Grass eating

Re: Grass eating

Nicola Smith — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:58:08 GMT

Yes we get that problem too, Kendall runs round crying staring at his bottom demanding me to help him out!! Yuck. He eats grass all the time and always has but not becazuse he feels sick, just likes it!

Re: Grass eating

Shona — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:09:15 GMT

[quote user="Cat Woman"]

Ouch! My dog gets those "trailers" after he has been eating grass - on the end, if you pull gently, is another little poo!! Poo trailer. Really nice when it happens in the park & it is irritating him & you have no choice but to get a leaf & ........... don't think I need to go on.

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Oh yeah!! Forgot about that little downside!!

Been there, done that!!

Re: Grass eating

Cat Woman — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:58:55 GMT

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:40:35 GMT

it was about 3 inchs long and maybe about as wide as a linguini noodle? very thin not thick. I pulled it out as gently as I could but she just screamed and her anus started to turn inside out. I felt so horrible. I put a warm rag on it after and just held her til she calmed down. She's fine now but it was so traumatic!

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:34:11 GMT

How thick was the blade of grass to be able to slice her anus??

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:23:00 GMT

Speaking of grass... My Ocicat, Trouble ate a bit on her walkies today and just pooed. it got stuck in her bum and made a horrible mess when she decided to slide her ass across the kitchen floor. I then had to catch her and slowly pull it out with out slicing up her anus. Poor thing just howled. :( She has a little tear. Anyone have any suggestions of how to deal with that with out doing too much damage?

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:12:02 GMT

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]

I hear your having deep fried pizza for tea

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no deep fried mars bar actually lol

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:04:19 GMT

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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pfffffffft

Re: Grass eating

Nick Shackleton — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:03:31 GMT

I hear your having deep fried pizza for tea

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:55:41 GMT

I will have you know I am very classy actually............ just wait till I finish my buckfast and put my illuminous shell suit on the clothes dryer and I'll give you a list.

Re: Grass eating

Nick Shackleton — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:51:26 GMT

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:46:12 GMT

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]

[quote user="StephB"]its a classic baby

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Steph I read that as "its classy baby"

Maybe thats why Sandra aint heard of it lol

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Excuse moi!!!!!

Re: Grass eating

Nick Shackleton — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:45:04 GMT

[quote user="StephB"]its a classic baby

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Steph I read that as "its classy baby"

Maybe thats why Sandra aint heard of it lol

Re: Grass eating

Shona — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:13:59 GMT

[quote user="charleyboo"]

So why really do dogs eat grass?

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All of my dogs eat grass all the time and are never sick! they eat a high quality food (Burns) so I am sure they are not lacking anything in their diet, think they just like the taste (they do it much more in Spring when the new, sweet shoots are coming up!) or out of habit!

Clients ask at work how to stop their dogs from eating grass & I always advise that if they are fit and healthy and it is causing no problems, not to worry! My dogs are all fine!!

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:37:15 GMT

its a classic baby

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:11:40 GMT

I have never even heard of it...... will have to have a proper nosey at the alcohol section next time I shop, is it a nice smooth gin?

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:55:47 GMT

[quote user="STRVN"]

Very Nice Nick......... I still have not figured out what Stephs is though

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SHAME!!! it's Hendricks!

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:42:05 GMT

Very Nice Nick......... I still have not figured out what Stephs is though

Re: Grass eating

Nick Shackleton — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:50:32 GMT

[quote user="StephB"]

[quote user="STRVN"]

I saw some1 on here with a martini one........ so off I went to the virtual off licence

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HAHAH i fixed mine. :D

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Check mine out too

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:28:57 GMT

[quote user="STRVN"]

I saw some1 on here with a martini one........ so off I went to the virtual off licence

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HAHAH i fixed mine. :D

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:49:19 GMT

I saw some1 on here with a martini one........ so off I went to the virtual off licence

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:41:57 GMT

BTW Sandra I FREAKING LOOOOVE YOUR NEW AVATAR!!! GIMMIE GIN!!!... i hate being on call. i have a lovely lime staring at me from the fruit bowl.

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:41:00 GMT

[quote user="STRVN"]

Steph you should go into research, and i know where I am coming when I am stuck on something

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I'm tempted once I get my NVQ! I love lab work and research. I've always been a dabbler. I know a little about a lot if that makes sense. I just love learning about things and if I don't know it I look it up and read about it all day lol. :)

Re: Grass eating

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:29:31 GMT

Steph you should go into research, and i know where I am coming when I am stuck on something

Re: Grass eating

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:59:10 GMT

[quote user="Jenny T"]

Steph B- how does anyone know so much about chlorophyll!!!

Re the grass eating in dogs. although dogs are classed as carnivores, they are pretty well omnivorous. This has in fact been put forward as a reason for man and dogs first associations and can still be seen in remote parts of the world today. ie- dogs can (and do) eat anything and convert it to protein (dog flesh) which people can then eat. Village dogs often scavenge human refuse.

So I think grass eating is just related to a dogs naturally varied diet.

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I studied marine biology and botany for my extra sciences in high school! hehe but honestly i'm just a really good researcher so when I don't know something I look it up! The dogs vomiting from chlorophyll just seemed strange to me so I looked it up. Grass chemically would release a lot of gas(O2) when breaking down, so it's possible that when it enters the stomach if the stomach is still full from other feedings that it might just over fill with air? This is just a guess though I do not know this for certain. Just using common sense at this point.