Aww

[Louisex]

Aww yesterday i took my dog up the yard as she was home alone all day and after a walk she refused to go back in the house so she came up the yard and she LOVED it!! she ate aload of horse poo (is that normal/ok??) and she was so good around the horses, she is 4 and never seen one in her life!!

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Wonderful that she behaved so well.

Horse poo is very tasty for most dogs, but if you have a Collie breed, and the horse have just been dewormed with Ivomectin ( not sure if it's an e on the end or not ), your dog can, to put it blunt, die.
As I understand it, there's a genetical thing with the Collie breeds that causes them to be sensitive for this substance. But maybe the company have managed to change their recipe, since I heard about it last.


from Sweden.

 

[echodomino]

I am under the impression that horse wormer is fatal to all dogs, which is why we're not allowed to put the used tubes in the low bin on our yard.

But generally eating horse poo wont do any harm, mine are always troughing it!! lol

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

yup my 4mnth old puppy eats it
its just gross, and when he throws up Im like yup well.... shouldnt be such a gross little toad should you! And he is a border collie and still going!

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Found this on internet : the breeds considered at high risk for ivermectin toxicity are Collies, Shetland sheepdogs, Australian shepherds, and Old English sheepdogs. Not every individual dog from these breeds is sensitive to ivermectin.

Approximately 35% of Collies have a genetic mutation creating a non-functional P-glycoprotein. This allows for ivermectin doses that would normally be blocked from the central nervous system to gain access to it. Other herding breeds as listed above also tend to express this mutation. There is now a test for P-glycoprotein mutation so that ivermectin-sensitive dogs can be identified. This is a DNA test using an oral swab. Test kits can be ordered directly from the Washington State University Veterinary School. http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts-vcpl/


from Sweden.