We do recommend key-ping an eye out for any other unusual consumption behaviours, though, just to be safe.Įven though we’re all about dogs at Waggle Mail, this foreign body case from one of our feline friends is too interesting not to share. To be clear, if you’re wondering why your dog eats sticks and grass, the answer isn’t necessarily pica.

Poisoning, fractured teeth, and gastrointestinal tract blockages are just a few consequences of inappropriate consumption. When certain items are ingested, they can wreak havoc on your dog’s insides. Pica tends to present more in puppies than adult dogs and can be a sign of a medical or a behavioural issue.

That doesn’t mean the experience isn’t frustrating and stressful for you, though. Thankfully, only a small percentage of dogs actually ingest the items they sneak. This includes any item whose consumption doesn’t physically benefit an animal: grass, rocks, socks… whatever your dog decides to treat as food. Pica is the medical term for the consistent chewing and eating of non-nutritional items. There are plenty of reasons why a dog might eat grass, sticks, rocks, and other outdoor dirt and debris.īefore we explore what some of those reasons might be, we first need to talk about pica. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t so simple. What could possibly compel a dog to chow down on grass when there’s a perfectly good (not to mention tasty) bowl of food inside

Though it might sound strange, this is actually a question we hear all the time-second only to “ Why does my dog eat poop?”

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