Gross dog question

[ElizabethBennet]

We're taking our dog to the vet tomorrow and they want a stool sample.

What's the best way to do this? Do I just follow her around till she poops or can I just go and pick up a stray from the backyard?

I know this is totally gross.

[Deleted]

I pick it up after she goes. It has to be fresh, though. So try to make her go when you take her ot the vet

[ElizabethBennet]

Craaaap. (literally)

[spk926]

Fresh is best. Take a ziploc baggie (double bag if you want) and turn it inside out and place it in your hand. After the dog does his/her business go and pick some of it up (you don't need A LOT of it!) then turn the bag right side out and close it up. Voila!

It's okay if it hits the ground. With all the fosters we've had I had to bring lots of samples in and I've brought samples in with grass clippings, sticks, etc. in the bag and it's fine.

[ElizabethBennet]

Jan 22, 2013 20:26:37 GMT -5 letsgetweird said:

I'm imagining you following her around with a baggy under her butt.

Lol at least it's not a pee sample.

[missajane]

An old tupperware works well too.  That way you don't have to feel it all warm and mushy.

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Don't you usually pick up the poop anyway? Just bag and bring it in. And they only need the size of a tootsie roll. A vet I know gives people a baggie with a tootsie roll in it so people remember they don't need a huge sample. Kind of gross, but funny.

[Jermys]

Lucy always Fear Poops at the vet, so I never have this problem. I just scoop it off the floor and hand them the paper towel. I'm sure they loooooove us

If she wasn't that accommodating, I would just take her for a walk and pick up whatever she was handing out that day.

[ElizabethBennet]

Jan 22, 2013 20:59:08 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Don't you usually pick up the poop anyway? Just bag and bring it in. And they only need the size of a tootsie roll. A vet I know gives people a baggie with a tootsie roll in it so people remember they don't need a huge sample. Kind of gross, but funny.

No, we usually leave it hanging around forever

I didn't know how fresh it needed to be. We do pick up the poo but it's not something I'm doing daily.