breed info and help with bad habit

Question
Hi Dawn;

I just recently got a new pup-10 month old Shiloh Shepherd, male, not neutered yet. First, are you familiar with this breed of Shepherd as they seem a bit hard to find. I Dont even know if the breed is registered w/ AKC?   My problem is that while he is very smart and loving, he seems to be a "roller" finding every dead animal or feces pile and rubbing his neck & back in it. This behavior seems very primal,almost wolf like.He is extremely  scent oriented, leaving his own and pickink up others. Is there hope of correcting this problem, if so, how? or is it too deeply of an ingrained instict to change. I really want to keep him but cant tolerate this behavior. Any Asvice?

Answer
Hi Kitty,  Shiloh shepherds are not AKC registered as they are basically long-haired german shepherds.  Most all dogs roll in scents like that.  There really is no way of correcting this habit.  There are a lot of theories as to why dogs do this, but nothing is really known as to fact of why they do it.  Hope this helps,

Dawn