# My dog eats cat poopie... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117 "2005-09-30T00:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/21 "2005-09-30T13:07:46Z")
I feel I need to share the story that always wins the Grossest Thing that Ever Happened To Me contests among my friends. This happened not to me but to my best friend. She and her folks and her dog were visiting relatives, who had a cat, and who lived quite a far distance away. The day of the long car ride back home, they feared that their dog might get carsick so they didn’t feed her. The dog ate nothing that day - or so they thought. Several hours into the car ride, my friend was having a delightful time playing with her dog in the back seat. She was lying on her back and the dog was on her chest. The dog was making funny faces, she reported to her folks - she hadn’t had the dog long enough to realize that what looked to her like a silly canine grin was actually the dog version of “I think I’m going to be sick.” At which point the dog barfed the half-digested contents of the cat’s litterbox all over her. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/22 "2005-09-30T14:52:49Z")
Now this, and something I hear is called ‘expressing’, is EXACTLY why own a parrot. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/23 "2005-09-30T15:59:25Z")
At home, we call the cat turds “Bunny Munchies” in honor of our late shit-eating greyhound. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/24 "2005-09-30T16:01:00Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Ever tried cat poop cookies? They look just like freshly planted kitty nuggets, but are completely edible (for humans). They’re yummy! Innnnnnteresting. Is this a real product??? Cite please??? I knew a Saint Bernard once who was entirely too fond of horse turds. Needless to say, I did _not_ encourage this animal to lick me! hijack: Just last year, I made a kitty litter cake (google it) complete with Tootsie Roll “turds”. The Cub Scout pack loved it! ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/25 "2005-09-30T16:28:38Z")
I can’t believe **lieu’s dog** hasn’t been by yet… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/26 "2005-09-30T16:49:46Z")
Maybe the problem is simply that dogs haven’t actually yet _seen_ exactly where those crunchy treats are coming from. Should you put a dog behind a cat and let it witness the snack extrusion process firsthand, I doubt they’d be so keen to gobble such “nibblies” down anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/27 "2005-09-30T17:13:01Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I need my eyeglass prescription updated. I read the title as “My dog eats cat people.” Too funny. I actually came in to post the same exact thing, and I just had my prescription updated in June. It’s not just you. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/28 "2005-09-30T17:31:56Z")
:: reads thread :: :: turns green, especially after **cowgirl** ’s post :: When I was a kid, we had a dog that would eat _anything_, even after we had just fed it actual food. What _is_ it with dogs? How/why do they eat such crap? ---
**Author:** ![ILovCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e99b99/32.png) [@ILovCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILovCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/29 "2005-09-30T22:43:24Z")
My beautiful silver mini shnauzer loved kittie turds. I had bent down to greet her and she bounded up to me with a “shit-eating grin” and clumping litter all over her beard. I laughed so hard I nearly peed my pants. Then came all the sneaky ways to prevent this from recurring–hooded litter boxes, self-scooping electric boxes, etc. ---
**Author:** ![3catshappy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/b9e5f3/32.png) [@3catshappy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3catshappy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/30 "2005-09-30T23:06:46Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > My dog eats the “treats” in the litter boxes, too. I find it utterly repulsive. The cat boxes are in a corner in the basement, and we’ve set up some old chairs as a barrier so she can’t get at them. > > I will, however, call her over if one of the cats throws up. She will happily ‘clean up’ cat barf, too. Ooooh, a hot snack! BIBLIOCAT ,YOU ARE SOOOOOO GOING TO HELL FOR GIVING YOUR DOGS “TREATS” eeeWWW!!! ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/31 "2005-10-01T04:52:30Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > The explanation I’d read was that there was a lot of partially-digested protein in there, and dogs are following some sick primal instinct to get easy protein treats. Maybe they’re trying to guilt you into buying them steak? That and cat poop (aka “litter fritters”) are higher in fat than dog poop, thus seeming tastier to Fido. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/32 "2005-10-01T21:35:28Z")
Oh dear… ads for litter boxes… right next to an ad for “Fresh, Natural Pet Food”. I think I rather wish they _don’t_ take the ads away 🙂 **Bittersweet** , thank you ever so much for the phrase “litter fritters” which will now be part of my consciousness 😛 ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/33 "2005-10-02T01:28:09Z")
I read the thread title as “My dog eats cat PEOPLE.” and thought, “Well, that’s cool.” whistlepig ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/34 "2005-10-02T01:37:20Z")
> [@Mama Zappa](#): > > Innnnnnteresting. Is this a real product??? Cite please??? > hijack: Just last year, I made a kitty litter cake (google it) complete with Tootsie Roll “turds”. The Cub Scout pack loved it! Yup! You make it yourself. It’s pretty similar to your litter cake. The cookies are chocolate, served on a bed of graham cracker crumbs (litter), in a litter pan for added effect. I’ll see if I can scrounge up the recipe. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/35 "2005-10-02T01:46:08Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Yup! You make it yourself. It’s pretty similar to your litter cake. The cookies are chocolate, served on a bed of graham cracker crumbs (litter), in a litter pan for added effect. I’ll see if I can scrounge up the recipe. 🙂 [http://bertc.com/kitty.htm](http://bertc.com/kitty.htm) I made that at my last family reunion. No one would eat it except my mom and my sister. Everyone said it [looked too real](http://www.ihostphotos.com/show.php?id=156840). My mom and sister said it tasted like a big mushy cookie. P.S. Be sure to serve with a litter scoop. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/36 "2005-10-02T02:01:35Z")
> [@Spongemom](#): > > [Kitty Litter Cake](http://bertc.com/kitty.htm) > > I made that at my last family reunion. No one would eat it except my mom and my sister. Everyone said it [looked too real](http://www.ihostphotos.com/show.php?id=156840). My mom and sister said it tasted like a big mushy cookie. > P.S. Be sure to serve with a litter scoop. 😉 Indeed 😃 (How did you get the green bits?) We made one of those last year for **Dweezil’s** Cub Scout Halloween party. It was quite a hit. No photos here though, sorry. I googled “cat poop cookie” and got lots of hits with [identical recipes](http://muttcats.com/poopcookies.htm). Fun will ensue at this year’s Scout party… heh… heh… heh… ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/37 "2005-10-02T16:23:04Z")
> [@Mama Zappa](#): > > Indeed 😃 (How did you get the green bits?) I bought a huge variety bag to get tootsie rolls out of, and it had a bunch of small tootsie roll type candies in various colors. Melting a lime one and making a bit of green poop was my gramma’s idea. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/38 "2005-10-02T16:29:34Z")
I also read the title as **My dog eats cat people**. I haven’t seen _Cat People_ in a long time. I think I’m about due. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/39 "2005-10-02T17:37:45Z")
Just me-threeing (fiving?) on reading the thread title as “My Dog Eats Cat People”. Too funny… ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117/40 "2005-10-03T03:19:56Z")
Thanks to another friend with a cat-poop-eating dog who coined the term, we now refer to our idiot lab who just _loves_ those litter box crunchies as our “Fecal Gourmet.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-eats-cat-poopie/324117.md?page=3)