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07-27-2010, 07:25 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: sparta, tennessee, white county
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| Dog eating dirt! This question is not about my yorkie, but about my shepherd/chow mix. He is in 12 years old, in good health, but he eats dirt!! Has been for years!! He will start a hole in the yard and just keep eating till it is a crater!! When I find his holes I have to cover them with something he cannot move and then he will just start another one somewhere else!! Anyone know why he might be doing this or how to stop him??? Thanks!! |
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07-27-2010, 08:37 AM | #2 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
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| I have a Westie that does this too. I just think it is a part of the digging behavior an deeply ingrained. He doesn't actually swallow the dirt but does rip it out with his teeth and spit it out. My vet jokes that 'mud' is the reason his teeth are alwasy so clean! I don't know how to stop it. Some folks suggested I get a sandbox and bait it with toys so he could get used to digging in it instead of the dirt. Haven't tried it.
__________________ Mommy to Lucy, Ringo, and Matthew |
07-27-2010, 09:06 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Gainesville, VA
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| My pup eats everything and anything....lol it never stops
__________________ Kelly, mommy to little Oliver "The more boys I meet, the more I love my dog." http://www.eat-yourself-skinny.com/ |
07-27-2010, 09:06 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: west long branch, n.j.
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| Fill the holes with dog poop and cover them over. Our trainer said they won't dig there again. We do this, it's a place to get rid of poop but then they find a new place to dig.
__________________ Joan, Bubba and Sissy-BEWARE OF PUPPY MILLS breathe in, breathe out, move on -jb |
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