Sorry but I've got a couple of problems. Be really good to hear from anyone who's encountered the same. Murphy has a rash on his tummy. It's like little blisters with a crust head. Also in the hairless part between his 2 front legs. Any ideas? Apologies, don't read this if you're eating your tea. Murphy taking taken a liking to my older dog's poo. Jack is 15 and poos as he's walking these days and when he does, Murphy is disgustingly right in there I try to get it picked up ASAP but there's times Murphy just gets there before me. He doesn't bother with other dogs poo, only jack's. I know Pippa has info on here about it but just wondered if this is happening to any others? Thanks for your time xxx
Re: Bit of advice We've had dogs that eat poo. Holly can't walk past a poo without sampling it (horse, sheep, cow, rabbit - you name it she'll eat it!). One of our previous puppies used to eat her own poo, and we eventually worked it out that the food was too rich and some was passing through undigested. To her it was a second meal. We changed her food and the problem went away. It makes me wonder if Jack is fully digesting all his food - if not then Murphy might think its just food. I can't help with the rash. Maybe a trip to the vets?
Re: Bit of advice Phil has given a good suggestion there already but wanted to just add that there are things you can give Jack to make his poo less appealing!! The commonest thing we used to use in the kennel was crabapple essence, just a few drops on each meal was supposed to help. To be honest I'm not sure if it did or not. The other thing I have heard people say about is pineapple juice but I have no experience with that!!
Re: Bit of advice Hi Rachael, Jack has James wellbeloved senior kibble twice a day. We only recently changed to this as he wasn't really eating (use to have iams). He likes the JWB, we sometimes put some pasta, rice etc in for him too. Apart from that he doesn't really have anything more, some cold meat or cheese as a treat, a prizzles chew and a denta stick. Do you think it could be diet related?
Re: Bit of advice I'm sure Jack's diet is fine for him I just wondered if he ate kibble as it has a lot of flavourings in it that unfortunately also make poo quite tasty (apparently...). Even though Jack is doing well on this diet I wonder if it might be worth trialling a diet without added flavourings for a while (i.e. a raw or home prepared or non-kibble diet) just to experiment with the effect. It might make the poo more like poo, and less attractive to Murphy.
Re: Bit of advice My boy was injured and I had to stop him jumping up. Now he is better, he jumps up just a little bit, but not much at all. I think there are a couple of things I can add to the reward for paws on the floor: If you make your dog go to the same place everytime the doorbell rings, he will eventually do that automatically when he hears the doorbell - this is handy, stops the crush round the door. If you never let your dog say hello at all, he will eventually give up expecting to say hello and will ignore visitors, or certain visitors. Standing on a lead helps, but be careful with this. So if your dog is saying hello, have a line down to your foot. He will be prevented from jumping. If the line is too long, and he jumps, this can make him end up in a heap on the floor though. Stopping your dog running up to people in the park is easier than stopping him jumping up when he gets there.
