Yeah don't laugh, but do any of my fellow raw dieters feed grass as part of the vegetable portion of the diet? Might sound crazy, but it makes perfect sense. It makes up most of a herbivore's diet, and the stuff is FREE! lol. Any thoughts? Feel free to crack jokes on this one, as I did actually stuff grass into my blender last night, lol.

I won't speak to the nutritional/dietary aspect of the grass, although I do agree that it makes a certain kind of sense.

I would say, though, that there are barbs on some kinds of lawn grass (most kinds). You can't really see them, but if you pinch a blade and run your fingers up and down, you'll feel them.

I have read a study that says that this is why dogs vomit after eating grass--because of the barbs. I personally have had the experience of having my dogs graze on both kinds of those grasses and the study seems to be true. The smooth grass without the barbs did not make my dogs vomit. The barbed variety did.

Of course, it would depend on how much they eat and how sensitive the dog is...and I have no idea if a blender would decrease the odds of the barbs irritating the stomach lining or not.

Interesting idea.

My dogs have puked on the smooth grass too though. I was told years ago that dogs will eat grass when they are feeling nausea, that the grass aids the sickening feeling and then gives them something to puke up if there was nothing in there.

I can't imagine grass doing well in a blender! That must have taken forever.

Maybe you could do a search on grass, nutritional content search on the google or something. ??? I guess I've never considered grass a vegetable...for good reason cuz it's not a vegetable, is it???

That's what Green tripe is for, dogs that eat grass is because they lack the enzYmes dogs need for their digestion and the grastric juice, and amino acid that they have to have, when you feed raw or kibbles and you are not addign those items in thier diet they will go to grass(fromyour lawn)your dog is telling you something amd that is GREEN TRIPE.

You can actually buy stomach grass online: http://www.prey4pets.com/servlet/Categories?category=Stomach+Grass

This is a great site, BTW

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You can actually buy stomach grass online: http://www.prey4pets.com/servlet/Categories?category=Stomach+Grass

This is a great site, BTW

Yeah, it is! You can even get whole cow heads! Pretty impressive selection, although they were out of stock on some of the things I was looking for...still, pretty much everything you could want was there.

Thanks for sharing this site!

Angelique, I agree. I did catch him eating grass, and thats when I made the switch to RAW. I knew he was telling me something. I haven't fed green tripe yet, but I'll definately look into it.

HI Michele!
You know the nausea story is a bit off, but close.What happens is that especially with kibbles it sits a bit long in their stomach waiting to be digested and cause your dog to need gastric juices and enzymes to break it down quicker.They do feel a bit bloated from kibbles and maybe some nausea (?)but it really is from the need to break down the food they eat.Kibble is a hard product for dogs to digest especially in one sitting of 6 cups or so..Not all pet owners feed in moderation and at times feed a lot of kibbles in one setting.But them needing the grass is really a need for their digestion process. Also make sure if you do get grass from the stomach that it is the real deal and the the gastric juices and stomach lining are present it is a huge benefit and you should have it at a very raw state..
Also I want to add that when you do green tripe on a consistent basis , you don't have to add yogurt to your dogs diet at all, unless you feel he likes yogurt and give it as a treat but no yogurt needed with Tripe..
I saw Billy the pup so flippin cute!!!
Angelique

What Angelique said about enzymes in grass makes more sense to me than anything else I've heard through the years about dogs eating grass. Without doing research, I'm tending to agree with Angelique.

Ok, since you guys are talking about grass eating, what about dirt? Does this mean the same thing or something else? My dog prefers dirt