Grass.

Hi everyone,

Dixie and I were staying at my parents house for a few days and their garden is quite a lot larger than mine, Dix was having a whale of a time. They have a lovely border with some nice grasses planted in them. The grasses have long spiky leaves and Dixie just keeps on eating them...he runs round and round and snaps at each grass plant in turn. The only problem is they make him retch and be sick! Any ideas why he is doing this? Anyone else seen it?

Hello
what kind of dog is he

My staffie does this ALL the time - any long grass and its down the hatch - it also makes him retch but he will always go and grab it as sson as released into mum and dads garden !!
have no clue why he does it but he has being doing it for 2 years and it certainly hasnt done him any harm !!!

dani

Most dogs eat grass...

Some do it, cos their tummies need a bit of regulation... They sometimes do it, if they want to throw up...

is eating grass to do with diet?

a common theory is they eat grass when they have an upset tummy to make them sick? dont kno how true that is?

Star only eats grass when she has a sore tummy

Benji does that somtimes ,he will eat grass in the garden then bring it back up again ,as long as what they are eating is not a posionous plant dont worry

Dix is an ISBT....maybe it's something to do with the breed Brundog.

ALL breeds do this.... Not just staffies

I guess lots of us do things that we know are gonna make us sick afterwards....I know I do most saturday nights!

Archie seems to love eating not just grass, but everything

he walks past each plant in the garden and snaps at each, but doesn't swallow much and isn't sick. He loves to crunch up dead leaves, and has developed a worrying habit of nibbling the gravel on the path A couple of times I have had to pry his mouth open to get the stones out, as I'm really worried he might swallow them.

Does anyone know what might happen if he swallows a little pebble?