Guest Anonymous Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 My 8 year old dog, Daisy, is eating grass. Is this bad? I just adopted her a month ago and I feed her Purina fit & Trim with some Cycle lite (lamb and rice) mixed it and she snacks on Liver Snaps. She shows no signs of illness, but I know my prievious dogs would eat grass, and vomit later. Since Daisy is new for me, I want to make sure I'm not missing something. Daisy is a female Shepard/Begal, and I know they only fed her dry food at the pound, and what ever food they had at the time. She's a bit heavy and I'm feeding her the lite food to help her shed a few pounds and I'm walking her daily. The grass concerns me a little, even though she's not vomitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDG Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 some dogs just eat grass because it's "fun", but with the food you are feeding i'm concerned that she might not be getting all the nutrients she needs. purina is the maker of a good number of "popular" foods, but unfortunately none of them are of particularly good quality. i'd recommend switching to a high quality brand of food (e.g. innova, canidae, eagle pack holistic, chicken soup, etc.) and adding a good supplement like nupro, solid gold sea meal or doc kruger's. if you want to read about pet food and learn how to choose a better brand, check out [url=http://www.mordanna.com/dogfood/]the dog food project[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Cassie Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Grass is good for dogs...the only problem is pesticides. I grow my own grass for my dogs...oat tops , wheat grass or barley grass can be left by the water dish at all times for occasional nibbling. Grass is good for digestive cleaning...the only down side to this is some times your dog may eat grass ravenously for this purpose and regurgitate it...this is normal behavior that has been passed down through hundreds of canine generations, from the mighty wolf of the wild north, to the homes of modern urbania. If the occasional nibble turns into full fledged grazing, its time for for a walk :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooeydog Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 [quote]If the occasional nibble turns into full fledged grazing, its time for for a walk [/quote] Ehhh... you just described Goo :roll: She'll find a nice patch of "baby" grass (the real tender bright green stuff), and go to town, then when she's had enough of that, moves on until she finds another patch of the same, then eats that, then so on and so forth.... If you try to call her out of it, she gets real "into" it and starts pulling up clumps of the stuff, then does zoomies and rolls around on it :lol: I think in her case, it's part fun, part because she actually likes the taste of that type of grass. She doesn't do it everytime we're outside, just when the mood strikes and she seems a tasty patch of greens. I don't mind too much, aside from the occasions when the grass gets stuck coming out the other end :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Thank you for the info :kciuki: Daisy is more of a selective grazer, where my past dogs had a grass feast. I apreciate all of you relaxing me on this. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerTy Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 My dog Tenaya is also a grass eater especially when it is new grass like we have around right now. Taking her for a walk can be pointless since she likes to stop at every green grassy weedy thing she sees. She has never gotten sick and I agree one of the worst things about her eating the grass is when it gets stuck coming out :lol: [url]http://www.all-aboutdogs.com[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex18 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 hi mate i dont see any prob. dog likes it that i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoopy87 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 It is ok every once in a while. I let my dog do it sometimes, just not to much.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambee Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Some dogs resort to eating grass when they feel they are not getting enough nutrients. Eating grass once in a while is alright but make sure that there aren't any pesticides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Yep i think that it is fine, eventho they are carnivores that might be okay to eat, just be careful for them not to start eating hair, as some humans have also had fatal consequences when eating hair... so grass should be fine as it can be digested but don't let it eat too much of grass... I would as the vet tho next time you go for a checkup just to be sure :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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