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If Your Dog Eats Grass, Do This
BY SARAH LATHAM 18 minutes ago
Grass eating is a sign of something bigger.
My dog Nora has always grazed on grass during walks. A mouthful here and there, though never enough to worry me.
But over the last year or so, it got worse. She wasn't just nibbling anymore…
She was practically hunting for it - dragging me to specific patches, and wolfing it down like I hadn't fed her that morning!
Worse still, she would bring it back up minutes later.
I asked friends at the park, and trawled the forums… but no-one gave a clear explanation.
“It's just attention-seeking.”
“She's hungry, that's all.”
“Maybe she's got worms?”
I changed up our usual walking route, in case she was bored. I even bought a box full of new toys, in the hope that's all it was. But nothing changed.
So I mentioned it to the vet at Nora's next check-up, expecting her to just shrug it off as normal.
She didn't.
“Occasional grass eating is completely normal - most dogs do it, and most don't get sick from it,” she said.
“But when it's an everyday or manic behaviour, that's usually your dog telling you something's missing.”
“You see, grass is a great source of fibre. So if a dog isn't getting enough of it from their actual diet, they go looking for it elsewhere - and grass is the easiest thing to find.”
So in Nora's case, this wasn't “normal” dog behaviour. It was more likely her gut crying out for something her diet wasn't giving her.
If your dog's grass eating is frequent, urgent, or paired with anything else unusual - loose stools, stool eating, or a duller coat than normal - it might not just be a quirky habit.
Is their diet actually giving them everything they need?
