anything with horse in it. Go figure!
My dog, Bella, loves our horse’s poop. We keep her in the barn most times and she loves to stick her head under the stalls and grab a snack. We also noticed that she tends to favor the horse that gets sweet feed. Although disgusting, she’s not dumb.
ps I agree its a good idea to keep the horses and the dog wormed.
I have three dogs, and all of them love to eat horse poop. I try and catch them when i see them eating it, but it still doesn’t help. I agree with keeping the dog(s) and the horse(s) wormed.
we call them cookies. our dogs like them fresh n warm from the “oven”
Keep both the horse and dog wormed and there should be no harm, and actually there might be some benefit to your dog as he may eat the poop because he has a deficiency or imbalance of “good” bacteria in his gut. Eating horse poop may be a good source of probiotics. My dog had whip and hook worms when I first rescued him. He also used to eat horse poops often back then, but now that his digestive system is parasite free, I rarely see him eat it anymore.
my dogs really love to eat “poopsicles” — frozen horse poop in the winter. when we brought our first horse home, the dogs looked at him admiringly, as if to say “he’s not just a friend, he’s a VENDING MACHINE…..”
It does rather mean choosing carefully when to let the dogs kiss you. (”get away from me, poo-breath!”)