Dogs eating grass occasionally may be suffering from gastrointestinal discomfort, and they want to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause vomiting by eating grass to achieve relief. But if the dog often eats grass, it may be caused by a lack of certain trace elements or vitamins. At this time, the owner needs to adjust the dog's diet to supplement the body's needs for various nutrients. Of course, some dogs will also want to try the taste of grass out of curiosity, fun, and like the taste of grass. This is normal.

Dogs are omnivores and will not eat grass under normal circumstances. If you find that your dog is eating grass, it is generally considered to be caused by the following reasons.

1. Indigestion

If a dog eats too much food at one time, or has too much hair to form hair balls, it will cause gastrointestinal indigestion. At this time, the dog will eat grass to stimulate its gastrointestinal tract and want to vomit out food and hair balls. In this case, it is recommended that the owner feeds the dog regularly and rations, and combs its shed hair frequently. At the same time, you can also give your dog some probiotics to regulate the gastrointestinal tract.

2. Lack of certain trace elements or vitamins

If the owner usually feeds his dog food with single ingredients and unbalanced nutrition, it may cause the dog to lack certain trace elements or vitamins, causing the dog to develop pica. Not only eating grass, but also eating soil, licking walls, biting plastic bags, etc. Therefore, pet owners need to regularly supplement their dogs with some trace elements, and at the same time, they can also feed their dogs an appropriate amount of vitamin preparations, which can help their dogs improve well.

3. Curious, playful, and likes the smell of grass

Some dogs will curiously explore new things. If they see other animals eating grass, they will imitate eating grass and want to try the taste of eating grass. At the same time, dogs are inherently omnivores, and they will eat plants when they find them. Therefore, in this case, pet owners still need to observe and distinguish carefully.