• T4V0@lemmy.pt
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    1 year ago

    If you are really consistent with this, your dog migh take this to the extreme by bringing the item to you and dropping it at your feet for a high value reward. Or they go further to give you garbage before you even know about it.

    No thanks. I don’t want my dog to bring the cat’s poo.

    • Kyle@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Haha gross!

      For that you want to teach the leave-it command so they ignore it entirely. But better have a valuable treat to reward and reinforce it!

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      1 year ago

      If it’s eating your cat’s poo (as opposed to random cats’), is switching to cat food that’s not artificially flavoured an option? As I’ve been told by a dog owning friend that that’s the issue these days, the flavourings make it out into the poo and so it smells tasty to a dog (bleurgh). I know how difficult it is to switch food for a cat though, and how pricey the good quality stuff is.