Most cats are domestic and don’t like the outdoors as much. Don't get me wrong. There are cats that love the outdoors and run around people's yards and poop on them. The only difference is obviously, the dog will leave a bigger load which makes it more noticeable.

I would like to know what dog breeds you have under the only 5 percent that are worthy. I strongly feel like you had a bad experience with a dog and I’m more than 100 percent sure the dog had a reason to do it. Dogs are a reason to get out of the house and enjoy the nature with walks, playing in the park, socializing with other dog owners, etc., the list does go on.

Dogs are hard to train depending what age you got them at. They are just like children. You must raise them appropriately to make sure they are aware of all things around them. It's incorrect to say those who own dogs have control or self entitlement issues, tend to be ego centric and selfish.

If you don't like the blog, don't comment on how you hate dogs.

@anon212039: You are highly judgmental. You have no idea how much more dogs love people than cats do. You have no idea how much more dogs are there for you than cats, and a lot more fun. You have no idea how dogs will always go for a walk or run with you. You're all head and no heart. You want a smart animal so you say, but most of the rest of us want an animal that loves us, and that actually makes dogs smarter than cats right there.

Out of all the dog breeds, 95 percent are worthless, stupid, stupid creatures that use up valuable time, resources and money. Only a rare few dogs have a few good attributes. Most people who own dogs are either control or self entitlement issues, tend to be ego centric and selfish.

My dogs and wolf loved a vast variety of fruit and veggies, and still eat grass. It should be in their diet. They are scavengers and what ever is around, they will eat if hungry.

As for the medical treatments by these vets, I have had a King Shepard live to be 14 years old and a wolf live to 13, until he was killed by a car hit. Offer your dogs every fruit and vegetable you eat. You will be amazed at what they like.

As previously stated, dogs will do this to create equilibrium, and using that same person's example, you drink too much, you feel sick, and you stick your fingers down your throat to cause a gag action, and throw it back up. Whereas some dogs will do this simply because their diet lacks something. They will generally sniff around, and be far pickier than one who is sick, and find some grass (Or any leafy green for that matter) with the missing component of their diet.

I've found that if your dog is eating grass, it's not a bad thing (unless it's full of pesticides or something). It shows the dog feels something wrong inside, and they're doing their all to correct it. It's generally just an imbalance in their diet, or they've eaten something which simply "doesn't sit right" and they want to throw it back up. It's when they start not wanting to eat grass, and they're obviously sick that it becomes a problem. That's when you should bring them to see me.

I've owned dogs all my life now (I'm 45, but who's counting?) and I've been a vet for 10 now, I own my own veterinary practice and in all of my experiences, I've had perhaps one or two cases where the dog has had a serious problem and eating grass is the only symptom.

While it can't hurt to check, don't fret too much when your pooch starts. Also, I get a lot of puppies, or young adult dogs eating grass simply because they're bored. That pretty much sums it up. If your dog is eating grass for an extended period (for longer than about a week) then switch up his diet, and (off the record) name brand dog food is often just as bad as the no name brand.

I'm a vet and feed both of my dogs with the no name food, and they're both in perfect health (Maybe a little porky, but I'm not one to judge, haha). Good luck with the pooches. -Chris

All the information provided in the email I sent you was researched, many many wakeful tear filled nights. the answer for me was in the grass. the sicker he got the more grass he consumed. cows, many race horses get cancer because they don't eat the grass. when I understood what was there I began to look for the same components in supplement form, and was amazed that it is in a lot of our food and killed through over processing. b17 was very hard to find and then to verify its purity. I started with five working towards 14 apricots a day and cracked the pits open and fed him the power kernels as well the flesh of three of the fruits, till I was able to find the b17 and b15 and pounds of kernels.

I used to date a homeopath and the base of that form of medicine uses sulfur and so msm was just what I was looking for. organic sulfur is found in every cell of the body, it is the cells natural detoxifier. co q 10 very very good, it is the energy-producing center of the cell . Potassium a mineral (electrolyte).

meals were hand prepared. calcium disodium, a heavy metal chelating agent. oil of Oregano, ability to stop infections. this list goes on and on.

