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dad2paisley
Does your greys like to eat grass? Ours love too. I keep telling them that they aren't cows. biggrin.gif
Besides the occasional throw up of the grass, is it bad for them to do this. We don't treat our lawn or put down any lawn fertilizer.
simile
As far as I know, as long as there aren't any chemicals on the grass, there's nothing wrong with it.

Mine eat grass occasionally. They were both pretty big grazers this spring so I upped the amount of green tripe I was feeding them and it settled down to an occasional thing. I have to watch for fox tails since I couldn't weed & feed this year, but that's about it.
WhippetTalk
Grass eating isn't bad unless they do it excessively. No one knows for sure why. There's lots of speculation. Everything from needing some nutrients (which grass has little of) to needing to throw up. Some say that wolves would eat the stomach contents of the grass eating prey they killed and so dogs eat grass as a throw back since they don't kill deer and the like anymore. Who knows really.
shalea
Larson always loved to graze and was very selective about which grass he wanted to eat. I suspect he just liked the taste, truth be told!

Will go with the consensus of as long as there's no chemicals on the grass, you're probably fine.

I will add a warning, however, that grass doesn't digest very well, and sometimes it causes problems at the far end of the hound as a result...

No, not the Big D.
rycezmom
Both of my girls do it all the time. Gus, however, never eats it.
dogdaddy
QUOTE (rycezmom @ Jul 9 2007, 08:17 PM)
Both of my girls do it all the time. Gus, however, never eats it.

Ours would do it and barf or rather one would barf, and the other wouldn't

Now, with poop cup on muzzle, grass grazing is minimal

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Bjnno1
Black Jack TRIES to eat grass all the time dry.gif I was out of town this weekend so he had an all you can eat salad bar while my dad was watching them. Needless to say, I pulled a small island out of his butt the night I got back.

Must have the don't let Black Jack eat grass talk with grandpa AGAIN!!!!
dad2paisley
It seems like they like all types of grass. When we were in NJ, they were so excited and ate some of their grass. Is it really that different. emo-th_Laie_67.gif
liza
Hmm... Ace eats grass every once in a while. The IGs rarely eat the stuff. smile.gif
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