06
May
My Dog Is Eating Grass And Mud. Grass dirt leaves sticks feces from geese rabbits deer and other animals and sometimes rocks garbage or anything else they find when on a walk or out in the back yard. Grass eating is normal dog behavior. Whether your dog eats soil from pots or eat dirt directly from your garden attention needs to be paid. For example eating dirt would be a pica disorder.
Ingesting dirt is a fairly common behavior among dogs. Grass eating is normal dog behavior. Pica syndrome in dogs. He may just be in the mood to chew and bite. Only a quarter of dogs that eat grass actually vomit. They often dont eat the grass.
The reasons why a dog would chow down on dirt and grass are varied.
Wild dogs like wolves and coyotes do it too. Kibble and unbalanced diets could be the culprits. Pica is defined as a state whereby dogs eat things other than food. In some cases pica is caused by a mineral deficiency in your dogs diet or a parasite infestation. Some experts hypothesize this happens when your dog is not getting certain nutrients from their food especially those dogs on a the supermarket diet low-grade dog food. So if your dog gets enough greens in his diet and he looks like hes feeling fine.