DMSO can be obtained at any vet. Do not use with gloves as DMSO is a wood by-product, a solvent and will ferry chemicals from the latex into the body and to the soft tissue, organs. if you use DMSO, use far less b17 if at all, as I say the MSM and DMSO go to work to transform the cells back to normal. this awareness was only made after I had reached the last few weeks of treatment.

as for alpha lipoic acid very powerful antioxidant and free radical destroyer. Do not use too much, as it will cause issues. in the normal cells I used 600 mg a day till he was absorbing food better, then 300mg. a judgment call based on eating habits and poo visual inspection urination times and color.

I also used C and A and E, digestive enzymes Papain, which comes from Papaya and Bromelain from pineapple. both are very very useful. cancer diminishes the digestive enzymes as they are used to attack cancer and remove waste from the cancer transformation. the problem then is that the patient can't obtain enough nourishment and this problem only gets worse.

bioflavonoids act as an anti-inflammatory, required to maintain the health of our capillaries and blood.

Papaian works on the digestive track and organs bromelain is more for breast and chest style cancers. I used a one a day multiVit with copper, small amount and cut the supplements into three and gave a part each day. why copper? well Zinc is very important as a catalyst for the b17 and it causes a copper deficiency.

Also b12 as its a micro-organism that feeds on cobalt and b12 has both the organism and cobalt. this list goes on and on.

this is not an alternative medicine. setting one's body on fire to cure diseases is an alternative. food is the natural way we reach full health.

I have not included protocols or all foods used but I have given you the base to research to cure any cancer.

b17 is well known and has been used to cure hundreds of millions of people. this is not a joke. research b17.

Now when it comes Hemangiosarcoma, there is an issue of the blood, unlike tumour growth, blood order cancer uses the blood to ferry organisms throughout the body and this can be a very hard thing to deal with as you attack the cancer growth the organism continues to seek out and attach to dyeing cells and thus the fight continues. Colloidal silver will kill the organisms in the blood by suffocating the chemical lung and the MSM as an organic sulfur makes the body for the most part uncompromisable as in nothing outside of the natural state of the body can attach to the cells. use silver 10 PPM 2 times a day every 11-12 hrs. miamI worked my way up from .5g to 10g slowly.

I also used all foods with Sike so i would understand a little of the effects on him. turns out I too had a cancer on my left hand and right thumb and inside my mouth on my cheek.

The cancer was in his ear, head, spine, anus, spleen, digestive tract, legs. I know parts from the ultrasounds and the rest I visually watched tumours on his legs melt away, leaving open wounds that would heal and reopen to heal for good. his ear was amazing to watch and the tumour on the last week showed as a bump on his head and was gone two days later.

I started slow, 5 kernels to 14 and then added 500 mg and worked our way to 5.5g a day. We did this over 68 day time frame. as the cancer falls back I began to bring the b17 levels down as to not overburden his body with waste and loss of cells and tissue in the process.

you must keep a careful eye on the patient as to sleep, peeing, scratching, farting you name it. as it will speak volumes about what is going on.

I have skipped over parts of this treatment I'm sure.

research, it works and you to can save the lives of the ones you love.

Sike saved my life long before the cancer, so it was the very least I could do.

with the thought of no power comes the thought of no responsibility. we have great power and responsibility.

life is relationship and without relationship there can be no life.

Sike has now not only saved my life but through this sharing of information he will have had a paw in the lives of many more. Thank you for the time to share.

Peace and Love. P.S. he turned 13 in sept and that is very awesome.

He can't walk with it hanging like that no matter how much i pray for him to squeeze it out. Bloody disgusting and i sometimes have to pull it out. I love him but he's pushing our friendship. lol (hervey bay)

His numerous, vague symptoms were all thought to be associated with the chronic renal failure he'd had for the last four years, due to six bouts with Lyme disease (even with faithful Frontline use).

Even the vet thought all his symptoms to be caused by his kidney problem. For about the last year, he had also started wanting to eat grass whenever he went outside and that wasn't something he did before. He seemed obsessed with it, even though we always stopped him from eating it.

He only wanted the tall, wild grass near the woods by our house and we didn't want him eating anything we weren't sure of. It could have been sprayed with pesticides, or whatever. Our township has came and sprayed the wooded areas for ticks, etc. a few times since we've lived here.

I'm sure Brody's obsession with eating grass had something to do with his liver cancer. He was probably instinctively trying to correct an enzyme imbalance or a tummy upset. The vet, my husband and I all thought his tummy was queasy from his kidney problem, since that goes along with that.

