Why does my terrier like to roll in poop?

[ballmode]

When I take him to the woods he always likes to roll in another animals poop...
Baths occur afterwards.....


Any ways I can prevent this?

Troublemaker doggy

 

[Anubis]

hes german

 

[Vehemence]

Lawl'd at the thread title.

Maybe he's a scat dog?

 

[ballmode]

lol

 

[MrWizzard]

Cause he is classified as a RAT-DOG, so he tries to camouflage himself as something familiar to the bigger animals due to the fact he is not going to be winning any fights anytime soon.

That being said he is cool looking.

 

[SearchMaster]

Oh, Ginger - you look absoultely stunning ... and whatever you rolled in sure does stink

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: dNor
Lawl'd at the thread title.

Maybe he's a scat dog?

Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop

 

[KeithTalent]

My Poopy rolls around in pup.

Rolling in feces, though, is really very common. Possibly a dog?s ancient instinct to mask his scent, which would then enable the animal to sneak up on their prey without detection. Even if your dog does not hunt, she may not like the way that she smells?especially if you?ve just given her a bath! Or she just likes the smell of the feces.

KT

 

[Canai]

Heh. Every once in a while the white shi tzu at my dad's house comes home brown.

 

[ballmode]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
Cause he is classified as a RAT-DOG, so he tries to camouflage himself as something familiar to the bigger animals due to the fact he is not going to be winning any fights anytime soon.

That being said he is cool looking.

Awww you like Andy too!!!

 

[edro]

They always have a stupid look on their face when you open the door and see crap smeared all over them.

 

[Blieb]

I have a soft-spot for Yorkies!!!

 

[Shawn]

because they are stupid animals.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: edro
They always have a stupid look on their face when you open the door and see crap smeared all over them.

That ain't mud!

 

[Born2bwire]

He's just trying to fit in at home.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire
He's just trying to fit in at home.

ROFL!

Anyway - because of the whole scent masking thing. But in honesty, because it's a terrier (terror).

My question is, why do dogs like to EAT poop.

 

[sdifox]

Pets tend to emulate their owners. Especially so when you are talking about dumb pets like dogs. So you should stop rolling in shit at home.

 

[IGBT]

..my chihuahua's do the same thing.

 

[randay]

because youre too cheap to buy him the cup.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Because he touches himself at night.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: ballmode
Any ways I can prevent this?

Scold him when the act occurs.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: ballmode
Any ways I can prevent this?

Scold him when the act occurs.

Too much of a good thing approach? Cleveland steamer him. See what he thinks about that...

 

[Howard]

"Yorkie poo"?

 

[xcript]

Our husky does the same thing. He rolls in dog shit, bear shit, dead salmon, dead seals, etc. Nasty.

 

[JohnCU]

2 dogs 1 cup