[nagdu] Scavenging While Relieving

[Aleeha Dudley]

Dallas did this too. Tse recommended that I park him in his gentle leader. They said to use it on him whenever I was outside or working him for two weeks, then slowly wean him off of it. 
Hth, 
Aleeha 

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> On Apr 3, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
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> 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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