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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  How scary! Most dogs are always outside, around bird poop or other dogs. Why do dogs love to sniff bird poop so much? |
Puppies/young adults are much more vulnerable to giardia than adults. An adult could get it and they could have a day or 2 of funny or bad stools, and you'd wonder what was up, and then it may be gone. Or, an adult may have no symptoms. But, giardia can actually be deadly in puppies bc of the dehydration...the stools are soooo runny and frequent. Marcel had it twice as a pup, and it scared the, well, poop out of us both.
I don't know why dogs are so attracted to the bird poopery, I don't get it either. Maybe it smells like food still?