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07-27-2006, 08:09 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Baltimore
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| Eating Grass I've noticed that Jake that last two days Jake has been eating grass when we go for our walks. I've seen him do it before once in a while but the last two days he has stopped to nibble six times (once every time we go out 7 AM 4:30 pm and 9:30 pm) I've called his vet they said that he might just like the taste but make sure that that grass hasn't been treated with pesticides and try to wean him off of it. I also looked it up on line but can't get a definitive answer. Am I being overly concerned any input would be appreciated. |
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07-27-2006, 08:11 AM | #2 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Flowery Branch, GA
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| I think they like the taste but it makes my throw up. My other yorkie us to eat it when he had an upset stomach. Does it make your yorkie sick? |
07-27-2006, 08:12 AM | #3 |
BANNED FOR NOT MAILING PRODUCTS PURCHASED | here is what I found. I do not consider dogs eating grass to be a bad thing. I do not know what nutritional benefits there might be in eating grass but I have only seen two serious problems from eating grass and they both were cases in which a pet (one dog and one cat) ate grass and subsequently vomited it up, at least we think that was what happened. In each case a blade of grass ended up in the nasal passages and led to a strong foreign body reaction and infection. The positioning of the grass in the nasal passages is what I am basing the theory of it being vomited into the nasal passages rather than inhaled into them on. This is obviously not a common problem. Whether or not eating grass indicates that there is some underlying problem is a much harder question to answer. If it does, no one that I am aware of has been able to make a consistently reliable connection between the grass eating and a particular medical condition. There do seem to be some dogs and cats that eat grass when they feel nauseous or have gastro-intestinal problems but there are so many dogs and cats that eat grass with no problems at all that it is hard to make a strong connection between grass eating and gastrointestinal discomfort in pets. It is even harder to make a case for nutritional deficiencies or other things that people have worried about based on this behavior. My personal opinion is that most dogs and cats that eat grass do so because they get some satisfaction from it and that it isn't an indication of a problem of any kind most of the time. Mike Richards, DVM 5/12/2001 |
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