ACKKKKK! Tucker found the cat poo...!!!! Help!!

[PupsnPonies]

Our darling 15 week old PWC angel, Tucker, found the area on the other side of our property where the cat poos in the pine straw and leaves ( our inside cat prefers to go outside to potty instead of going in his litter box if he can help it which has always been great as the litter cleanup is minimal..!!).....and now, as soon as we go out, he makes a beeline, gobbling the kitty " treasures" as fast as he can until I can pull him off !!!!!!!!! GAGGGGG!!! I usually don't put a leash on him to take him out to go potty as he seems to prefer to go off a bit and go ( we live in a very quiet rural neighborhood so the hazards are minimal) but the area where the cat goes to poo is not fenced off. I have never had a dog that did this !! Do any of you guys have experience with this or is our precious puppy a "deviant" of some sort???I am doing my best to keep him away from the area but if he finds it anyway, what will it do to him besides give a whole new meaning to the concept of "foul" breath!!??
Wynn

[Louwants]

Ah yes....kitties tootsie rolls! I don't know what it is about them, but some dogs just love them. YUCK! I had to move the cat's litter box upstairs because of Duncan. It was in an area that I really couldn't put a fence up or block it off.
The only thing you can do is clean up after the cats that go there, put a fence around it or keep Tucker on a leash.

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by PupsnPonies

Our darling 15 week old PWC angel, Tucker, found the area on the other side of our property where the cat poos in the pine straw and leaves ( our inside cat prefers to go outside to potty instead of going in his litter box if he can help it which has always been great as the litter cleanup is minimal..!!).....and now, as soon as we go out, he makes a beeline, gobbling the kitty " treasures" as fast as he can until I can pull him off !!!!!!!!! GAGGGGG!!! I usually don't put a leash on him to take him out to go potty as he seems to prefer to go off a bit and go ( we live in a very quiet rural neighborhood so the hazards are minimal) but the area where the cat goes to poo is not fenced off. I have never had a dog that did this !! Do any of you guys have experience with this or is our precious puppy a "deviant" of some sort???I am doing my best to keep him away from the area but if he finds it anyway, what will it do to him besides give a whole new meaning to the concept of "foul" breath!!??
Wynn

It's not uncommon at all. In fact most dogs will go for kitty "treasures" when and wherever they can get them.

Can you fence off the area the cat uses? A 3 foot fence at least to keep him out. Or clean it up so the cat won't want to use it as much.

Also, dogs that eat cat poop are more prone to getting worms. Cats get them from the rodents they catch. You might want to talk to your vet about a deworming schedule.

Peggy

[Michael Romanos]

I'm very pleased that Taylor is not into any of that kind of stuff. I made a point of reinforcing distaste for this kind of consuming or ever investigating/sniffing/smelling from the earliest. I think that kind of attack is the way to go.

[PupsnPonies]

[quote=Michael Romanos;35083]I'm very pleased that Taylor is not into any of that kind of stuff. I made a point of reinforcing distaste for this kind of consuming or ever investigating/sniffing/smelling from the earliest. I think that kind of attack is the way to go.[/QUOTE

Where did I go wrong???!!!!!!
Sadly for us, Tucker is already very much "into" the kitty poo...could you possibly share your parenting secrets for keeping these furkids "off the poo", so to speak??! I would very much appreciate any successful tips that you could share for keeping your Taylor distasteful of ever investigating/sniffing/smelling the poo.....!!!

[MyPemCharlie]

I stopped my last dog in 3 days from eating cat cookies out of the box, by saturating a cat cookie with Bitter Apple and leaving it on a stack of paper plates just outside the cat box. The dog came in, bee-lined for the cat box, but I had made it easy by leaving the "bait" just outside the box. He started to gobble, then got the most surprised (and funny) look and spit it out. We repeated for 3 days. On the 4th day, he no longer had a taste for cat cookies...ever again.

I've read too, that people have had success sprinkling the cat tootsie rolls with powdered cayenne pepper.

[PupsnPonies]

Originally Posted by MyPemCharlie

I stopped my last dog in 3 days from eating cat cookies out of the box, by saturating a cat cookie with Bitter Apple and leaving it on a stack of paper plates just outside the cat box. The dog came in, bee-lined for the cat box, but I had made it easy by leaving the "bait" just outside the box. He started to gobble, then got the most surprised (and funny) look and spit it out. We repeated for 3 days. On the 4th day, he no longer had a taste for cat cookies...ever again.

I've read too, that people have had success sprinkling the cat tootsie rolls with powdered cayenne pepper.

Thanks so much for the information! I need to place a Jeffers order for our horses and puppy and I will see if they still carry bitter apple ( i remember using it years ago for my Bernese Mtn. Dogs for "hotspots")
Wynn

[Michael Romanos]

From the very first leash toilet walk, if there was any offensive animal poop, I would pull Taylor away and say 'yuk.' By doing this or saying this on leash or off-leash from the very onset, it reinforces the notion to your Corgi to leave other animal poop alone - whether its cattle dung, sheep pellets, horse manure, other dogs or cats poop or dead/decayed hedgehogs etc

[PupsnPonies]

Originally Posted by Peggy

It's not uncommon at all. In fact most dogs will go for kitty "treasures" when and wherever they can get them.

Can you fence off the area the cat uses? A 3 foot fence at least to keep him out. Or clean it up so the cat won't want to use it as much.

Also, dogs that eat cat poop are more prone to getting worms. Cats get them from the rodents they catch. You might want to talk to your vet about a deworming schedule.

Peggy

Thank you so much for sharing this. The worming is a great idea.
I will also try to keep the area there free of kitty poo!
Dogs will be dogs, they just don't always conform to our ideas regarding hygeine!!
Wynn

[Michael Romanos]

Cats pass on more diseases and illnesses and unwanted things like fleas, worms to dogs and to humans than dogs can to other dogs and humans. So keep dogs clear of cat poop.

[v3rs3]

A couple of our Corgi's like to try to get into the cat box, but we just gave the cat to my mother-in-law and problem sloved. lol

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by v3rs3

A couple of our Corgi's like to try to get into the cat box, but we just gave the cat to my mother-in-law and problem sloved. lol

It can be solved by putting the litter box in a room with a baby gate across it. Or buy a an exercsie pen/play yard and put the litter box in that.

You can also get litter box cabinets with the opening in the top. You put the litter box inside these.

Peggy