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Originally Posted by NurseB
My parents had a dog that would eat poop out of the cat's litter box  ....no idea how to get yours to stop. We tried changing her food, giving her more treats, taking her out more...nothing worked...yuck. |
Dogs are naturally attracted to feline poo... Don't know why, don't care why. Mostly females do it, a primal instinct done to hide the scent of younger more vulnerable pack
mates. This is VERY bad for your dogs digestive tract if you use a "clumpable litter"..you see what it does to urine just imagine what it would do in a canine stomach. The only way to prevent this is to put our cat box higher or in an area "gated off" from your dog. I have also seen a littler box that is igloo shaped, has a door and the entrance is curved to the side. The cat must turn and walk up a set of steps to get into the litter. The dog has no way of getting in far enough to get to the "kitty morsels". Unless of course you have a small breed canine. In that case, put te cat box in a mud room or pantry/laundry room with a baby gate up. The cat can easily scale the gate...the pup..unless you have a Houdini on your hands (which I have actually seen on occasion), no chance of getting in there.