Before I discovered that dogs could eat grass, I knew that dogs were omnivores, but I never thought they could eat grass. In my impression, grass has always been eaten by herbivores such as cattle and sheep.
Although I didn't know why dogs eat grass at first, according to years of experience in raising cats, eating grass is nothing more than having hair balls in your stomach, and eating grass promotes digestion and vomiting. I believe many car owners also think so. It's no big deal to eat some grass. I can't eat much with my master watching.
However, when the dog ate for several days in a row and went out for a walk every day, after solving the physiological problems, he began to grab the dog's tail and grass leaves to eat. Car owners must also feel that something is wrong. Cats only eat once or twice when they eat grass to induce vomiting. Why do dogs eat grass every day? Is this pica?
If dogs often eat a lot of grass, they may have pica, but it may also be these five reasons:
Promoting digestion, expelling hairballs, and inducing vomiting by eating cat grass are the same principle. Dogs also eat some grass to help them get rid of hairballs. Some long-haired dogs will eat fur while playing, or in a family where cats and dogs are co-owned. If cats can shed hair, dogs will accidentally eat some hair.
In addition, if the dog eats something indigestible, or feels a little indigestion and flatulence recently, he will eat some grass when he goes out for a walk. The fluff on the grass can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion.
Dogs supplemented with trace elements and nutrients are omnivores. If the food given to dogs is relatively simple, they often eat meat and seldom eat vegetables and cereals, or they often eat rice and seldom eat meat. Dogs will feel that their bodies lack nutrients or trace elements, so they will go out to eat grass, hoping to get these substances from the grass.
But dogs can't digest grass completely. Although they are omnivores now, they have short intestines and big stomachs, which are more suitable for digesting meat. Eating grass may supplement some, but it is more of a psychological effect on dogs.
If you are so hungry that the dog can only eat grass … then the owner should give more food, even if you want the dog to lose weight, it's a big deal to take the dog for a few more laps!
Relieve stress. This may be the reason why most dogs eat grass. Dogs are social animals and attach great importance to the interaction with their partners. If there is only one dog left at home, the owner has little time to accompany him and can only take him out for half an hour every day. Even if there are other small animals at home, some sensitive dogs will do this behavior because of their inferiority and anxiety caused by their owners being nicer to another small animal.
This loneliness will bring great pressure to dogs, and some dogs tear down their homes because of it. If you take your dog to the grass and find that you used to play with other dogs, now your dog is quietly eating grass, which shows that the dog has psychological problems. At this time, the owner needs to play with the dog patiently and communicate with the dog.
In order to expel parasites from the body, when dogs feel that there are parasites in their bodies, they will spontaneously eat grass, hoping to expel parasites by eating grass to induce vomiting. If the dog vomits just after eating grass, the owner should take the dog to the hospital in time if he sees bugs in the vomit.
Finally, talk about dog pica. Most pica is also caused by mental stress. Dogs are sensitive and follow their owners wholeheartedly. The first thing the owner should do is to help the dog establish his position in the family, so that the dog has a clear position in the group, so that the dog will not feel confused.
In addition, dogs spend all their time with their owners, and owners should spare as much time as possible to accompany dogs every day. When treating pets at home, he also wants a bowl of water to be flat. There is no obvious bias, and the dog will be sad!
Also, some dogs will eat two bites of grass from time to time, probably because they really like to eat grass and simply think that grass is delicious and delicious. Dogs only eat one or two at a time, so the owner doesn't have to worry. But when eating grass outside, you should pay attention to whether the grass is sprayed with pesticides. Dogs really like to eat, so the owner has to plant grass at home.