yates Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 My 6 year black Labrador has suddenly started eating old dry twigs and sticks. This is happening every time I take him out now. I haven’t changed his diet and he is eating well. Does anyone have any ideas why he has started doing this or experienced similar problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worzel-gummidge Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 I've got a black lab that eats a few sticks and twigs, or anything else really, horse, cow, sheep and cat ****. I'm putting this down to puppy stage though as she's only 14 months. Could be cleaning its teeth or needs a bit of fiber in its diet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 We try and get him to avoid picking sticks up all together. We take them off him, and reward the giving, what i do then is (on the lead) stop him from picking sticks up as we walk past. I will walk past sticks on purpose over and over again until he ignores them. Each time he goes towards them or looks at them I tighten the lead with a NO ! It's not often he actually picks them up at all, but we go through the same process again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 On 24 December 2017 at 19:43, Dougy said: We try and get him to avoid picking sticks up all together. We take them off him, and reward the giving, what i do then is (on the lead) stop him from picking sticks up as we walk past. I will walk past sticks on purpose over and over again until he ignores them. Each time he goes towards them or looks at them I tighten the lead with a NO ! It's not often he actually picks them up at all, but we go through the same process again. Take Dougies advice, the dog will soon get the idea, but you must do it EVERY TIME he does it flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Noodle doesn't pick up sticks. He is more into trees. Ruddy great lumps of wood that would keep a log burner going for an hour or two. He is a big lad (Labrador) so I suppose the exercise is doing him some good. Last week he was running up a country lane with a branch that was touching both hedges. If he can't find one on the ground he will tear one off the tree. Maybe he was a beaver in a former life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted December 27, 2017 Report Share Posted December 27, 2017 22 hours ago, Grandalf said: Noodle doesn't pick up sticks. He is more into trees. Ruddy great lumps of wood that would keep a log burner going for an hour or two. He is a big lad (Labrador) so I suppose the exercise is doing him some good. Last week he was running up a country lane with a branch that was touching both hedges. If he can't find one on the ground he will tear one off the tree. Maybe he was a beaver in a former life. I had a lab like that. The big problem is when they try to run past you 2ft away from you legs with 3ft of tree trunk sticking out either side of their mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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