How to stop Orion from eating everything outside?
Ok, Orion is doing GREAT with the house training and we've started working on sit. When it comes to feeding time I'm still putting his food in his crate and sitting on the floor holding him in my lap until he calms down before I let him go for the food. He'll calm down but still dives in and woofs it down once I put him in the crate.
Now on to another eating issue...
I know it's normal for him to want to smell everything he comes across when we go outside and pups, like babies, I assume put things in their mouth to get a better awareness of them. How far does this go though? When we go outside his nose rarely lifts from the ground. This makes it even harder to tell when he's smelling something, or putting it in his mouth and eating it. For example, his favorite things so far seem to be snails, pill bugs, and grass/plants. We do our best to get it out of his mouth before he swallows it but we're not always successful.
Any suggestions? How worried should I be about this? He doesn't chew on anything in the house other than his toys but I'm afraid he's going to put something dangerous (chemical) in his mouth when we are outside.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on
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You have to watch the dog and its environment. We don't like our dogs eating poop, so we try to keep it our of the yard. That's mostly an esthetic thing. We don't want them eating poisonous plants or bones off the street, either, so we took out the Helleboris and watch for the bones that people occasionally toss out of their cars.
Corgis can and will eat anything (anything, yuck). Be careful if the dog is a gulper, like Siri was -- we fed her something too big one sad day....
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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on
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Most pups will eat anything and there's not too much you can do about it except keep the yard picked up of poops, like John said, and eliminate anything potentially harmful from your yard, much as you childproof for a toddler, making sure there are no poisonous plants. One thing to be especially careful of are mushrooms that can spring up overnight in the damp season. Depending on where you live, this can be more or less of an issue. If you suspect mushrooms it's imperative to check the yard in the morning before leaving a pup loose. Many dogs love to eat them and, especially with puppies, they can create serious neurological problems. Some puppies develop a preference for eating rocks, this can spell surgery. If you have a pup that eats rocks, he must be watched very carefully or kept on leash until he no longer does it. If you have mulch or wood chips, make sure there are no coconut hulls in your mix. This never used to be the case, but has become more common in landscape material and is poisonous to dogs. Also avoid spraying chemicals in the yard and be careful of any products you apply to the lawn, making sure they are approved for pets. Thankfully most things are not a problem, or few pups would survive to adulthood :-)
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Permalink Reply by Paul, Carrie and Orion on
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OK, sounds like I might just be worrying to much about the lil guy. We don't have a yard (condo living) so when he is outside he's always on a leash. Eating poop hasn't been a problem, most of the neighbors seem to be pretty good about picking it up and I can usually distract him away from it.
It's the snails and pill bugs that he seems to love and if we are hanging out in a grassy area he'll eat his fair share and when we were over at a friends on Sunday he was munching on the leaves of the rose bush.
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HAHA, yesterday my wife joked we should have named him Hoover. We're working on leave it so hopefully that will taper it off over time.
Thanks for the tip on the trainer, we'll take a look.
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Permalink Reply by Chris, Kadi & Brodie on
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I totally sympathize with you. We literally live in the middle of an oak woods and our 5 acre yard is full of acorns. Our Boston Terrier taught Kadi to eat them and we keep having to deal with stomach problems as a result. We try our best to keep her from eating them, but she's so close to the ground she has them down before we catch her, even on a lead!
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It's good to know Orion isn't unusual with this. Fortunately he's not eating anything dangerous, just bugs, plants, snails, .....
I try to keep him from getting too many but he's very good at getting what he wants.
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Permalink Reply by Emily Trupiano on
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I'm not sure on how to prevent your pup from eating everything outside, but I suggest having him vaccinated for lepto (the 4way lepto shot) if you haven't already.
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We actually just had that one yesterday
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Permalink Reply by Snickmom on
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It seems like teaching a dog to walk without his nose on the ground would be helpful. Perhaps by frequently calling his name and giving him a treat for looking at you. Perhaps just walk him on sidewalks until he outgrows the bug and snail thing? The owner of the grass you are walking him on could have sprayed for bugs, or put down fertilizer.
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