Please could we have an article on positive training to not roll in fox pooh. Small Black Dog excelled herself this morning on both shoulders. Lady has been in kennels for a week and we got her home last night. This morning was the first opportunity to give her a good long walk and she was full of beans, and after a bit full of fox pooh as well. Aaaaargh! I think positively training for something like that is really hard because how do you reward not rolling when you can't tell when she hasn't done it. Anyway - great walk and met up with her buddy Max the greyhound. She loves him and now that he's getting on in years she can egg him on to run and keep up with him. All the crops are in now except for one field of barley - waiting on a spell of dry weather I think.
1.Go on a walk without your dog. 2. Find fox poo. 3. Put said poo in bag. 4. Go get your dog. 5. Strategically place poo and use a lead or long-line to train her walking past it without rolling. Enjoy your fox poo hunt
You were working on an interrupter, "action!" I think it was. You need to proof this against powerful distractions (I'm not sure I'd go as far as trying to proof it against actual fox poo.... ).
Heheh, I was being a little (just a little) facetious. If you find a method, let me know. I'm lucky that Willow only rolls in things we can't see or smell, but Shadow.... well.... the gooier and smellier the better. He hasn't discovered the delights of fox poo yet, which I am eternally grateful for, because there is a lot of it around here! I just have no idea how to interrupt him in time, even with the strongest cue in the world. You see the shoulder dip, but it's less than the time it takes me to think before he's covered in goo. I certainly don't have the time to give a cue! Maybe I could mitigate it to just one side, though....
It wouldn't be a Labrador home without that whiff of fox poo. Well, that's what we keep telling ourselves.
I have one dog that rolls in everything and this ranges from fox poo to human she loves it all. Over the years I've got good at stopping herby watching her body movements before hand. She's also a bit stiff and old and does not do it so much, but I've found having a really good clean up protacol and good shampoo helps. Don't let it dry either use a river to dunk straight away or even wet grass to remove as much as possible then a good shampoo. If its not too widespread I spot wash and you can get small packets of doggy wipes which I have in my pocket. I've got a fleabane and penny royal one that really works and also the shampoo called Poo really does work. Wet Dog smell is better than fox.
Thanks. Yes had some success this morning as I was right next to her as the shoulder started to drop. Just called her name and she stopped. Re the shampoo I've been using Fox Pooh - is that the same. Seems to work fine. It seems important to rinse wash in the direction of her coat to avoid driving it down into the coat.
Make sure off-lead walks are within easy reach of a cattle trough... I well remember dunking my first lab in one after she'd rolled in fox poo. Even then, we had to drive home with all the windows open!
Cowboy magic is great stuff for removing any stinkyness - no bathing required! http://tinyurl.com/n99j8p4
