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« on: November 12, 2015, 02:40:39 pm » |
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Ok I know this is a dumb question but I have been fighting this for some time now. My dogs are all in 5x10 wood floor kennels with a roof over, I was the pen out every day and some times twice, once in morning and again before dark. I have one dog, a July Deer dog that will consistently poop in his food bowl. It is a stainless steel bowl and I have bleached it out, tried Lysol and pressure washing it but he still does it. It makes me see RED I get so aggravated with him. Does anyone have any advise shy of taking the bowl out every time after I feed him? The bowls are screed down to the floor and I have a funnel built so that I can just stick the funnel through the fence and pour the food in the bowl without having to open the gate.
I have swapped him with another dog and he is still pooping in the bowl and now the other dog is also pooping in his bowl.
Let's hear yawls advise, I sure need some on this stupid issue.
Thanks!
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sterling
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2015, 04:23:10 pm » |
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Never had to deal with such a thing myself, but I would be seeing red too. The first thing I would do if possible is to change the location of the bowl. I'm curious if he's actually targeting the bowl or whether he just likes to poop in that spot. If he's going for the bowl, the next thing I would do is find a way to raise it off the ground. Maybe make a wooden box that will keep it high enough he can't poop in it but can still eat out of it.
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Mike
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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2015, 05:47:17 pm » |
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Try one of the hanging feeders like they use for rabbits... that's what I use in my puppy pen.
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chipolariverman
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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2015, 07:59:35 pm » |
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I haven't moved the location of it but I would say he is targeting it. I have stood off in the distance and actually seen him go to the bowl and smell of it and then turn around and poop right in the bowl. That makes you want to get rid of him but he is has a good nose and is easy to handle so I have put up with it. I will try and moving it to a different location and see if that works or try the rabbit feeder thing. I've seen those feeders at the COOP, are they big enough for a grown dog to get their mouth down there and get to the feed? I'm sure a puppy could use it.
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Mike
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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2015, 08:13:54 pm » |
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Yeah, the one I use holds more than a horse scoop of feed... I usually put the momma in there a week or two before the pups are born bad she eats out of it just fine.
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Black Streak
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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2015, 10:00:29 pm » |
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I raised all my feed stations up off the ground back when I had dogs other than the ones I have now ( i got to specify the dogs I'm referring to or a clown will chime in on here and say something stupid) because a couple of them would get kinda choked up. I noticed when I raised the feed station up where their head was level with or higher than their back and this seemed to stop this from happening. I know that's not what you asking but what I use might be worth a mention. I use the little black feed troughs that the 4H kids feed their pigs, sheep, and goats in that clip on to the fence. Probably get them at your local feed store like I do.
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T-Bob Parker
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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2015, 08:32:53 am » |
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I've had this happen twice before, the first young dog I tolerated it for almost a year, but he just didn't seem very intelligent, so I culled him.
The second dog, he was from great stock and would hunt deep by himself so I overlooked it for a long time, but eventually he proved to me that I should have culled him as a pup. High strung, cob rough and all the hunt I could ask for, but not smart enough to really make a hog dog dog in my eyes and the day I had to cull him I knew I should have seen it coming.
A dog that doesn't have sence enough not to crap in his food bowl just isn't for me.
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« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2015, 09:26:36 am » |
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My bulldog loves to poop in his bowl. I don't have them screwed down but if I leave his food bowl in the kennel then he will dang sure poop in it. I just figured he was skilled in marksmanship  I guess it doesn't bother me, so I just wash it out and keep going |
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« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2015, 12:09:13 pm » |
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1 of my bulldogs does it, same scenario. In a covered, wood floored kennel..not everyday but at least 3/4 times a week.. Turn his bowl over and dump the number 2 out and feed him.. Personally it don't bother me he's 1 of the smarter Bulldogs I own, and if that be the only thing I can find that I dislike about him that's alright with me lol
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chipolariverman
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2016, 09:45:37 pm » |
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Never had to deal with such a thing myself, but I would be seeing red too. The first thing I would do if possible is to change the location of the bowl. I'm curious if he's actually targeting the bowl or whether he just likes to poop in that spot. If he's going for the bowl, the next thing I would do is find a way to raise it off the ground. Maybe make a wooden box that will keep it high enough he can't poop in it but can still eat out of it.
Didn't think about raising the bowl Sterling, thanks for the idea. This stopped it completely. Did this in two pens and no more messy bowls, LOL.  |
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