When I scolded my dogs for something, there was emotion there,..not to be rejected, or disappoint,…or shame.

Call it what you want.

I’ve also seen my dogs, solve complex problems.

But then I must have had exceptional animals, right?

Since animal psychology would say animals have no emotions, I’m glad I don’t have need of one!

Human psychology would say they do. After all that’s why we have them, to comfort and companion us.

I don’t know if any one wrote this yet. But many did suggest pineapple.

It’s an ENZYME DEFICIENCY.
Pineapple works because it has enzymes and eating their ‘poop’is a reaction to an ENZYME DEFICIENCY.

They DON’T just eat ‘poop’because they LIKE IT!

They’re having ‘potty’problems and they’re dogs. Doing it the ‘dog way’,..

Because we feed them wheat instead of meat!

DOGS and CATS are Meat Eaters,…! Fruit too!

When you’re bananas skins are black, give them to you’re dog! That’s when they are the sweetest.

And please don’t let them eat from the ‘clumping’litter box.

It’s is plastic and a multitude of other unnatural man made toxins.

Don’t make you’re dog sicker.

Meat tenderizer on some meat, cut up so they don’t eat it whole, will help to avoid it to start with,…. but pineapple will do the job too.

What ever you’re ‘baby’wants. Their trusting you to take care of them,…

Eeeeouuuwwwwww………

Cute dog, not so cute visuals.. ::barf::

I’ve heard that adding some pineapple to the meal, or in conjunction with the meal will make the poop smell so disgusting to the dog that even them won’t have anything to do with it…

Ermine: I said NOTHING about an animal not feeling emotions.. I said that an animal cannot feel SHAME.. you may need to re-read things first.. and as for the boyfriend comment.. Do not assume anything about my boyfriend.. as you have never met him.. In SEVERAL of his classes they have discussed the differences in emotions and feelings between animals and humans.. Animals are NOT self aware.. Which is something that you need in order to feel shame or embarrassment.. If you majored in animal psychology then you would know that.. or if you majored in human psychology.. I KNOW that animals have feelings im not an idiot.. I have had many animals before and I have seen them upset and sad before, but I am arguing that an animal cannot have a complex emotional system such as embarrassment and shame.. That is it.. I said nothing about feelings..

yeah…jumping on the bandwagon late on this one, but it’s actually kind of funny cause i JUST had a conversation with someone about this. she told me (and i canNOT verify as am not a vet) that there is a chemical in commercially-produced dog chow that makes the chow smell especially yummy to puppersons — and that this chemical is not broken down by the doggy’s stomach, therefore poop smells like food (and therefore =yummy). girl who mentioned this was definitely into feeding pets organic food. can anyone confirm, if anyone’s still reading this thread? (my dogs never ate their own, and were on supermarket generic food when they were still around…)

avianmission: Soooo with that response I assume you didn’t actually read my post, just glossed over enough to see “not” and “feel” and quickly, mouth frothing, slammed the reply button.

What I meant was that animals do not say “Hi, my name is Fluffy. I like catnip and tuna.” They are not self aware. They are not capable of reason, and if you think this, you are a few tomatoes short of a thick sauce.

This does not in any way mean I think they are unfeeling beings. Which, by the way, was the entire point of my post. I was refuting the earlier claim that animals don’t have feelings. Feelings and thoughts are very VERY different things. You can feel and express love without being able to say “I love you”, you know. That was the point I was making.

Poor widdle puppy…such a nasty habit. Hi, I’m ______________ and I eat my own poop. Well…my dog eschews his poop for horse poop. Not pleasant.

yes, but i’m sure it’s organic poop.

[That's a relief, I'm sick of all this artificial $#!%... - Ed.]

You know, I’d bleen out that naughty quote, but I fear a feedback loop and the dreaded resonance cascade. Bleen recursion is not to be toyed with.

I cannot believe that nobody has made a “sh*t-eating grin” joke yet. Far be it from me to ruin a perfect record.