WHY DO DOGS EAT GRASS?

Your beloved canine companion clearly isn’t a cow, so you might be confused when you see them eating grass. You might even be worried. Are they hungry? Bored? Sick? Will eating grass hurt them?

First, rest assured that you’re not alone in your concern, especially if your dog is eating grass and vomiting.

Pica is the technical term for the disorder characterized by eating things that aren’t food. Sometimes pica indicates that your dog has some type of nutritional deficiency, though it is often simply a sign of boredom, especially when practiced by puppies and younger dogs.

Dogs eating grass is actually quite common (it has been observed in wild dogs, too, and may be completely natural) and this form of pica does not usually cause too many problems. In fact, most veterinarians consider it a normal dog behavior. One small-scale study of 49 dog owners whose dogs had regular access to grass and other plants found that 79% of the dogs had eaten plants at some time. Another survey about plant-eating dogs found that grass was the most commonly eaten plant.

WHY IS MY DOG EATING GRASS?

There are a variety of reasons your dog might be grazing on your lawn.
Some people propose that dogs might turn to eating grass when they don’t feel well as a way to make themselves vomit, and then feel better. Others dispute this idea, on the basis that dogs are not proven to be smart enough to decide to treat an upset stomach by eating grass.

Evidence suggests that most dogs that eat grass aren’t unwell beforehand, or at least they don’t seem so. In fact, fewer than 10% of dogs seem to be sick before eating grass, according to their owners. And grass-eating doesn’t usually lead to throwing up -- less than 25% of dogs that eat grass vomit regularly after grazing.

Other suggested reasons why your dog might be eating grass include improving digestion, treating intestinal worms, or fulfilling some unmet nutritional need, including the need for fiber. One published study reports on a miniature poodle that ate grass and then vomited every day for seven years. Three days after putting the dog on a high-fiber diet, the owner reported that the dog stopped eating grass entirely. And, of course, there is also the possibility that your dog simply likes the way grass tastes or feels.

On several occasions, we ( Mega Hub Pets) have observed the poo of our dogs after eating grasses and discovered it was excreted, giving us a clue that it might act as a dietary-fiber.

Have you seen or observed your dog eating grasses at any time, what do you think might have triggered such behavior DROP YOUR COMMENTS BELOW..

Anytime my dog eats grass, it throws up

My dog do eat grass....I think she have her own reason for doing so.

She hardly Fall sick thoo

Just the same way chicken does too, we actually don't know why.

My dog don chop my plant wey I keep for balcony sote the plant don die now. She has transferred to my bamboo plant leaves vomiting all over the place and poo filled with my precious bamboo leaves.

Ayam tired and kinda scared that I had to remove the plant from the balcony. Em dey chop am like cow dey chop leave wey dey up

PCAngel:
My dog don chop my plant wey I keep for balcony sote the plant don die now. She has transferred to my bamboo plant leaves vomiting all over the place and poo filled with my precious bamboo leaves.

Ayam tired and kinda scared that I had to remove the plant from the balcony. Em dey chop am like cow dey chop leave wey dey up

I recall the day I was lookin for my 1,000 naira note.

Was later told it was found in one of the Dog's poo.

To chop nylon and destroy footwear na regular thing.