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LakeArenal

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6. Cuz if they don't roll in it, they'll try to eat it.

Reply to dsc (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2021, 03:26 PM

Feb 2021

My vet says it’s okay for dogs to eat cow poop. It has great mineral and stuff.

To which I said, Good, better eating than rolling in it.

Edit: Mainly I think they love it. Just like mud. It doesn’t smell bad to them.

MmmmmAhhhhh

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My dog has an odd habit [View all] dsc Feb 2021 OP

He's a dog doing what dogs do. yonder Feb 2021 #1

Lol. For real. I have watched many a videos with dogs just loving this activity. Mine doesn't. LizBeth Feb 2021 #13

He's trying to conceal his scent with another dweller Feb 2021 #2

Your dog is just being a dog! Ohiogal Feb 2021 #3

That is interesting. I say mine doesn't do it but I do not have a yard so always on a leash. He does LizBeth Feb 2021 #14

Dogs do that to disguise their scent The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #4

well that is exactly what he goes for dsc Feb 2021 #5

Cuz if they don't roll in it, they'll try to eat it. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #6

He has also tried to do that dsc Feb 2021 #9

"Stuff". Haaa💩. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #10

Ha, ha ha! I'm still laughing. Stuff! yonder Feb 2021 #16

They will also eat cat poop out of the litter box, as anyone who lives with The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #12

Just tie Marjory Taylor Greene around your dogs neck...err..oops... iscooterliberally Feb 2021 #7

Mine do it too. My dogs (one of them in particular) likes to roll in feces (other dogs) so I got to SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #8

Sounds like Dog 101 behavior to me... Blue Owl Feb 2021 #11

We had one snow a couple years ago. Eugene so not often. LizBeth Feb 2021 #15

My dog rolled in poop when she was a puppy. murielm99 Feb 2021 #17