Skiner
Active Member
Hi guys. We'll I'm looking for a little advice here. Now I am sure as dog owners some of you have run into this. I'll try to be brief, but I have to explain. We have adopted a 2 yr old nutered male CC named "Bear". He is the the love of our lives and we all just adore him. He has been with us just over 6+ months with absolutely zero incidents. I just love the breed but this is my first CC. I had a black lab/mastiff mix named "Bronx" whom I raised as a puppy years ago, that to this day still has a special place in my heart. (We lost him early to cancer) This is where my love for the Molosser breeds comes from as we've usually had just labs. (who are great dogs as well.)
Anyway, in addition to "Bear", we also have two other dogs that own us too. A 8-yr old nutered black lab male named "Jackson", and a 1-yr old lab/collie-mix spayed female named "Riley". All of whom get along fabulously.
This issue is, Bear has sudddenly started to "Turd-Burgle", aka (eating the other two dogs stools). Now it's not often thank goodness, but when they're all in the yard playing, (supervised of course as it gets too hot in Arizona to leave them unattended) sometimes he'll stop and grab one. I have spoken with several friends as well as people at the Pet store, etc... They basically tell me that it's a mineral deficiency where the dog is just trying to "suppliment" items it feels is lacking in his diet? (as gross as that sounds.) I currently have them all on Nutro - large breed kibble and I cut in a little raw for Bear as well , as he needs to gain about 10-15 lbs more according to our vet. (he's a little over 100 lbs. now.) He eats within seconds, and we do about 5-6 cups/day per feeding. Now my dog Bronx used to "Turd-Burgle" as well, so I'm not sure if this is a mastiff thing or not?
All of the labs we've had never did this.
I've heard that using Brewers yeast tablets may work? But I was wondering if any of you have run into this, and what did you do to curb this behavior?
Thank you, your advice is welcomed and greatly appreciated!
Anyway, in addition to "Bear", we also have two other dogs that own us too. A 8-yr old nutered black lab male named "Jackson", and a 1-yr old lab/collie-mix spayed female named "Riley". All of whom get along fabulously.
This issue is, Bear has sudddenly started to "Turd-Burgle", aka (eating the other two dogs stools). Now it's not often thank goodness, but when they're all in the yard playing, (supervised of course as it gets too hot in Arizona to leave them unattended) sometimes he'll stop and grab one. I have spoken with several friends as well as people at the Pet store, etc... They basically tell me that it's a mineral deficiency where the dog is just trying to "suppliment" items it feels is lacking in his diet? (as gross as that sounds.) I currently have them all on Nutro - large breed kibble and I cut in a little raw for Bear as well , as he needs to gain about 10-15 lbs more according to our vet. (he's a little over 100 lbs. now.) He eats within seconds, and we do about 5-6 cups/day per feeding. Now my dog Bronx used to "Turd-Burgle" as well, so I'm not sure if this is a mastiff thing or not?
All of the labs we've had never did this.
I've heard that using Brewers yeast tablets may work? But I was wondering if any of you have run into this, and what did you do to curb this behavior?
Thank you, your advice is welcomed and greatly appreciated!
