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Article: DOG'S HABIT IS UNPLEASANT BUT NOT TOO UNHEALTHY
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- October 15, 2006
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We have a 3-year-old yellow Lab with an insatiable need to find
and eat rabbit feces. Is this dangerous? ... Is there any thing we
can put on a pile to let her know this is not acceptable behavior?
Once a dog develops a liking for fecal matter, a condition called
coprophagia, it is extremely difficult to break them of the habit.
Many dogs develop this habit and treatment consists of -- obviously -
- keeping the dog away from the feces. Exercise them on a leash. Or
failing that, spray the feces with a pet repellent such as bitter
apple, jalapeno juice or generous amounts of Tabasco sauce.
Unfortunately Labradors are pretty hard-headed when it comes to
this trait, and tend to bolt down the ...