Every time i go outside, piper is eating grass up the top area or down the bottom area. it's just, just, just so annoying.

It has been unusually dry this summer, with hardly any rain, and I'm wondering if this dry grass could do this? Went to the vet and he's been checked over and they find nothing. He has his normal energy level and appetite. I have been feeding him Hills science RD for weight reduction. Any advice would be much appreciated.

I will tell you that every time my dog is feeling dizzy from getting a sedative at the vet's office, he will eat as much of any plant that he can and tries to throw up, then will eat more grass, ferns, vines etc.

My guess is he's feeling the equivalent of "motion sickness" as my vet said "he's moving his head around like that because he is dizzy, like when you drink too much."

when i drank too much in my college years i certainly wanted to puke to feel better. i used a finger, but I'm guessing dogs have a problem putting their finger down their throat, but my dog also eats a certain plant from time to time that he just simply seems to enjoy.

Is it possible that humans try to over simplify dogs? is it possible that dogs will eat outdoor greens for a variety of reasons? Mind blowing! i know, right?

If your dog is eating grass and then vomiting afterward, chances are he's allergic to the gluten and has an undiagnosed case of Celiac Disease. How do you know? If your dog is vomiting up frothy or phlegm looking matter, this is the undigested gluten.

Also, his stool will have a sweetish smell (don't ask me how I know this). My dog is staying overnight at the vet's tonught so they can give him antibiotics, Pepcid, and liquids via IV. I thought my dog was just "being a puppy" eating grass. Turns out, it's a very, very bad thing for them to do. Research canine celiac disease.

If his stomach's empty - all it takes is just two or three blades of grass to get him puking! That's how sensitive he is to it when without food in his system. Very weak stomach he has. I also think they at times, eat it just for the hell of it.

Through years of observation I have found that he is guaranteed to vomit the grass if he eats it on an empty stomach - every time. When he has already has food in his stomach the grass doesn't seem to affect him. I think it's the same with humans taking an aspirin or some other meds that can be harsh on our stomachs if taken without food. This makes sense to me, as I've read it's the sharp blades of particular types of grass can be quite irritating on the stomach lining of dogs and cats, and that is what causes them vomit it.

I also believe that some dogs (like my own) have stomachs that are more sensitive to these irritants than others. These dogs that can eat grass without ever vomiting it, must have "cast-iron" stomachs and are thus able to tolerate those blades better.

Having worked in animal medicine for 19 years, we get lots of calls with owners in a panic that their dogs got into holiday chocolate etc.

Depending on the size of the pet, most of the time it just causes diarrhea and excitement. Obviously the smaller the dog, the less they can tolerate. Personally, my dog likes chocolate and once in a while she gets a bite. She's almost 11 years old now and in perfect health.

But she won't eat dog food - a few mouthfuls is all. She'll eat our scraps if we give them to her but not her own food. She's losing weight now. She does chew grass from time to time but hasn't been sick, still has heaps of energy and behaves exactly the same as always - very loving and sociable, lots of fun etc.

I'm going to call the vet on Monday morning but do any of you have any suggestions meantime? Thanks!

How the dogs know this is still a mystery. What is a bigger mystery is that dogs that have been raised in isolation, learn to eat this grass. They only hunt for this grass.

All I can say is that if you dog is eating grass a lot then there is some "poison" in his food. So you better take notice. Like someone commented that her dog at Vienna sausage and was eating grass and throwing up all day. I normally throw up when I eat sausages and feel like crap as of the past 10 years. That's because they use a lot of preservatives additives and colors which have some pretty nasty side effects.

So that explains it. Dogs are now fed more and more processed meat and food when they are actually supposed to eat raw natural meat.

My dog always eats grass, but she seeks out grass of a particular type. However sometimes in the evenings she starts licking her lips and as the main article above says, she also heads fast and furious to the back garden to gobble up whatever grass she can - she never vomits after this but it obviously makes her feel better.

Now with the snow I don't know how to help her. i've tried green beans and lettuce but it doesn't relieve her.

Last week I had neighbors come down and start explaining how we should harness the chemicals in lightning bugs to create electricity. They went on with several other erroneous statements about the efficiency of the bugs and the commercial applications, causing me to shake my head. Especially when we're talking about the health of my dog, whom I love very dearly, I would hope people would be a little more critical. Please don't validate stupidity, gullibility, or ignorance by invoking someone's right to an 'opinion'. The health of people and animals is far too important to be resigned to hearsay.

