This is a question that has boggled scientists, veterinarians & people for years.
Dogs have a pretty poorly developed sense of taste and will generally eat anything they come across.
Dogs love to munch away on many things, one of their favorites being grass.
This is a completely normal behavior & they do it for a variety of reasons.
The most common reason for dogs to eat grass is they need to vomit.
To me this has always been a fascinating basic instinct of dogs.
The need to seek out a remedy for a upset stomach is pretty intelligent by my standings.
Grass creates an odd sensation in the stomach of dogs and causes them to vomit.
Apparently this is a trait & behavior passed down from their assessors the wolf.
Their ancestors would eat their prey entirely, including the stomach contents of grass and vegetable eating prey.
Another idea is that dogs eat grass or other plants to make themselves defecate and thus clear their intestines of potential parasites they may have consumed when eating prey.
The grass eating traits of a nursing mother can influence similar behavior in her puppies.
Your dog's mother, grandmother, and so on may be partly responsible for imparting modern-day grass eating tendencies.
Whatever the reason may be, most experts see no danger in letting your dog eat grass.
In fact, grass contains essential nutrients that a dog might crave, especially if it's on a commercial diet.
Your dog may also have nutritional deficiencies.
By adding fresh greens and/or fibrous vegetables or fruits to the dogs' diets.
Spinach, kale, broccoli, parsley and pineapple are good sources to try to curb your dogs grass eating desires.
Vegetables are best consumed when steamed and pureed or finely chopped before being incorporated into a dog's meal.
There is no danger as long as your grass hasn't been treated with chemicals.
It is important to remember that there are some very toxic and deadly plants commonly found indoors and outdoors.
They include tulips, oleander, hyacinths, poinsettias, sago palms, azaleas, lilies, and amaryllis.
Pet owners should exercise extra caution when pets are near these plants.
One way to safely allow your dog to consume its greens it to buy pet grass.
There is the kind you can grow yourself from seeds or the kind that is already grown for you.
So, when you think about it, grass munching isn't that bad at all.
Dogs, unlike their catty counterparts, are not carnivores.
But they're not like your garden-variety omnivores, either.
Grass eating is a basic inherited instinct dogs have been following for hundreds of years.