Dog eating horse poo

Re: Dog eating horse poo

rosekins mai — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:38:14 GMT

oh no!! hope he's doing ok. will definately watch out for faecal soup!
she loves horse feed, horse nail clippings and occassionally steals her carrots!

Re: Dog eating horse poo

Nicola Russell — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:29:21 GMT

lol, the result of 12 hour night shift and not proof-reading

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Louise B — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:24:38 GMT

Hahahahaha - Nicola - I preferred your non-edited reply

Re: Dog eating horse poo

Nicola Russell — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:17:08 GMT

My friends dogs love hoof clippings, as well as smegma

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Louise B — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:41:32 GMT

My five dogs adore horse poop. They spend every waking moment at the horse yard trying to scoop the horse poop before I do. I even found my fell terrier crashed out resting on the poop - full wheelbarrow, legs slayed out behind him, front legs stretched out in front, sunning himself and leisurely munching on poops Horse poops come second only to...............................

.............................. horse toe nail clippings

They have yet to become sick from it. However, my fell terrier now has recurrent blepharitis since running round in my field all day after several days of very heavy rain. The field was a seriously poached, faecal soup and I really shouldn't have let him (hindsight is always a fab thing) as faecal drops splattered all over his face. By midnight, his eye lids were all swollen and abscesses continued to form and burst over both eyes for the next couple of weeks and proved very hard to stop. It now recurs every few weeks or so I cannot say definitively it was horse poop that triggered it but I believe it was very likely that it was.

Re: Dog eating horse poo

Louise B — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:41:31 GMT

.............................. horse toe nail clippings

They have yet to become sick from it. However, my fell terrier now has recurrent blepharitis since running round in my field all day after several days of very heavy rain. The field was a seriously poached, faecal soup and I really shouldn't have let him (hindsight is always a fab thing) as faecal drops splattered all over his face. By midnight, his eye lids were all swollen and abscesses continued to form and burst over both eyes for the next couple of weeks and proved very hard to stop. It now recurs every few weeks or so I cannot safe definitively it was horse poop that triggered it but I believe it was very likely that it was.

Re: Dog eating horse poo

rosekins mai — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:46:52 GMT

thanks everybody, you've put my mind at rest :)

Re: Dog eating horse poo

Gillian Mostyn — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:53:39 GMT

I wouldn't worry about it really. Drug residues are likely to be miniscule. Anything you do to prevent it is likely to lead to increased attention to the behaviour which will be counterproductive.

It is just grass anyway!

Re: Dog eating horse poo

funkyfish — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:29:16 GMT

Be careful about ivomectin poisoning from wormed horses. Otherwise its fine. Ferral dogs eat a lot of poo, its a staple of their diet in some countries! I agree re muzzle.

Re: Dog eating horse poo

Celine — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:00:14 GMT

The alternative would be a muzzle, although I'm sure a really determined dog might just squish it through the gaps anyway!

Re: Dog eating horse poo

Helen Tottey — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:45:02 GMT

I have a lab and he loves horse poo too! I don't think there is anything to worry about (well i have never worried) i just ensure his womring is up to date as he also likes cat and fox poo!!!! i have given up worrying about it and while i try to prevent it he has a very good sense of smell!!