How to stop a dog from gathering turtles?

Well, I suppose he's retrieving, lol. Darn good at it too, sounds like! Do you think substituting something after he brings a turtle would help him get the idea? And kind of teach him to retrieve that other thing? Wow. I can find all kinds of articles on the net about teaching to retrieve, but not keeping them from it.

Hi, oh I do love lab dogs I have had quite a few in my life and I also had turtles what I found that you can do is to put pepper on the back of the turtle and this will should surely stop your dog from attacking the turtles. So I do hope that you will try this as it did work for me and it should surely work for you too.

IWhy not call the county agent or a local vet and ask wha you could put on the turtles back that would not hurt the turtle but would discourage him.

I thought box turtles were snappers. Am I wrong?

Turtles can carry diseases that you wouldn't want to give to your dog, so it's best to keep them separate. I will suggest you to keep turtles away from the dog.

If your dog has swallowed a turtle than this is what you can do -->

Turtles carry samonella, I would worry. Get her into the vet asap. She could get very sick and pass it off to you in her feces/ and saliva. Salmonellosis is well recognized as a zoonosis associated with many species of reptiles. In the 1970s, it was estimated that 280,000 human cases of salmonellosis/year were associated with reptiles, leading to the ban on turtles with carapace lenghts< 4 inches (i.e. would fit in a child's mouth). This led to a substantial reduction in pediatric cases of salmonellosis, but a recent study has suggested that 6% of all sporadic human cases of Salmonella infection are still associated with reptiles .

My guess is that she'll be ok. My dogs have eaten: bunnies, rats, squirrels and pretty much any other critter they can catch. They are healthy as can be. Just make sure her shots are up to date. If you see any signs of her being ill take her to the vet. Other than that, undertstand that she's a dog and has an instict to chase/kill prey.

so funny really never heard of this before but we have a chow that takes all little stuffed animals and cuddles them nd would growl at other dogs to stay away he got so mean at it we had to make sure none was in sight of him any more

Heaven, I don't have any advice for you, but wanted to let you know that your baby is so adorable. I love labs, and had one, 2, no, I think it was 3 different labs growing up. Each one was as gentle as a lamb, and my best friend. This discussion brought back some happy memories for me, so thank you!
Good luck with keeping him away from those turtles. For some reason they would be so easy to catch. (I had one bite the worm off my fishing line, when I was 5 or 6 years old!) My dad put the little guy (Fred) in a bucket, and we kept him for about a week. Then we took him back to the river. I was so sad.:( I am sure he was happier there, though.

I read some of the other response, they sound good. Your dog sounds so cute, he collects turtles, he wants his own pets. Its too bad he wants to chew on them.

sorry pal I would have no idea about this but didn't want to ignore your discussion, I think fiftys idea of the pepper might work though,Hope it works, xx

LOL! no I have never had that happen! but your dog sounds like he really likes turtles!
when you figure it out I would like to know how to keep my neighbor's cat from putting dead mice on my doorstep! lol

Luke is so cute!

I would try and give the turtles away to a zoo. The turtles are going to get bigger and out live you and your Labrador.