why do dogs eat grass?

Question

my dog does sometimes

Answer 1

They do this when their tummies are upset because it normally makes them vomit.

Answer 2

The grass help them to digest. Sometimes dogs get an upset stomach and the grass helps them to vomit and feel better.

Answer 3

I was told that they eat grass the same way we eat salad. They just enjoy the taste. Some people think dogs eat it because they don't feel well. That's not always the case.

Answer 4

Dogs do not eat grass just to make themselves sick. Sometimes that's why, but sometimes they just like the taste- it's like a nice green salad. My poodle ate grass all the time and he very rarely got sick, so I'll just assume he liked it (yuck).

Answer 5

"It's a normal part of their diet," says Holly Frisby, DVM, of Doctors Foster & Smith, Inc. in Wisconsin. Wild canine relatives of dogs--wolves and foxes--eat all of an animal when they catch it. They end up, therefore, eating grasses and plants in the intestines of these animals. Domestic dogs, eating prepared dog food, lack this part of their diet and so they eat grass.

"They just like it!" Frisby also says. She mentions a beagle that picks raspberries faster than his owner.

Another reason: dogs may eat grass when they have an upset stomach in order to cause vomiting. "The grass will bind with the offending material. Then the grass acts as an irritant and causes the dog to vomit, bringing up the poisonous material at the same time," says Celia Feiler, DVM, of Winston Veterinary Hospital in North Carolina.

Finally, dogs may appear to eat grass, says Feiler, when they are just running the blades through their mouth to gather information. Their sense of smell and taste may act together to detect if other animals have walked through their area or urinated on the grass.

Answer 6

Normally when they arent feeling good they will eat grass to make them selves throw up. Or they might think something tasty is on the grass

Answer 7

It's a fairly normal dog thing, especially if they have a sore gut, constipation etc. It's a dogs way of sorting gut probs. Sometimes it's enough to make them sick and that's the end of it, other times it's just a form of roughage and it all sorts itself in its own time !

Answer 8

dogs eat grass as a sort of laxative they seem to get some sort of nutrients from the grass.If they eat to much it can make them quite sick so you ned to watch what they are doing and react accordingly

Answer 9

Dogs will eat grass because they have stomachaches and it helps them.

Answer 10

I've always been told that they eat grass when their stomachs are upset.

Answer 11

usually means they have an upset stomach, the grass helps digestion