[nagdu] Scavenging While Relieving

[Tracy Carcione]

I feel your pain.  My old dog Ben did that for a while.  He eventually grew
out of it, though he still has a thing for mulch.  Krokus does it too, but
I've been relieving him in the street, which is a little less full of stuff.
If you have control over the mulch, Ben was less likely to eat the big
pieces of bark.  Or maybe they were just easier to take away from him.
I think what I did was take stuff away from him when I heard/felt him grab
something, and try to keep him away from stuff when I could.  
You might try calling TSE and see if they have any better ideas.
Good luck.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alysha via nagdu
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 7:47 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Scavenging While Relieving

Hi all,

I've been home with Xylon, my second Seeing Eye dog, for a little over two
months now. He's absolutely wonderful, but he wants to try and eat
everything whenever I let him sniff around outside when relieving! He'll try
to eat rocks, grass, mulch, dirt, or whatever he can get into his mouth.
He's actually not too bad about scavenging while he's working or in the
house, but when we stop, and especially when it's time to relieve, he turns
into a doggy vacuum. I try and take him to areas where random debris is
limited, but I think Xylon could find something to eat anywhere! Any ideas
on how to keep him from eating stuff while still letting him sniff around to
find a good spot to do his business? Is this just a puppy thing that I can
expect him to grow out of?

 

Thanks,

Alysha and Xylon

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