How to stop her eating everything!

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Help! Ddog is 7 months old and an absolute dream in a lot of ways however we are struggling with the her eating absolutely everything!
She is not a greedy dog, she waits patiently for her meals, eats reasonably slowly and doesn’t seem that food motivated HOWEVER I am constantly fishing stuff out of her mouth that shouldn’t be in there, especially on walks. We had a trip to the emergency vet on Monday as she ate plaster that the builder had dropped outside and couldn’t stop vomiting, she’s eaten something else today (goose poo?) and vomited (seems fine now).
Any tips to stop this behaviour? I feel like we can’t let her off the lead anywhere at the moment because she runs off immediately to eat whatever random shit she can find. I’m also worried she’s going to get hold of something poisonous and we’ll be too late to stop her.

I don’t know but I’m interested in other people’s answers as my dog is the same. Everything goes into her mouth and she’s ended up in vet hospital over night twice due to eating something that made her sick.

I’ve considered an anti scavenge muzzle but I know she will hate it. Also, this sounds silly but she’s got a very cute face so people always admire her when I take her out and I worry that people will think I’m being cruel to her when they see it.

What do you at home if she gets something she shouldn’t? I have trained my dogs to leave or if it’s high value (to them) they know we swap (for something of a higher value to them, eg one is ball obsessed, so there is a special ball we swap with. )

you need to work on the leave/drop/swap commands. Until she is reliable you will need your be very vigilant on walks. Maybe keep her on a training lead (sounds like her recall isn’t 100% if she’s not coming back to you) so you have more control. She’s only a baby still,so you should be able to turn this situation round.

worse case scenario is a muzzle if she continues to eat anything/everything, but that’s a real last resort

We have 2 labs. They've actually been okay generally with things on walks or in the garden but we have taught the "leave it" or "drop it" command for other situations. Really helped us

I think as others have said, she needs to be on a lead, and work on a leave it/drop it command (in the house at first). You need to reward instantly as well, treat pouch might help then you can remove whatever it is and quickly chuck a treat at her! If all else fails maybe a muzzle but ideally you can train her out of it. Good luck!

For now, I would muzzle train her (for her own safety and your own pocket as much as anything else) - then you can work on a "leave it" command.

Muzzle train her. Lots of advice on the muzzle up sites on facebook. She will eventually stop.

Another vote for teaching leave/ drop.

What breed is she? I'm always for working with your dogs traits instead of fighting them. Maybe scent training could also be useful to curb some of the scavenging.

What do you feed her? A fair few people I know who say their dog is a rotten scrounger tend to not feed them a particularly great diet...

But agree, with PPs as well. Muzzle train. Begin to leave her 'leave' (you need a high-value reward for this - so hunt around for something she likes).

My dog recently started this, she has now almost stopped due to me constantly being on alert for rubbish and telling her to leave or drop if I missed seeing it.
She now spits stuff out almost immediately, it’s not always food-can be a bus ticket, leaf or anything.
Not diet related as there has been no change to her being (expensively) raw fed!

Thanks all, we are working on leave but she doesn’t seem to value anything as highly as the thing she has nicked IYSWIM, so it’s always just us ruining her fun rather than offering anything better!
She’s never off the lead anywhere other than the garden as recall is also WIP - again, no treat is as good as whatever she has found to sniff!
Re breeding - she’s a French bulldog x Cavapoo (so a mutt!), she’s very affectionate, stubborn and nosey.
She’s on Butternut box food with some additional kibble, eats it all no problem. We switched because she wasn’t eating her previous food.

Oh it sounds frustrating and like you are trying your best! What are you offering as a swap? Can recommend hotdog sausages.Or would a particular toy work best? Those tug ones are good for walks, you can get pocket sized ones.