Author Topic: Scrounging Dog! (Read 6630 times)

Les · « **on:** February 01, 2016, 10:28:46 am »

OMG, it has been at least 15 years since I have had a dog so perhaps my memory has faded a bit but goodness gracious do they eat every and anything they find? This new pup just ingests everything she finds.....sumac berries that have blown off trees, moss, bark chips, dead bees, things I don't what they are and today she some how found one of those tobacco pouches (gross) that people stick in the back of their mouth (why would you do that?). I have to make sure I police everything in the house too. I found her chewing on a plastic stitch marker, ate the leaves on my Christmas cactus it is never ending. Is this normal? I should say, she is just a year old!

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2016, 12:41:59 pm »

Wait till your dog rolls in a cow pile or remains of a rotting dead animal and runs into your house and jumps on the couch or your recliner.

Jack

Jen · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2016, 01:54:58 pm »

Yep, it's normal. They're teething little monsters. I'll be facing the same thing down the road when I get my dane. I haven't tended to a puppy for a very looong time.

kebee · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2016, 04:20:12 pm »

Your best bet would be to get some toys for him to chew on, rope, teddy bear, and a pack of chew bones, balls, that will keep him busy.

Ken

Jen · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2016, 08:19:58 pm »

Good call Kebee, and there are those balls where you put peanut butter inside. That helps keep little pooch entertained

Les · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2016, 08:23:28 pm »

Jen, the Kong.....she loves it, follows me around the house with it. We take her out numerous times during the day to throw the ball and burn off energy but she is like the energizer bunny. Just worried she is going to ingest something that will make her will. I have no idea how that tobacco thingy got in our backyard, other than the wind picked it up and carried it into our yard. When are you getting the Dane?

iddee · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2016, 09:24:54 pm »

Les, small amounts of tobacco is about the best worming medicine you can give to an animal. We have always used it. Don't worry about the pouch hurting her. It will actually help.

Jen · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2016, 10:00:02 pm »

Not sure, I just know I would like for a dane to be my next dog, a female. My lab/chesapeake is about 11 years now, showing her age but she's still pretty spunky.

caesarsfish · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2016, 11:33:20 pm »

You love lt, face it, and you will love it more as time passes

Riverrat · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2016, 12:18:56 am »

Its all good. Theo has a habit of eating socks dish cloths Toys made of material and any other small item he can get his mouth around.

Retroguy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2016, 03:35:53 am »

Like Iddee said, tobacco is a pretty good wormer. Real common to use it back in the old days. One of my uncles used to feed our beagle a bit of his pipe tobacco on occasion (partly for laughs) but a lot of animals love the stuff. My maternal grandfather used to give his horses a plug of chaw every once in a while. One day we was tidying up in front of the mangers and one of his Belgians spotted a plug sticking out of Grandpa's back pocket. The horse got hold of it and part of Grandpa too. He never carried a plug of tobacco there again.

Sometimes though, it's just the opposite. A fellow I know out in western Minnesota told me that he and a snuff chewing buddy went to a large cattle show one time. Part of the entertainment featured a fellow who would race his camel against any horse or other animal of the challenger's choosing. The snuff chewer got close enough to the camel to feed it some "snoose" (as we call it in these parts). The camel took it, rolled its eyes and made that moaning sound that they do so well and moved to the other side of his stall. When the time came for the race all went well until the back stretch. The camel spotted the snuff chewer leaning against the rail, made that noise and took off across the center of track and didn't stop until he reached his stall.

The owner was heard to say, "I don't know what got into that critter. He's never done anything like that before." That camel just didn't like snuff.

lazy shooter · « **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2016, 07:51:06 am »

Dogs don't have hands. Therefore, they use their mouths to pick up any and everything. Puppies, like children, are new to the world and want to feel and taste of everything. They are a cute pain in the butt. That's why I don't have a dog. I've been there and have that T-shirt. I love them and help support them, but I don't want to have another one.

