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  • nobarkusN

    @-Clar|Emm|Kai-:

    Our B Kairoe, has a flavour for ants!! One day at the dog park, I noticed him hunched over a dirt patch eating dirt, so I walked over to inspect the mud and noticed that he was chasing and eating the ants. I read somewhere that many animals including B's, will eat ants if they're in need of water or are hungry. Either way, I had the water and he was a couple hours away from feeding but I think the ants tasted better!

    Some of the other owners of different breeds at the park have the same scenario but we noticed that the dogs were eating the sweet tasting roots…

    LOL, eating ants is new one I have not heard about.

    Buddy, Paolo and Dan

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  • snorky998S

    @nobarkus:

    Reason I was asking that is because I don't pot any plants in plain dirt. You don't amend the soil?

    Only with our own home made compost, and for the house plants that's only every 4-5 years or so.

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  • V

    Aren't you concerned about your dogs eating dirt at a dog park?
    I think dog parks and highway rest stops are the dirtiest places to allow dogs to play - my vet agrees with me and discourages her clients from visiting either. I don't want my dogs in an area where other dogs are peeing and poo'ing - dogs can contact whipworms and Lord knows what else.

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  • nala121498N

    @nobarkus:

    …I had a RW that loved fresh green horse poop, which I think a lot of dogs like. ...

    When she was a pup, we would call them "meatballs"…thankfully she has "outgrown" her taste for them!;)

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  • ElscodobermannE

    @nala121498:

    When she was a pup, we would call them "meatballs"…thankfully she has "outgrown" her taste for them!;)

    Lucky you! - Tilly has just developed her taste for them - we stayed for a week in the New Forest last month, taking in a few dog shows - there are horses roaming everywhere, and since all we did was walk all week, Tilly must have eaten her own bodyweight in the stuff…. I wouldnt mind but she always wants to kiss you after lol...

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  • nala121498N

    @Elscodobermann:

    …but she always wants to kiss you after lol...

    Yes! That was the worst!! :eek: :D Hopefully she'll "outgrow":) it for you too!!

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  • BDawgB

    @nobarkus:

    … and he kept going to that mud hole gulping it down like it was chocolate fudge.

    :D:D:D

    You guys are hilarious!! I literally laughed out loud when I read that.
    Miles, my rescue, is the only one who eats mud. And mud specifically- not just dry dirt. And here I thought he was unique (ok, more like weird)! Miles, looks like I found you a support group!!

    Miles & Lexi's Mom

    www.stelladot.com/barrick

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  • nobarkusN

    @BDawg:

    :D:D:D

    You guys are hilarious!! I literally laughed out loud when I read that.
    Miles, my rescue, is the only one who eats mud. And mud specifically- not just dry dirt. And here I thought he was unique (ok, more like weird)! Miles, looks like I found you a support group!!

    It was exhausting trying to keep him away from it and just play. People started complaining to the park and they finally stopped over watering so now its decently dry and he's been just playing with the other dogs. It got so bad that there was this 5' diameter wide mud lake and this guy would bring his 5 black Labs and they would take turns laying in it. It was like a spa were people take those mud baths. The funny one is where somebody's white dog would go in it and the person yell "NO,NO,NO, GET OUTTA THERE"!!

    Buddy, Paolo and Dan

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  • Rita JeanR

    Love to see the white dog all muddy and more so the face of the owner.

    Rita Jean

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  • wizardW

    The only time Gossy ate mud/dirt was at a friend's garden - but they had recently buried carp as fertilizer for the garden so I don't think that really counts.

    On a related note, someone mentioned whipworms etc that could be picked up from other dogs. I've often wondered if they can pick up "stuff" when they just sniff other dog's droppings? We go past a vet hospital on our daily walks and Gossy loves to sniff around the lawn. I watch and make sure she doesn't eat anything but I've often wondered about just sniffing.

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  • BasenjimammaB

    Wizard,
    I have many times wondered the same thing, I hope somebody has knowledge about it, so I don't have to hover over Otis when he is sniffing around..

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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