This is funny. There are so many times I wish I knew what Mocha was thinking.
Every time I am in the backyard cleaning up Oliver's land mines, he will run around like a maniac and then force out poop in several different piles. You can tell he is straining, it isn't solid ever, and it is super stinky. I'm not sure if he is like "oh my God! She is getting rid of all my piles! I won't know where to poop if she cleans them up, must make more!!" or if he thinks I am waiting for him to poop so he forces some out like, "see mom, I am doing what you want"?
My husband says he never seen Oliver do that when he cleans up his poop. Very odd.
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This is funny. There are so many times I wish I knew what Mocha was thinking.
beth101509 (02-07-2015)
I would get him to a vet (or at least the stool sample) and have him checked for giardia. Immediately. When you said never solid and super stinky, those are red flags. Also request the sample be sent out for testing, and not the inhouse SNAP test. The SNAP (quick one) misses cases a lot of times.
By the way, your dog is not thinking those things. Please don't ascribe to him human type thoughts.
Well I'm positive the cats do that. Two minutes after we clean litter boxes they go and poop in them. We clean them about the same time every day though and I'm sure they wait because they want to use a clean box.
I don't think dogs do that and it does sound like peculiar behaviour. All my dog like to use a fresh spot and we have a good sized yard that makes it easy for them to do so maybe I'm not in a position to know but I tend to agree with Sue. Maybe your husband just isn't as observant as you and he doesn't see it happening?
beth101509 (02-07-2015)
My little Maine Coon would walk right past me to use the box while I was still scooping. I always figured Thea just liked company because I cleaned multiple times a day (on schedule as well as when I noticed someone in a box).
I've never had a dog seem to notice when I was cleaning.
beth101509 (02-07-2015)
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Luna used to poop everything that was in her body every time she was outside when she was a wee pup. She went 5-6 times a day. Now that she is older, she only poops when she needs to.
I think it's so funny how he only poops it all out for you and not your hubby.
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beth101509 (02-08-2015)
Hope you get this figured out. Our 4 month old Golden pup likes to eat poop sometimes.....yuck!!! We have never had such a cleaned up poop free yard. We've been cleaning it as soon as it hits the ground......annoying but necessary.
I'm curious, do you and your husband pick up Oliver's poop at different times of the day? Ellie, who is 5.5 months old, has gone through periods of diarrhea which include a lot of straining, and it's always in the second half of the day (morning poops are perfect). Walk, poop, strain, poop, walk, repeat. My understanding is they still have the signal that they need to poop, but there is no material left in their colon, so they start to force out material from higher up in the large intestine that has not yet had all of its fluid absorbed (hence the consistency and odor). It may just be a puppy thing, like doubledip mentioned, or could be giardia (which has a really distinctive, sulfuric odor). It could be a food thing (which has been our experience, as Ellie can not seem to digest legumes). Lab babies really are little poop machines with teeth, aren't they?
I generally scoop early afternoon. Can't tell you when my husband does but I would guess late afternoon since that is the only time he is alone with the dog. Oliver didn't do his normal "push more out" behavior when we scooped just recently but my husband was with me at the time. Maybe that was the difference? I usually ask Oliver to find me his poop and I think he thinks I am telling him to poop so he forces it out.
I didn't know any of the information about the signal to poop. Very interesting and makes a ton of sense. Thanks!
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