Eating Poop-Rabbit Poop

LeeLoo's newest most favorite pastime, while out on her after breakfast potty break, is to sniff the yard for rabbit poop. If she happens to find some, she gobbles it right up. This disgusts me and I understand that dogs aren't people, but I'm more concerned about there being something toxic in the poop that will make her sick.

I've tried to follow her around and nudge her along when she finds a 'stash,' but she just hops on ahead and finds some more. We live in a semi-wooded area and it's impossible to keep all the rabbits away, especially in the evening. If anyone has had any experience with this, I would really like to hear some ideas. I don't have the time every morning to leash her and take her out front to poop when she has a fenced in yard. I do watch her in the yard, but poop gobbler just gets to it before I do!

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Comment by Stephanie Starkey on August 17, 2011 at 2:56pm: Thanks, Chris. We did have her in obedience 101. She knows 'leave it' but i guess poop is much better than stuff that falls on the floor in the kitchen! We will continue to work on it with her.

Comment by Chris West on August 17, 2011 at 2:21pm: I am thinking your best bet is to make the time to take her out if you are that worried about it. Have you taken her to obedience classes? It would be helpful if she knew the "leave it" command. I don't care how tasty it is, if I tell Frosty "leave it", then he does. Or, if it is the fenced in back yard where the rabbit poop is, you could put chicken wire around the bottom of your fence to keep the rabbits out. Here are a couple blogs/articles that I found...

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Ask-Veterinarian-700/2008/12/Dogs-eating...

http://www.ehow.com/about_4620750_dog-caused-bird-rabbit-feces.html