Anyone here ever 'matched' your doodle to make it Poo?

[Adina P]

In a recent discussion, our token Poodle lady, Carol, recommended someone 'match' their dog who wasn't pooping.  I finally had a chance to Google it and discovered it means this:

You moisten the sulfur end of 1-2 matches and then stick those sulfur ends into the dog's rectum, allowing only a bit of the ends to hang out.  Apparently this acts as a poo stimulant and helps dogs hurry up and go when necessary.  Apparently show people do this and it is not harmful!  Perhaps another useful trick in the difficult to housebreak adult dog...anyone here ever done it?' 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Oh, and one article told about the lady who thought maybe the match wasn't wet enough, so she removed it from the dog,

 put it in her mouth again, and re-inserted it.

 

[Dori & Rua]

GROSS!  I would add a first step.  "Take dog outside"!

[Adina P]

Blech!!!  Pitooooweeey!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Ha ha ha .........stupid is as stupid does. No wonder the dog won't poo.   She eats his poo and maybe he is JUST DISGUSTED.  

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

I was already kind of grossed out at the idea of putting the CLEAN sulfur end of the match in my mouth!!!  This is beyond disgusting!!

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

eeewwwwwwww!!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Come on. This sounds like an old trick where they would show us how to taste urine for sugar. Only the professor put his hand behind, not in, the urine container. But back in the day, we did routinely do lots of things without gloves. We also pipetted many thing by mouth--ugh. It's a wonder we survived.

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

I knew a sheltie breeder that did this frequently for shows, same breeder that debarked.  It never seemed to me to be something that you would want to do often.  To get them used to a new situation, like the camping, seems very harmless and a good idea.  Mind over the doodles mind.  I always have to wonder who the first person was to think of this?  "Hey my dog won't poop let's see if sticking a match in his butt will work".  LOL Sorry I couldn't help it.  Taking it out, putting it in your mouth the rewet is BEYOND repulsive.

 

 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

If you think Ned or Clancy would hold still for this procedure, you are not thinking with a full deck!  It would be really helpful for Ned, but...... pretty traumatic - and can you see me doing this at a campground!!!  Very, very funny.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I can just see it now. People gathered around their campfires whispering, "There goes the lady who sticks matches in her dog's butt!"

[Adina P]

They would know who has a supply of matches for bon fires :)

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Noooo Nancy...that is Skippy's job!!!