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Things I did not know about my dog until tonight:
He eats bear shit.
"Does a bear shit in the woods? I sure hope so!" - your adorable dog
I recently had a conversation with a friend where I said (confidently, as a cat owner) "I don't THINK a dog would eat a cicada. I mean, a huge screaming buzzy bug with pokey legs and wings?" and they said without skipping a beat "Dogs will eat ANYTHING."
I just watched my pit/lab mix try to eat a wasp that was on the floor, can confirm
I used to have a dog who would snap wasps out of the air, spit out the stingers, and eat the rest.
Had laborador, lived in midwest, can confirm: dogs will TRY to eat anything, sometimes the cicada outwits them.
Can confirm, one of our dogs eats poop (both his own and others') and the other dog eats bees.
There are many YouTube vids of dogs with cicadas in their mouths. Quality tv!
Dogs are gross. I love dogs, and I have had so many dogs, but they are gross.
I love them so much, but they sure do love shit and vomit. They're lucky they're so cute.
That’s a real shit-eating grin. Good on him.
He looks extremely proud of himself too 🥴
well at least he looks incredibly pleased with himself. 🤷♀️
Well at least he looks happy about it?
Thought bear or coyote poop was the worst... wrong. Otter. Otter poop is the worst. Will keep description to myself. The 3 bath look of regret.
🤣🤣🤣 their poop? the opposite of this.
Definitely a reason to call the vet. My neighbor's pup would dine on fox scat and her vet had to give the dog stuff to prevent parasite infection. Don't know about bears, though, it might just be foxes.
Also, I'd imagine, quite stinky.
Most things in the wild are multiply parasitized. They might be adapted to it, but dogs (or cats) might not be.
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Many years ago a guest tracked in some coyote scat. Cats were drawn to it & got echinococcus.
Scary fuckin’ beast when you look into the biology.
Bleach at most just helps hatch the eggs in ordinary cleaning application.
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If it's shit, a dog will eat it. Bird, bat, fox, deer, rabbit, etc.
Except goose. Goose shit they will roll in.
They will also roll in human shit, alas.
if there is human shit in your lawn, you have a larger problem to address than your dog's propensity to roll in foul stuff.
The urban dog park holds a veritable wealth of horrors, my friend.
oh dear lord. Hell truly is other people, huh?
Well, when you gotta go, you gotta go. My city has a lot of unhoused people, a lot of runners, not many public toilets and the dog park has bushes. C'est la vie.
I cuts I’m lucky my dog does not do this. He does, however, lick pee. 🤮
Dogness will out.
that’s unpleasant for you, but feels on brand for dogs I have known, most of whom would consider it a gourmet upgrade from the cat shit
"Ha ha - jokes on you, Dad..."
Look how satisfied he is about it too, haha.
Sounds like you’ve got an Ursa Miner
Better than your dog becoming bear shit.
I knew that about your dog and I've never even met your dog. (But, yeah, ask a vet about the parasite possibility!)
He gets a monthly lives-in-the-woods worming pill...
Essex is the only one on social media using ivermectin properly lol
My dog is due for hers in a week so thank you for the reminder!
It's those damn city worms moving in!
One of my pups used to eat kangaroo poo.
This opens up a whole new world for you. You could respond to something obvious by saying “Does my dog eat in the woods?”
Murray Ball addressed the issue in the NZ newspaper strip some 40 years ago...
... the newspaper strip Footrot Flats, that is.
This was definitely one of those ignorance is bliss occasions.
My friend has horses that go out daily to munch the lawn. When the pointer goes out on her chain, she eats horse 💩💩💩
Might want to have him checked for worms.
I shouldn't laugh, but I laughed out loud. Dogs, man. They are sometimes ridiculous. I would still kiss his cute head, though.
Make sure it’s not covered in bear 💩
