Re: Unspeakably offensive canine behavior
On 4/1/06 12:08 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Completely unrelated, but I'll mention that today is a hard one for Wes' family... he was an April Fool's baby. Stop the damn war! There are things worse than a gift of regurgitated dog shit in the living room. This post has cheered me up since losing my job on Thursday. I don't know for certain, but this seems to be small dog behavior. My large dogs wouldn't go near its own business, much less eat it. I was watching my step-sisters pug a couple of weeks ago, when I saw this habit first hand. I was out in the yard letting Mugsy tend to business when I noticed him eating something... He kept it down, but I didn't want him near me or the kids. Solving the problem? Air horn. Even before thinks about it, scare it out of him before he can take it back in. It works for big dog behaviors, and I know enough about those. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unspeakably offensive canine behavior
On 4/2/06, Matthew and Julie Bos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Solving the problem? Air horn. Even before thinks about it, scare it out of him before he can take it back in. It works for big dog behaviors, and I know enough about those. We found Deter, a product similar to Dis-Taste, which WTG suggested. It promises to stop the corprophagia. Our dog is crepuscular and corprophagic. The former is fine, however. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Unspeakably offensive canine behavior
As I may or may not have mentioned here, we recently adopted (purchased, after an interview process) a dog. He's a Maltese, though he has grown a bit larger than the breed is supposed to. He's a wonderful little buddy in many ways. I've been getting more exercise and have had fun training him -- he's very smart and eager to learn. And he follows me around the house all the time. You mean, like a puppy? Dave Land asked when I mentioned this. Yes, indeed, he follows me around like a puppy. However, he has one behavior, which Dave that's the last time that dog licks me Land associates in particular with white dogs. It is... well, the word gross comes to mind, and I don't mean in the Scottish way. He seems to desire to digest his food twice. Got that? In other words, he is attracted to his own excrement, which he sometimes consumes. In case that wasn't clear, apparently he's unfamiliar with the expression, Eat shit and die. At this point, I feel compelled to mention, for those who might be suspicious, that this is not an April Fools joke. Oh, that it were, for last night we discovered that there is something worse a dog can do with its poop than just eat it. The dog can regurgitate it next to the sofa where you're trying to enjoy a movie and the fireplace on a Friday evening. The stench was so bad that my initial reaction was to say to Cindy, We have to move. I am never going in that living room again. No matter what the cost, I was unwilling to face the entity in the living room. However... since it's hard to pack up and move on a Friday night, I managed hold my breath and approach the toxic spill with a bottle of Nature's Miracle and knock down the emissions enough that we could actually clean it up, which involved more Nature's Miracle, Lysol, carpet shampoo and a wet/dry vaccuum (which I'll have to clean out this morning). My question to thee, in thy group capacity as Irregulars, is thus: Anybody know how the heck to get the dang dog to stop munching its offal? We generally try to pick up his leavings as soon as he leaves them, which makes it less likely... but we don't always notice when he's done doo-doo. My dream is that there's some magic potion to add to his food that will discourage secondary consumption while not interfering with the primary. Completely unrelated, but I'll mention that today is a hard one for Wes' family... he was an April Fool's baby. Stop the damn war! There are things worse than a gift of regurgitated dog shit in the living room. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unspeakably offensive canine behavior
On 1 Apr 2006, at 6:08PM, Nick Arnett wrote: My question to thee, in thy group capacity as Irregulars, is thus: Anybody know how the heck to get the dang dog to stop munching its offal? We generally try to pick up his leavings as soon as he leaves them, which makes it less likely... but we don't always notice when he's done doo- doo. My dream is that there's some magic potion to add to his food that will discourage secondary consumption while not interfering with the primary. http://tinyurl.com/ndskg Or you can try adding several dessert spoons of vegetable oil to the dog's food. This also makes stools unappetising. And messier. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unspeakably offensive canine behavior
On 4/1/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/ndskg Dis-Taste, here we come! Thank you, thank you! Dog bless you! Or you can try adding several dessert spoons of vegetable oil to the dog's food. This also makes stools unappetising. And messier. Not such a good approach, given that we have to pick up after him when he goes in public. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Unspeakably offensive canine behavior
I figured id use this group for this little question... what do you all know about cobweb plots and its relation to chaos theory? My friend is working with them now and explained it just simply as they are related to chaos theory. Any helpful guidance would be great. Nick -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: 31/03/2006 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unspeakably offensive canine behavior
On 4/1/06, Nick Lidster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I figured id use this group for this little question... what do you all know about cobweb plots and its relation to chaos theory? My friend is working with them now and explained it just simply as they are related to chaos theory. Any helpful guidance would be great. Nick RTFW? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobweb_plot ~Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
