What up Dog

SaveMyRiver

My dogs eating grass.  Has he lost his mind or is something wrong.  Btw his food hasn't changed in months.   Any ideas

frank

Dogs eat grass to help with upset stomachs in my experience

But there's a veterinarian on the forum, maybe he'll enlighten us

FishInFL

Maybe he has gonorrhea?

SaveMyRiver

Turner River Terror

Yea , And we want to know who gave it to him..
Have any Family members recently over...just askin..

AC Man

All dogs that I am aware of eat grass when they have a upset stomach. If a indoor dog be ready for a puke fest.

SaveMyRiver

AC Man said:

All dogs that I am aware of eat grass when they have a upset stomach. If a indoor dog be ready for a puke fest.

Oh great.  Last time if seemed like 2wks of undigested food came up on the floor

mplspug

I eat grass and chew on it when I have an upset tummy too.  Right after my pup throws it up.

Turner River Terror

It's those Microbe things...I keep my yard sand and it really kills them off..

DropTheHammer

Better than smoking it. Sometimes they take the water from it.
It varies by breeds and conditions they're under.

mplspug

I've never thought they had an upset stomach because they barfed the grass afterwards.  Sometimes they don't barf.  But I always can tell something is off even before they eat the grass.

AC Man

Our cats also on occasion eat grass. They are indoor, so it is usually plants in the house and patio. Yep. Barf it up as well.

My granddaddy told me 50 years ago this is what dogs and cats do when sick. May be a old wives tale for all I know.

mplspug

I suppose it does depend on the dog.  So maybe for some dogs it's a sure sign of digestive discomfort, others not.

My pug was a poop eater.  Man that grossed me out, especially because pugs love licking people.

All our poms love rolling on stinky dead worms.  What's with that Johnny?  The rainy season brings lots of rotting worms.

Turner River Terror

Covering up their scent for hunting..

mplspug

It's not working with the lizards, doves and squirrels.. 

Not only that but that rotting flesh smell I smell when disposing of the rotting flesh has to be a bigger tip off.  

tankard

I've never seen a dog that didn't occasionally eat grass.

Soda Popinski

Our first dog was a mix and she loved cat crap.  I mean loved it.   We'd go into the garage and she'd have **** hanging out of her mouth.  disgusting.   

Old Bear didn't eat grass, or lizards, or anything really nasty, he just drank pool water occasionally, no big deal. 

mindyabiness

tankard said:

I've never seen a dog that didn't occasionally eat grass.

If I ever had a dog that didn't eat grass, I don't remember it.

Dogs eat things because they like the taste or smell.......that's it. Don't overthink it.

Dogs roll in stinky stuff because they like the smell. It smells bad to you but good to them. Smell some dog food, dry or wet, and see how you like it.

LiveLine

Both my labs and my golden eat grass.....like a herd of cattle.  Thankfully they don't throw up

SAENole

Canine Cologne  

SaveMyRiver

Yea it's my golden.   He's randomly eating grass (well the weeds).  He recently got shaved (long story- was upset when I saw it) , so maybe he's sick from that.  

jcbcpa

Our Viszla eats grass every afternoon. Sometimes throws up sometimes not. 
Our Pomeranian eats cat poop and her own poop sometimes. We have to really watch her.
She looks for dead worms to roll around on.

Resinhead

Our rescue eats grass and will drink water from any source other than her water bowl. She loves pool water.

Saltygatorvet

The reasons I’ve read and heard dogs eat grass are ( no one knows for sure) one theory is that grass is a natural dewormer and dogs eat grass to help with parasitism ( which is often followed by vomiting ), another is that is makes them vomit like sticking your finger down your throat. Another was that it had some natural anti nausea properties, the last is that they need more fiber. The last 2 are the least accepted by veterinarians. Mine do it all the time and aren’t sick,  or infected with parasites  and are on an excellent diet with appropriate fiber. Hope this helps

mplspug

Good info all.  I'm happy Florida sportsman has so many dog people.  

Florida Bullfrog

My dogs definitely go on a mission to eat grass at certain times. One of them can be inside whimpering to go out and when they're let out they make a b-line to certain grasses and start eating. Then they puke a short time later. Like others have said, I was taught that they do it on purpose when they've ate something that disagrees with them and they want to puke it out. 

mplspug

Good girl

mindyabiness

JohnnyBandit said:

She is guarding against grass....

Turner River Terror

A Pomeranian that eats C.rap...just shoot it now before it breeds..please.

mplspug

Sure.  Can you come over and hold it while you close your eyes?

dragon bait

Saltygatorvet said:

The reasons I’ve read and heard dogs eat grass are ( no one knows for sure) one theory is that grass is a natural dewormer and dogs eat grass to help with parasitism 

If that were the case why do I need to worm the horses?