Anonymous
02/16/2026 22:17
Subject: Re:Shove pups nose in his poop
Shoving the dogs face in the poop is a very old fashioned "method" of training a dog not to poop indoors. It's like physically disciplining your kids, it was done years ago but now we know better.
Your DH just sounds inexperienced with animals. Try a different approach with the dog and give your DH a second chance too.
Your DH just sounds inexperienced with animals. Try a different approach with the dog and give your DH a second chance too.
Anonymous
02/16/2026 12:04
Subject: Shove pups nose in his poop
I've kept my dogs on a strict routine to the point where they wake me up starting at 5:45 ish because that's when they want to be fed. 1st thing in the morning.
Then they all poop.
I keep them in their segregated spaces just because I have 9 animals altogether.
The thing that kills me every morning is that after I put out my largest dog on a lead and bring him back in, his pen mate has already pooped on a pad and if I'm not fast to swipe it up ... the larger dog will automatically snap up and eat the smaller dog's fresh poop.
It's as awful as it sounds like to witness
Then they all poop.
I keep them in their segregated spaces just because I have 9 animals altogether.
The thing that kills me every morning is that after I put out my largest dog on a lead and bring him back in, his pen mate has already pooped on a pad and if I'm not fast to swipe it up ... the larger dog will automatically snap up and eat the smaller dog's fresh poop.
It's as awful as it sounds like to witness
Anonymous
02/15/2026 22:36
Subject: Shove pups nose in his poop
That nose in poop method is a myth.
Anonymous
02/15/2026 17:27
Subject: Shove pups nose in his poop
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Terrible. Couldn't be married to someone like that.
+1 Sounds like OP's DH has a serious anger issue if he can man handle a poor little puppy like that! Too much testosterone for sure!
No, sounds like he grew up at a time when this was the primary recommended advice for training puppies. That advice has changed, but it was very common.
This was never the primary recommended method. Source: I am old as dirt. What doesn't work now didn't work then.
Anonymous
02/15/2026 17:02
Subject: Shove pups nose in his poop
Who does that to an animal?
That's abusive.
That's abusive.
Anonymous
02/15/2026 15:44
Subject: Shove pups nose in his poop
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s a common technique. No need to be “horrified” by it.
Don't dogs view eating poop as a delicacy to be gobbled up as soon as they see it?
(One of the many reasons why I am perpetually grossed out by dogs.)
Some dogs, yeah. Or they think it's something to be rolled in, which is a natural instinct.
Anonymous
02/15/2026 15:41
Subject: Shove pups nose in his poop
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Terrible. Couldn't be married to someone like that.
+1 Sounds like OP's DH has a serious anger issue if he can man handle a poor little puppy like that! Too much testosterone for sure!
Bro, stop. Anyone at their wits end with an animal crapping in their house could resort to this "old school" training approach. People don't have to be perfect to have pets. It's not a "serious anger issue" or "too much testosterone for sure", it's just simple ignorance. Quit fueling drama.