Decades before the movie "The Horse Whisperer," my dad was a horse whisperer. He was magic with horses. He had an old merchant pal that provided him cheap chewing tobacco. Dad never took a chew, but all of his horses and dogs were wormed with chewing tobacco. I have no proof that it worked, but it seems everything else the old man told me work out well.

If you keep bait type poisons for rats, mice, gophers, snails and whatever, keep them in a dog proof setting. Other than that, just remember the puppy is experimenting with life. Did you ever eat a bug?

Les · « **Reply #12 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:06:11 pm »

Lazy I can't say I ever ate a bug "intentionally"!

I keep telling Ken, having her around is like having a two year old toddler, so I can understand why you don't want another dog.
I am pretty much organic around here but that doesn't mean I still don't have to be careful. I have thought about contaminants already. I think the main issue will be bee stings......she has already gotten nailed for being too snoopy. A half hour later she threw up, so I think the venom was a little too much for her little 8 lb body. I am going to talk to the vet about her size and venom tolerance. Hmmmm, do they have epi pens for dogs?

lazy shooter · « **Reply #13 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:47:53 pm »

Les, my oldest son put a wasp to his lips when a toddler. He just did it the one time.

It's an exploration time. In my day there were a lot of wood stoves, and we all said: "the kids all have to touch the stove one time." I don't remember eating a bug, but I used the term metaphorically. In some way, all kids eat a bug.

I too, am almost totally organic, but some of the household cleaning agents are harsh chemicals.

apisbees · « **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2016, 06:22:36 pm »

Quote from: brooksbeefarm on February 01, 2016, 12:41:59 pm

Wait till your dog rolls in a cow pile or remains of a rotting dead animal and runs into your house and jumps on the couch or your recliner. Jack

This behavior is a defensive instinct. the dog smells a predator animal in the area. They cover themselves in the natural oder to mask their own so they wont be targeted.

Jen · « **Reply #15 on:** February 02, 2016, 10:13:35 pm »

Les, what is the breed of your new pup, or mixed breed?

Les · « **Reply #16 on:** February 05, 2016, 10:07:59 pm »

Jen, she is a mix of some sort. Our guesses are Yorkie and maybe a Cairn Terrier. If I ever have money I want to blow, I might do a genetic test on her. So far in the last day she has eaten green poop and rolled in it. The only thing that I can think of that made it's way thru our gate was a possum. I know they are out and about at night and this was a new find for her......yuck. Then if you try to get anything from her she thinks it's a game a runs away from you. She got a bath today LOL!

Gypsi · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2016, 02:30:38 pm »

benadryl dose for dogs is 1 mg per pound, in case she really gets stung you might get some liquid benadryl for your medicine cabinet.

She is exploring and I'm guessing maybe teething too. in time they quit eating so much trash. But all of mine are over 1.5 years which means the teething is coming to a close, thank goodness. Was getting old patching or replacing the garden hose

lazy shooter · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2016, 03:35:52 pm »

My father, who I still think was the greatest animal trainer I have ever known, thought dogs rolled in manure to conceal their scent. He thought that the descendants of wolves wanted to mask their scent in order to get closer to rabbits and other animals of prey. I'm not knowledgeable enough to argue this point.

Before going varmint hunting, coyotes have always been a problem in West Texas, he would put his clothes in a bag with a small amount of dried cow dung and some green leaves from the native plants. It would mask his scent just as he thought rolling in manure did for the dogs. He was an accomplished hunter and collected quite a bit of bounty money in the winter months. Oh, and by the way, dried manure has very little if any odor to humans. Dogs and coyotes have a sense of smell that is many, many times greater than we humans.

iddee · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2016, 03:42:24 pm »

If I were coyote hunting, I think I would prefer a few rabbit pelts in and on my coat, to manure, dry or not.

Author Topic: Scrounging Dog! (Read 6630 times)

Gypsi