Eating Grass

[Guest greyhoundmom1]

I'm still learning here......my boy Goodie starts to eat grass everytime we go outside. Not a lot and I try to distract him.

 

I have always thought that when a dog eats grass they're trying to settle their stomach - is this true in greys also?

 

Thanks!

[Guest TBSFlame]

My hounds just seem to like grass. They don't eat much and they don't throw it up. Sometimes it looks like a herd of cows grazing. lol. I wouldn't worry too much about it if it doesn't cause a problem.

[carronstar]

My hounds have all been big grass lovers. They've never gotten sick so I don't worry about it. Scarlett loved to eat oak saplings. She must have eaten a forest's worth in her 19 years!

[Guest lionessgrace]

Both my dogs - one a grey and one not - eat the weedy looking grass on our walks, but maybe only about once a week. Neither throws up though. I think they just like it and they must know something we don't.

[CaliforniaGreys]

Ekko is the only one who does it. But she's part goat

[Guest ArtysPeople]

Arty seems to really like the grass when it's good and damp from rain or dew. I discourage it on an empty stomach (we take our morning walks before breakfast) because he has vomited before under those conditions, but otherwise, I allow it. You'll want to be extra sure to use a good worm prophylactic if your dog likes to eat grass where other dogs may have done their business but you're doing that anyhow, right?

[Guest Ola]

Mine like to eat grass too. I don't let them much on people's properties that I know use pesticides on their grass though, so mostly they do it in our yard.

[Kestrel]

Kenzie is very much a grazer. But we only let her do it in our yard since we don't use pesticides; in the park or on the street we hustle her along.

[Guest Greyt_Dogs]

Both my dogs - one a grey and one not - eat the weedy looking grass on our walks, but maybe only about once a week. Neither throws up though. I think they just like it and they must know something we don't.

 

Mine only go for the weedy grass too. I wonder if they would go for flower tops and roaches too?

 

[JeaniesMom]

All 3 of mine are grass eaters . Jeanie loves to graze , she'll graze up to 1/2 an hour or more !! She doesn't throw it up too often .