Dog eating grass question...

[billbill1]

As long as the dogs are eating the grass and not smoking it, I would think it is normal. he he

 

[hwp]

our puppy (6 months old and 52 lbs so maybe calling him a horse would be better)

Our dogs eat grass all the time but I often try to limit how much of it they eat.

6 months old and only 52 pounds - that's a lap dog. Our little girl (1 1/2 years old) is 130 pounds and the big boy (9 1/2 years - very old for a Dane) is 200 pounds!

Sorry to hear about your loss. Hope you find him soon.

 

[thatguy]

You aren't one of those people that fertilizes their grass with beer are you? That would also explain why the dog threw up!

That was me asking about it, but I havent tried the 'recipe' out yet though..

Brian

 

[Tig]

That was me asking about it, but I havent tried the 'recipe' out yet though..

Brian

When you do try it, you may find that your dog hugs you and tells you he loves you before he throws up.

 

[RonMar]

our puppy it wasn't even a mile from the house when he ralfed on the woman and my suv's floor AGAIN! I think we should have called him RALF instead of bear lol every time ya take him for a ride he spews worse than Mt St Hellene!

When do you take him for rides? If it is only to go to the vet to get shots, then he quickly makes the association of the vehicle to the cold stainless table and needle stick. He gets stressed out thinking about what he knows is comming and he gets sick. I Had a Sheltie like that when I was growing up. All his early car rides were to the vet and he never got over it. We would get in the car and he would shake like a chiuwawa setting on a block of ice

I have made an effort with all dogs I have had since to make the vet rides a small precentage of their car time, and have not had a problem since. Take him for short rides to have some fun. Stop and get out and play with him before he gets sick, then go back home. A bit of this fun time and attention, then he will look forward to going for rides and forget that some of those rides will be to the vet.

Sorry to hear about Wolfie, Takes a real low-life to steal a dog from someones home. I hope he turns up. Was he chipped?

 

[N80]

I'm no vet but I'm pretty sure dogs and cats eat grass to aid in digestion. Kind of like we humans adding a little metamucil to the diet when needed, or for those with better eating habits just including plenty of green leafy vegetables and other natural fiber. They do often yak it up but I think that comes from overdoing it. In any case, if a cat or dog does not have a source for fiber they can get constipated, etc etc.

For cats that live indoors they even have little trays that grow grass for them to eat.

I know we have some vets here, so please let me know if I'm wrong.

 

[jfh28]

Our dogs will always eat a little grass. It's when they are eating a lot and doing as you say the cow imitation that tells me somethings in there that needs to come out. Might as well be sooner than later so I let them munch away. Since the ground is now covered with snow and ice they have taken to eating pine needles off the trees to accomplish the task.

Count your blessings if you only got a little pile....when our guys barf I have to clean it up with a shovel!

If it's an ongoing thing a vet visit may be in order.

Jack

 

[Jimbrown]

I have one dog that loves to eat hay right along with the horses. He and one horse just stand there and eat out of the same hay trough.

 

[The Baron]

My lab loves grass also, (along with alot of other things). I asked the vet about it and she said it is alright but if they eat alot of it at one time it is to soothe their stomach but it also makes them throw up. The solution is to let them eat a little but if they choose to keep eating I give them a Pepto Bismol tablet. Calms his stomach and I am not cleaning up anything. I have tried it a couple times and it works!!!!!

 

[WTA]

Mine eat grass all the time. And dead things, horse manure, living things, anything they can catch pretty much. We worm them regularly and don't worry about it. It's what they do. I can't decide if fresh jack rabbit or horse manure is better because they all eat so much of both. Manure is probably best in the spring when it's bright green for them I think.

One of my dogs ate a bag full of arsenic that the previous owner left here for rats right after we moved in. I didn't even know it was there. I called the vet and she told me to force him to drink salt water real fast. It worked. He threw up all over the place and didn't get sick. It was a flour sack size bag of arsenic too and he ate almost all of it. That dog either has an iron stomach or has 9 lives.