Code2High
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I'm sure we haven't discussed those lists for a good two months, so this would probably be a lovely time to open a thread on them...
And we can transition straight from there to the general dog food debate. Really, it'll be like old times!  
Becky I'm inclined to think she's just being a l'il monster, but but thought we should cover all the bases.
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CatandJim
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Code2High wrote:............
And we can transition straight from there to the general dog food debate. Really, it'll be like old times!
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Former times Susan, former times... it hasn't been long enough to call it "old times". LOL
Bring on the debate, I'll call Walter so he won't miss it! 
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Pawz4me
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And Dr. Doug will love us ever so much!
(BTW -- Apples are NOT bad for dogs. Apple seeds contain a very small amount of a form of cyanide that I believe is called amygdlin. But the skin/flesh of apples is just fine. This is a fabulous example of how these "bad food lists" fail to tell the whole story. And if I'm wrong and apples are bad . . . well, I can think of quite a few dog food companies that better get their lawyers lined up.)
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'bout ready to shut this one down
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CA POPPY
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I sorry Dr Doug!!! I only suggested substituting some grocery items for the soap (maybe leave a carrot in the soap dish?) and did not mean to hijack the topic and send us off on an everlasting tangent.
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CatandJim wrote:No pot shots from me, just having a conversation and trying to be welcoming. If you would like to read into it more than that go ahead but my intent is sincere.
If you would like to further discuss pet nutrition perhaps you would like to start your own thread "teknomad" and there you can give us the specifics about your veterinary degree and nutrition experience/education.
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I'm not up for this nonsense.
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sue.t
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Back to the dog eating the soap ...
- is it possible that she has learned she gets attention when she eats it?
- I expect a bar of soap makes a great toy, sliding all over the place. Is she getting at the soap to eat it or play with it?
- maybe try a soap with a different texture, such as one of the exfoliating soaps. Perhaps she enjoys the texture of the suds in her mouth and slippiness of the soap?
- put a small nylabone in place of the bar of soap? Perhaps she'll start taking to the nylabones rather than soap after a couple.
Maybe some other wonderfully clever idea will come to me during the night. Meanwhile, if you have any great ideas about how to stop my puppy from stealing kindling and eating it, that would be great! Then there is that jersey knit sheet she chewed a couple square feet out of ...
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Code2High
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Hmmmmmmmmmm.... I'd tend not to recommend, from a training perspective, giving her anything she likes when she goes into the bathroom. That is reinforcing the problem behavior. She needs to just learn to stay out of the bathroom. Also, there's nothing to stop her eating the soap and then taking the bone. Substitutes could be given outside the bathroom to encourage more appropriate activities.
The important thing to remember from a conditioning/association perspective is that the earlier in the bad behavior that the correction is received, the better it will generally work. If you can get the correction to occur when it is still just a thought, you get more bang for your buck. So if you can catch her heading that way a few times and get after her, that would be a plus. Short of that, having it occur as she turns into the bathroom is better than waiting until she gets to the item in question.
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Have you tried lining the bathroom floor with a scat mat? Maybe, if she was startled when she entered the bathroom, it may lose it's appeal.
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Hoops wrote:.... But how do we break her of this habit..... Keep the bathroom doors closed.
There, now that I'm on topic I can proceed to the important issue.
I have discovered my new, perfect dog food. It is Pro Plan Sensitive Skin & Stomach formula. There is no other dog food better than this, and it contains no apples!
After you have had Missy on it for a week or so, she will no longer crave soap, and you can leave the bathroom doors open.
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