Over the last few years of having horses my dogs have become very picky about which pieces they eat - still grosses me out, but what do you do. When I was on my way in my driveway the other day I saw three coyotes out in the manure dump pile picking through for their salads:) Talk about some nice coats! Alycia -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tam Cordingley Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 9:06 AM To: Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Horse manure I got an email from Lucy's new mom: They also have horses, you see, and as far as I know, Lucy has never encountered horses. She is great with them, calm obedient, but she has developed an affinity for, you guessed it, horse poo. The new owners are a bit (just a bit) distressed and asking if there is anything they can to stop her eating horse poo. (God help them --and her - the housedog days will be over--if she starts rolling in it!!) There has never been a dog born who won't eat horse manure. On the good side is that it is a wonderful source of green vegetative matter, horses don't digest too well. It also has digestive enzymes and doesn't smell bad, like cow or pig manure does. Many years ago there was a show breeder in California who put her show and breeding dogs on the side of the kennel that opened onto the pasture. This was specifically so they would get the enzymes from the fresh manure. And it worked. Her dogs were gorgeous, and you coule tell which ones had been on the pasture and which on the clean side of the kennel Tam ======================================================================== ==== POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ======================================================================== ==== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================