I know I've posted about Norris' issue with eating garbage before. But now he's decided poop is yummy, and there is a lot of it because a lot of people don't pick up after their dogs. So now with poop, garbage and dirty ice on the menu, I am constantly jerking Norris away from anything he sniffs because I'm afraid he's going to eat something he shouldn't. I'm really getting frustrated with this, inside the house, Norris is an angel, but outside he's Satan.:cry: I mean, I had to take him to the emergency vet at 1 in the morning a week ago because he ate a plastic grocery bag with something wrapped up in it and I had no peroxide to make him vomit. It's been suggested to me that I walk him with a muzzle on. Do you know what kind of muzzle I should buy? I want him to be able to pant so I refuse to use a nylon muzzle that clamps his jaws shut. But won't he be able to eat things through a basket muzzle?
I'm just sick of our walks being a frustrating, painful 30 minutes of being dragged around after random things on the ground. He refuses to learn loose-leash walking. I mean, how can any reward I give him top poop, melted ben & jerry's ice cream, cupcake wrappers, saltine crackers, moldy bread, half-eaten mcdonald's sandwiches, pringles??? I am going to buy a sporn harness when I get paid.
Somebody once suggested to me to feed Norris raw so that he will sastify some of his urge to chew. Tried it, he gets horrible diarrhea. In fact, a lot of things give him diarrhea. Rawhides give him diarrhea. I feed him TOTW dry one cup twice a day with canned pumpkin on top to keep his stomach regular. Most of the time it works, but sometimes he has diarrhea anyway. I have a hunch that this issue would mostly be solved if he would STOP EATING CRAP OFF THE GROUND. Norris does have a beef femur bone that he loves, and I am going to buy him an elk antler as well. If anyone has any suggestions for good TOUGH chew toys, please let me know. He chews things to pieces and then eats the pieces, so he isn't allowed most toys. Even toys that say they are for tough chewers don't hold up! Norris seems very orally fixated for a five year old dog. I took him to the dog park last weekend and he played with the other dogs some of the time, and the rest of the time he was trying to eat these chunks of ice that were next to the water bowls. He is very obsessive with this. He gets fed twice a day and always has plenty of water available. I don't understand his ice obsession.
Heeeeeeeeeeeelllllllppppppppp :wall::madgo:
I'm just sick of our walks being a frustrating, painful 30 minutes of being dragged around after random things on the ground. He refuses to learn loose-leash walking. I mean, how can any reward I give him top poop, melted ben & jerry's ice cream, cupcake wrappers, saltine crackers, moldy bread, half-eaten mcdonald's sandwiches, pringles??? I am going to buy a sporn harness when I get paid.
Somebody once suggested to me to feed Norris raw so that he will sastify some of his urge to chew. Tried it, he gets horrible diarrhea. In fact, a lot of things give him diarrhea. Rawhides give him diarrhea. I feed him TOTW dry one cup twice a day with canned pumpkin on top to keep his stomach regular. Most of the time it works, but sometimes he has diarrhea anyway. I have a hunch that this issue would mostly be solved if he would STOP EATING CRAP OFF THE GROUND. Norris does have a beef femur bone that he loves, and I am going to buy him an elk antler as well. If anyone has any suggestions for good TOUGH chew toys, please let me know. He chews things to pieces and then eats the pieces, so he isn't allowed most toys. Even toys that say they are for tough chewers don't hold up! Norris seems very orally fixated for a five year old dog. I took him to the dog park last weekend and he played with the other dogs some of the time, and the rest of the time he was trying to eat these chunks of ice that were next to the water bowls. He is very obsessive with this. He gets fed twice a day and always has plenty of water available. I don't understand his ice obsession.
Heeeeeeeeeeeelllllllppppppppp :wall::madgo:
