does your dog??

Hi everyone just a few questions and if you know why they do it?

*eat cat poo
*roll in poo

Phoebe occasionally does this and I can't stand it I feel like jet washing her,.please write a comment if you've experienced.it with your dog or know why they do it
Thanks

quite commen I'm afraid!!! Cat/dog/horse/badger/geeese...............................

So pleased Moo doesn't!!

Yes mine does it as well. I can't explain why they eat other animals poo but they roll in it to cover their own scent.

It's very common as Janey said. My boy has never been into eating poo, but he will roll in EVERY bit he finds. Fox poo seems to be his favourite but he'll roll in all kinds. Thank god he doesn't eat it, I don't know how I would cope with that

Dempsey will eat most things, poo included. His favourite is cow pats - the sloppier the better! He also rolls in every kind of poo he can find.

Thankfully, Loki hasn't eaten or rolled in any poo yet, and I'm hoping he doesn't pick it up either. I know a woman whose dog, when it was a puppy, was constantly running over to her, bringing her "gifts" of poo or dead animals they are weirdos sometimes.

Trouble always sniffs poo but as soon as he goes anywhere near i give "leave It" command in a cross voice as i do not wish to have smelly poo in my car ..Foxes poo is the worst but thankgoodness he has never eaten any....if he did he would not be giving me any staffy kisses

Daisy rolls in almost anything! When she was a younger pup she went through a stage of eating her own poo However, this did stop. She now rolls in smelly cut grass (usually her only opportunity on our standard walk) but on our longer walks through fields she tries to eat cow poo. I usually take a green dog home after she's spent the day rolling in the cow pats too...

I'm afraid i have to very clean dogs, they won't even step in poo never mind eat or roll in it

Thank god Loki hasn't gotten into this yet, what a mess

I know Ty would eat cat poo if he could find it and, on the two occasions we have been around horses, he acted as if horse poo was caviar!

Diesel used to eat her own poo but since we have had Tank she now only eats his ! I have to be so on the ball and pick it up before she does !

Haven't had either of mine roll in any poop... Yet !

I was always under the impression that they eat herbivore's poop because it is fibre in an easily digestible form, ie. its already been digested once! Its funny because it never makes them ill. And I can totally sympathise with the rolling in muck! My girls run ahead to do it, they know I hate it but I think to them its part of the fun of the walk. I believe this is to cover their scent, an instinctive thing for a predator.

eats deer poo, turns up her nose at dog poo
thank God does not roll in it

Try to keep Rocky away from as much as possible, will have a go for horse poo given half a chance though when we are out in the country on a walk.