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Admit It, Dogs Poop Habits Are Funny, So Laugh It Up And #ScoopThatPoop

6/17/2014

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Typist: Bethany
Let's be honest, shall we? Poop is funny. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that everybody does it. And if you have been living under a rock, there is probably poop under there. Poop is not icky and gross, it's just a fact. Okay, maybe it is icky and gross but it is still an unavoidable part of being alive and living with other beings. For me, part of the constant enjoyment I get out of life with my dogs includes laughing about their bathroom habits and smiling while cleaning up their poop. I treasure any and all precious moments with my dogs and in all truthfulness, those happy thoughts include their poop.
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When we were hiking a closed road in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest last month, the dogs had a vast array of choices as to where to poop. Yet they all chose to poop on the sparse patches of melting spring snow. Yes, all three of them. Two of them more than once. This was hilarious! Granted, cleaning up poop off of melting snow was not the most fun I had on our hike, but the dogs fondness for squatting in the snow is a memory I shall always treasure.

Speaking of memories, Tynan was a shy pooper. He always pooped in tall grass or in low shrubbery. It was as if he was using the landscape as a stall to go into and do his business in "private." He was particularly fond of pooping in heather. Why do I remember how and where my deceased dog pooped? Because I loved absolutely everything about Tynan, even his poop! And I wouldn't have noticed these charming things about him and had the memories to make me smile, had I not been following him around with a plastic bag on my hand to scoop that poop.
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I remember the poop habits of my families litter mate huskies too. They were marking poopers. Each one pooped just one little turd on almost every corner of every block. Did I mention these were my families dogs when I was a preteen and teenager? Yeah. Nobody thinks poop is more icky than a teenage girl. But my parents taught me responsible pet ownership so I dutifully cleaned up each and every poop. At that time, I am sure I fussed and complained and possibly even screamed while doing it but that is not what I now remember. Today, I smile and think of all the wonderful walks I had with those huskies. I loved watching them walk next to each other as if they were a sled team. And I loved that they pooped side by side too.

Every memory of all the dogs I have ever known and loved, and remembrances of travels I have taken with pets, include some sort of reminiscence of their poop. Which is in and of itself hilarious. But my point is this: go out into the world and smile with your dogs. Snicker at their antics. Giggle at their silliness. Grin at their cunning. Beam at their unconditional love. And, yes, laugh at their elimination habits. And always, always, scoop that poop preferably with a smile.
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What's almost as much fun as laughing about my dogs poop? Writing and reading about other dogs poop! So thank you to Sugar the Golden Retriever, My Pawsitively Pets and Oz the Terrier for hosting the Scoop That Poop Blog Hop each month. Check out the blogs below for all you ever wanted to know about scooping poop. (And don't be afraid to chuckle!)
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13 Comments
Molly The Wally link
6/16/2014 11:21:22 pm

Funny that as Ancient Pip always hated going in the garden so we'd have to go for a little walk and yet Molly is fine with the garden so no need to go out unless it is our big walk of the day. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly

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Bethany
6/17/2014 08:08:32 am

Huxley also dislikes pooping in his yard! It's funny and it makes us go out for more walks.

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Rebekah link
6/17/2014 12:15:15 pm

Love this! I also laugh at my dogs' elimination habits. Bruce is like clockwork, every night after dinner. I can always tell when he or Neeko is going to poop, by their sniffing and the way they walk. You know, the "poop walk." We always joke that Faolan's poops sneak up on him. He will suddenly stop running, and hunch over and poop, wherever he stopped. It makes me giggle. I am scooper as well, and enjoy "bathroom humor."

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Bethany
6/17/2014 11:39:58 pm

Ha! Ha! "Poop walk!" I know that one! Hilarious!

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Ann Staub link
6/17/2014 03:34:48 pm

Lol, never thought much about funny pooping habits of dogs before. But now that you mention it, when I was caring for boarding animals at the clinic I knew all of the regular boarders pooping habits like the back of my hand. Sierra the beagle was tiny, but pooped as much as a GSD. Atlas the husky liked to poop in his kennel and then grace every inch of it with his poop over night. Shiner likes to poop near my dad's truck door, which has made for some good laughs before.

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Bethany
6/17/2014 11:40:46 pm

Even Shiner has a sense of humor about dog poop! :)

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Jenna Drady link
6/18/2014 01:14:15 am

hahaha!!! That was a great post! I have to admit though, I do not pick up the poop with a smile on my face! BOL I sort of have this Ick look on my face, but I clean it just the same, and I do love every bit of my pups!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at <i><b><a href="http://ownedbyahusky.blogspot.ca">Love is being owned by a husky!</a></b></i>

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Bethany
6/19/2014 04:03:34 am

I suppose as long as you are scooping, it doesn't matter what kind of face you have, but, c'mon, don't your dogs occasionally have a poop that makes you smile? On top of something? An unusual formation? You can admit it, I won't judge! :)

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Chewy the Golden link
6/18/2014 01:55:04 am

I pooped on the last patches of snow, too! I also like to poop at the top of the little hills made by roots of giant trees, and sometimes they roll down...

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Bethany
6/19/2014 04:00:34 am

Ah, Chewy, I know the high ground, rolling down poop as well- that is one of Huxley's favorite "tricks." :)

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Amy link
6/18/2014 10:33:20 pm

This is great! Thanks for a Scoop the Poop post that is funny and reminds us to lighten up and laugh.

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Bethany
6/19/2014 04:35:58 am

Thanks, Amy. With the horrifying danger to public health not cleaning up dog poop creates, it is so easy to get angry and frustrated. I am very glad I could lighten the load (pun intended.)

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Emma link
6/20/2014 09:01:59 pm

Mom laughs so hard when all three of us poop together. We don't find the humor in it, but she sure does. She also loves it as she can gather it all up in one swoop with one bag and we are done! Happy scooping!

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