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Why do dogs eat grass? Once and for all can you YTers tell me? Katie has been doing it. When she gets tired on a walk she will just plop down and start eating grass. I will have to literally pull her away to get her to stop. She has not thrown up, which I have heard they eat grass to throw up. |
Well mine eat it too...and they like the new, really green, fresh grass..LOL I heard they eat it because it settles their stomach. :rolleyes: Wonder if it'll settle my stomach the next time it's upset..:p Uh...I won't be finding out. Mine have never thrown up after doing it either. Good question though..who knows... Just like I wanna know what's so good about geese poop...or deer poop... ewww |
Katie only does it when she's tired. I don't know if she's actually swallowing it or just pulling it out? |
I've always wondered about this too. Ariel always eats a few when she's laying on the grass after playing outside. Maybe they're attracted to smell of grass? :confused: |
Ariel is GORGEOUS!! My 4 stand around outside and graze like a bunch of goats every spring. My vet says that it is natures way of cleaning out their digestive and elimination tract after the winter. My big girl was doing some regurgitaing today and I have found some small yorkie regurg. If any one else has any othr ideas about this I would love to know. What the vet says makes sense though. I think I will google it and check back with what I find. |
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Both Jada and Bogie do it. They are like goats too. Every time I take them out in the yard, instead of playing they are nose to the ground grazing. They have never thrown up from eating it either. Last summer they did get tapeworms, and the vet said they probably ate fleas that were in the grass, because I have never seen a flea on either one of them. |
Our three graze like goats too! They also help pull weeds! :p |
I have heard a dog will eat grass when their tummy is not feeling well. That statement has "fit" for my dogs over the years. Let me know if you think it could be true for your furbaby. |
Years ago I asked my vet about it cause Chanel would eat grass then get sick - he said cats eat grass to help their tummies - dogs will get sick from it - that's just my vets opinion but I took him at his word - so I stay clear of letting mine munch - but they sure try |
I've heard that they do it because they are lacking something in the diet. I've also heard that they do it when their tummies are upset. I think the latter is true, just the other day I know for a fact that Max had an upset tummy and he was trying to eat the grass. |
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so anyone who has a chewer is lucky if they aren't getting ill. I should google it - cause all this was years ago:) There's one place on our walks they both try to take a bite (plus I'm in an apartment now and don't trust the grass which is another reason I keep them from making a meal out of it) |
Why Do Dogs Eat Grass? here is some info above Dex has always eaten it when he had an upset stomach to make himself throw up Be careful of allowing her to eat grass when on walks as alot of people put fertilizer and pesticides on their grass- same thing with walking on other homes grass as dogs lick their paws. |
LOL, the link still didn't answer why they eat it. It just says bc they just do. |
Pixie does the same darn thing after a walk she plops down and grazes like a darn cow. lol |
My family's previous dogs ate grass only when they wanted to vomit. Max and Teddy eat grass every chance they get. I cannot understand why they keep going back to it because they always get it caught in their throats. Then they stand there hacking and coughing, but they never throw up. |
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but i know when dex had pancreatitis and we let him out to go potty after returning home from hospital he started to try and eat grass and they told me not to let him eat grass Also, whenever he gets out of car as he gets car sick he goes to eat grass to make himself throw up that is my only experience with grass eating. |
I just read in the magazine the vet sends out that dogs eat grass because they like it. Not to make themselves throw up. I don't remember what the name of the publication is tho. Thats what i read...so don't hold me accountable for the info!:) |
I think they eat it because Yorkies originally evolved from a Wolf/cow hybrid... :D |
My baby eats it too! Mostly when her tummy is upset:( |
How do we know if they eat grass to throw up or do eat grass and then throw up? It is the what came first, the chickenor the egg?! I allow Mabel to eat grass because she likes to. she likes to pull it up and will munch like a goat! She throws up maybe 40% of the time! She also loves to dig holes and root around in the GA red clay! We really can't tell what color she is because she is permanently stained! The vet commented that she was not very delicate or refined! She is terrier 110%!!!:) |
Jackson eats grass too. He eats a lot of it at my dads house when we're out back in the fenced in yard. It also seems like it's when he's tired, or bored, or sometimes when he's hyper... sometimes he will be like running around like a mad man chasing the other dogs and then he's like *chomp chomp chomp* on grass, then *run run run*. LOL. He's such a freak! :p All my dads dogs do it. They all just graze like cows. |
Mine eat it all the time. If their tummies are upset, they vomit. If their tummies are fine, it's a salad! Sometimes they have trouble biting it and it appears to act more like dental floss. (seriously) I think if your dog isn't used to eating it, to allow them to eat small amounts here and there, then more as they become accustomed to it. Eventually, they won't crave it quite as much and will stop trying to eat the whole field! And take proper precautions, look for clean, untreated areas. |
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I searched for an answer to my Pixie eats grass (we wanna blame my mother in law feeding her regualr food) and seen you have a Pixie to! :) |
Cissy eats grass on occasion but ONLY Bermuda grass. She is a very picky eater, we go round and round with trying foods but geez, picky about the type of grass she eats? :confuse2: Aww - my little princess |
Mine only eat grass, when they've already eaten something they shouldn't have ie.bug or something (?) and, they do throw up, afterwards...Seems, what they shouldn't have eaten does come up w/the grass, so I guess it's just "nature's way"... |
Maxine has never eaten Grass. Carlo started eating grass, a lot of grass, and a week later he had the Tumor removed from his Interstines. If they go crazy eating it, it may be a sign of some GI problem. |
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The official answer is in! Why do dogs eat grass? because they can! LOL I don't think we'll ever really know, so i guess we'll just leave it at that!:D |
Elliott doesn't eat grass that is growing, but he loves going after the caked up grass/mulch that falls out of the bottom of the lawnmower. |
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