Now that the end of winter is upon us, that means melted snow reveals lots of goodies in the form of dead rabbits, birds, mice, and vols. My golden retriever is absolutely obsessed with any and all dead animals. When I say obsessed, I dont mean that he grabs them and runs around with them or plays with them. He absolutely devours them.
We go on one or two walks each day. Hes mostly a good walker, with a good heel and doesn't pull. But when he smells and/or sees a dead bird, rabbit, or mouse, theres no amount of training that'll stop him from lunging at this old carcass and consuming it whole. Its absolutely disgusting.
Just today there was a dead rabbit that looks like it had already had god's will imposed upon it by an owl or something – it looked like it was mid-surgery, guts splayed out and all. Well my dog saw it before I did and before I could yell leave it it was in his jaws. I basically tackled him and used all my strength to pry his jaws open and release the rotting corpse of a rabbit from his maw.
This stuff happens all the time. He used to get the runs as a puppy, but over the last year or so, it seems like his stomach and immune system have caught up and are unfazed by his disgusting diet at this point.
Is this normal? Ive heard of dogs rolling in dead animals or maybe killing animals and carrying them around in their mouths, but i dont hear of absolute savages just devouring rotting carcasses whole too often like my boy does. It just doesn't seem like theres much I can do besides keep him on an extra short leash to prevent this.
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