My dog's breath smells of cat food.

[JoeP]

Can anyone help?

[Crumb]

Feed him the cats.

[Legs]

We keep the cats food up on the kitchen counter so the dog can't get at it. The cats sit up there and eat, looking down at the dog smugly.

[pescifish]

Let them eat cake!
:bastet: :choccake: :dalmation:

[Leesifer]

Breath mints?

[Plant Woman]

Better than smelling like cat?

[RandomThoughts]

So what does he smell like?
Fish? :blinkythefish: :bert:

[godfry n. glad]

Hey... At least your dog's breath doesn't smell like "Kitty Rocas". I have yet to understand why dogs go for "Kitty Rocas" anytime the find them. They just wolf them down.....yuck!

Here's an Almond Roca:

http://www.aramtec.com/Almond-roca1.jpg

just to give you an idea of what a 'Kitty Roca' might look like (the one without the metallic wrapper).

[Smilin]

doggy treats made out of kitties?

NEAT!

[lisarea]

We put our cat food under a kitchen chair so the dog can't reach it easily.

But then again, our dog is dog-sized.

[godfry n. glad]

doggy treats made out of kitties?

NEAT!

No...doggy treats made of stuff out of kitties. The stuff they bury.

[freemonkey]

Hey... At least your dog's breath doesn't smell like "Kitty Rocas". I have yet to understand why dogs go for "Kitty Rocas" anytime the find them. They just wolf them down.....yuck!
Gawd, dogs are disgusting. Aren't they? I've had to build a bunch of elaborate gates, tables and other obstacles to keep the dog out of both the kitty food and the kitty boxes. I suspect she also cleans up after them when they vomit and when Bridget coughs up one of her monster hairballs.

The dog still sometimes gets hold of the Roca, too, but mostly from the wandering outside cats in the neighborhood when they decide to use my yard as a litterbox.

Fucking dogs. Yuck. :yuck:

[livius drusus]

Can anyone help?
Have you tried bending her Wookie?

[Crumb]

Have you tried bending her Wookie?
But first check local and state laws. That kinda of thing is not legal everywhere.

[ms_ann_thrope]

Have you tried bending her Wookie?:giggle:

All I can suggest is attempting regular brushing at home, annual cleanings at the vet, and frequent dispensation of Greenies (http://www.greenies.com). Oh, and feed her hard food (kibble), not canned or kibble made mushy with warm water; can help mitigate tartar build up.

[quiet bear]

I brush my dog's teeth. He hates it. He sees the toothbrush and he's outta there. He runs off if he sees me brushing my teeth.

Check with your vet.

[JoeP]

As I'm sure y'all realised, I wasn't really looking for help. I much prefer the smell of cat food to the smell of dog food. (But I'd rather not have either licked onto my face.)

That said, I have been thinking about putting the cats' food onto something out of reach. I don't think my wife would quite agree with them being on the counter, though...

As for barriers, the dog in question is cat-sized and very agile so that wouldn't help.

[livius drusus]

Which leaves the Wookie option as your only hope.

[JoeP]

I have led a sheltered life and have no idea what you meant by that ...

[ms_ann_thrope]

That said, I have been thinking about putting the cats' food onto something out of reach. I don't think my wife would quite agree with them being on the counter, though...Why not? Do you feed them something disgusting? My cat's food bowl is up on the kitchen counter to thwart the dog from snacking, but then, my cat eats kibble, so it's not particularly gross or anything to have it sitting out.

[Plant Woman]

We feed our cat twice a day so we don't leave her food out. So I was thinking that might work for you too. Put the dog in another room while you feed the cat, then put the bowl in a cupboard until the next feeding.

[Plant Woman]

Why not? Do you feed them something disgusting? My cat's food bowl is up on the kitchen counter to thwart the dog from snacking, but then, my cat eats kibble, so it's not particularly gross or anything to have it sitting out.

The problem is the cat being on the counter. After using the litter box, the last place I want the cat is on the counters.

[ChuckF]

:ralphie:

[ms_ann_thrope]

The problem is the cat being on the counter. After using the litter box, the last place I want the cat is on the counters.My cat walks around anywhere she pleases -- countertops, tables, bookcases, windowsills -- regardless of whether there is food present or not! :yup:

In the kitchen, I always clean my work area immediately prior to doing any prep work/cooking, because I have no idea what my little rascals (including my spouse, ha ha ha) have been doing there... :noid:

[JoeP]

Yes, the cats go anywhere they want. Sometimes we find them on top of the cupboards, higher than we can reach. It's more a question of not seeming to encourage it ... I suppose.

[JackDog]

My dog loves to finish off the cats' soft food, so I just let him eat it. I've heard that cat food is bad for dogs, but I've never heard why (other than making him fat), so I don't really believe that. The cat food makes him happy, and if you're not gonna keep you dog happy, what's the point of having one?

[JoeP]

Hi JackDog. Same here - I don't mind the puppy eating the cat's food. The only real reason I've thought of stopping it is that the cats probably do mind. They own the territory and put the puppy in her place, but they don't like eating with a hyperactive fuzzball around.

[beyelzu]

well joe,

up high seems the way to go, cuz your dog might be catsized but he cant climb like a cat can he?

[JoeP]

High up will require a new surface - a platform - though. Mrs JoeP is not at all comfortable with the idea of cats on the kitchen counters.

[pescifish]

I feed my cat in one of the extra bedrooms. Her food dish is on the top of a long credenza type dresser. There isn't a height in my house that my small pony sized dog couldn't get to, if she really wanted. But the dog knows to stay off the furniture except two of the couches and the bed.

So, three things stop my dog, Sadie, from eating the cat's food, none of which are really the height: the dog honors my boundary against messing with stuff on the top of the furniture/counters;
the cat fights back and the dog honors that boundary set by the cat;
and the cat eats really fast and has finished her meal while the dog is still busy eating her own.

Both dog and cat are fed twice a day, a specific amount of dry food. If I set food out and tried to "free feed" the cat, she would eat the whole bowl full as soon as a I put it down. Before the cat came in the house, my previous dog used to leave his breakfast and dinner out and munch throughout the day/evening. But once the cat came into the house, Vibro learned to eat his meal all at once. Otherwise the cat would eat his food.

Me and Vibro would be laying there in bed, sleeping, only to be woken up by the sound of the cat's "crunch crunch crunch" from the area of his food dish on the floor in the bedroom. I'd look at him and say "Aren't you gonna do something about that?!" And he'd look at me as if to say "You're gonna give me more food in the morning, right?" and he'd go back to sleep.