She has quit eating grass and carpet but still seems to have an upset stomach..she's been throwing up small amounts of white foamy stuff. I'll take her in for a checkup, but it could be the food. She tosses it around the floor which is not like her at all. Thanks again..maybe what I eat will be better..she loves veggies.

Lojo

My dog loves milk thistle and he always eats some as we're walking by. He also loves green peppers, lettuce!, anything green so maybe he is filling a vitamin deficiency. When I grew up, they had no "dog food" kibble and we fed them what we ate. My dog lived til she was 18 this way. Who knows if they're getting enough vitamins and minerals.

Anyway, enough said and good luck.

- Virgo girl

I started her on Interceptor Flavor Tabs two days ago, given to me by my Vet. She had these same tabs last year. She has eaten carpet before and tons of it. She had string coming out both ends.

Any idea why she does this?

My only concern is when they eat so much grass they have diarrhea. Any thoughts on this? Should I be concerned?

Thanks, C

This is a discussion forum, not a scientific article. People are entitled to post their opinion. Everyone knows not to believe everything they read on the internet. Your points would be more valid with reliable sources though (a .gov or .edu site). Please state your theory, but don't attack other people.

I found the answer I needed on this forum. 1) other people's dogs eat grass and 2) it is not harmful.

So Zone, play nice.

- Sarah

She recently became an inside dog. It is quite expensive to get her checked at my vet for worms. I was wondering if there were other definite signs she may be sick with heartworms again? Any replies are welcome and much appreciated.

I have been raising dogs for 40 years and have never seen a dog harmed from eating grass. One of my dogs right now poops like a horse, mostly grass. He is as healthy as can be. All of my dogs eat the best of foods and exercise 1 or 2 times every day. Knock on wood, I have never had a dog die younger than 15 and many have lived to be 20 years old.

Mostly I raise sport or herding dogs and have little experience with small dogs.

Peace out and remember, spay or neuter your pets millions of pets are put down every year.

He is an 11 year old pomeranian and has only eaten it a few times. each time he has had a gassy stomach. he doesn't eat a lot and he doesn't get sick, but by the end of the day he is fine again. I now don't worry about it. I know he does it for his own good.

I feed him on semi moist food (because he doesn't have a lot of teeth left) and fresh veg when he wants some, he is doing *very* well and each year when he goes for his health check he always weighs in the same, never under or over weight.

I am no expert but i wouldn't worry too much about a dog eating a little grass, as long as it makes him better. anyone who is worried about it should of course take it up with their vet! Incidentally, my little fella has a favorite bush in the gardens were i walk him often that he likes to lick!! but that's just Ash :)

take care everyone

Gill

"Vitamin B17 is beneficial in preventing and curing some forms of cancer, but it cannot be found on any store shelves. Even the fresh raw seeds like Apricot and bitter Almonds, that contain usable Vitamin B17, can not be found in health stores.

I discovered Vitamin B17 has been banned from U.S. store shelves since G. Edward Griffin wrote the book " A World Without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17."

eg.when he said he searched for B17 online and found places he could buy it,therefore its not banned. Thats his "proof" hes right!! ha ha. There are so many things banned and pulled off the shelves by the FDA its astounding. And guess what zone? you can still buy them.

The best long winded reply was, and I quote:"The body does not get too acidic and the pH of a body (canine, human, or otherwise) cannot be changed at all, let alone by ingesting something. Body pH is tightly regulated by systems within the body itself and cannot be changed by simply eating something."

According to DR ZONE the body is a machine that is highly regulated and does not alter, stop working, break down, nor change.ha ha ha PH levels are extremely important in all mammals bodies. This could be great info to know when trying to find out if our dogs are eating grass for a health reason. This information is not my "opinion" but fact. Period.

Ignorant people with a complex love the internet. Then they can finally play the part of intelligent.

she just seams to be a picky eater. And now she eats grass. DLM

Sincerly "One Who Would Rather Hear The Facts"

Va

I worry that it is a sign of some underlying problem. Does anyone have any suggestions?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My own dog just started eating grass along roadways. I have been changing her food to a reduced calorie food (same brand) and wonder if there isn't something missing in the new food causing her to want to eat grass.