June 02, 2009

*Ask Jen: Dogs are Gross Edition

Victor writes, "Why do dogs like to eat poop? You figure an animal with that developed a sense of smell could tell that poop smells really bad."

First of all, Victor, what is with your ongoing campaign to point out how gross dogs are? We can't all be rat people.

As mentioned previously, dogs smell things differently than you and I. What we think smells gross may be fantastic to the canine nose. So there's that.

There is also the practice of animals occasionally eating their own fecal matter in order to get a second chance at the nutritional value contained therein. There is also the practice of "Bear" Grylls eating bear poo in order to get at the nutritional value contained therein, but that is just disgusting.

Do you have a question for me? You can e-mail it. If I know the answer, I'll answer it. If I don't, I might make something up.

Posted by Jennifer at June 2, 2009 01:10 PM | TrackBack

Comments

I can always count on my neighbors boxer puppy to clean out the cat's litter box.

Posted by: Pete at June 3, 2009 07:28 AM

On-going campaign? That post you linked to was almost 5 old.

Posted by: Pete at June 3, 2009 07:34 AM

Well, for one thing, I'm curious. Second, Nic and I have a dog who likes to roll around in stinky stuff and eat rat poop, so my questions are to try to figure out what makes this beagle tick. And third, I have the sense of humor of your typical third-grade male.

I guess you should count your blessings the dog is a female because otherwise my next "Ask Jen" would be:
Why do male dogs like to sit in the middle of the floor and lick their doo-dads whenever you have guests in the house?

Posted by: Victor at June 3, 2009 07:43 AM

And the answer to that one is "because they can!!!"

George Carlin said once that if he could reach he would never leave the house.

Posted by: Pete at June 3, 2009 08:12 AM

Please, Pete. This is serious stuff we're talking about.

Posted by: Victor at June 3, 2009 03:14 PM

Sorry. I guess George Carlin is too highbrow for your 3rd grade sense of humor. Should I try for Beavis and Butthead tie in instead?

Posted by: Pete at June 3, 2009 07:50 PM


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