My dog vegeterian?

[RICH8472]

Perfectly normal to have a vegetarian pet thats supposed to be an omnivore (I had a vegetarian rat), but in my experience a dog that eats grass is doing so because it has an upset stomach.

[Whitey]

Perfectly normal to have a vegetarian pet thats supposed to be an omnivore (I had a vegetarian rat), but in my experience a dog that eats grass is doing so because it has an upset stomach.

There are different levels of being an omnivore though, some can survive on either portion of the foodsource (veggies/meat) but some require both. It's quite a lot easier for rats to be vegetarians than dogs.

[Fuzzzie]

Yeah, I've asked my vet about it in the past. They do it to help with digestion. Cats will do it too.

[darenyon]

plant him a pot of wheatgrass, its better than whatever crap is on your lawn.

[Netherspark]

Pretty much all carnivores will often eat grass.

[isuridedes]

There are different levels of being an omnivore though, some can survive on either portion of the foodsource (veggies/meat) but some require both. It's quite a lot easier for rats to be vegetarians than dogs.

Dogs are not considered omnivores. They generally prefer meat to the exclusion of all other food substances. Most professionals classify them more as opportunistic-scavengers. Present them with meat or veggies and in almost every case they will snub the veggies and go for the meat. Present them with veggies or dirt and well... hey veggies aren't so bad.

[Whitey]

Dogs are not considered omnivores. They generally prefer meat to the exclusion of all other food substances. Most professionals classify them more as opportunistic-scavengers. Present them with meat or veggies and in almost every case they will snub the veggies and go for the meat. Present them with veggies or dirt and well... hey veggies aren't so bad.

Well they're omnivores in the sense that they will eat both, and both provide necessary nutrients, but as my post hinted they are way more into meat than veggies, unlike rats provided in my quote. Feeding my dog pure BARF since 8 weeks old and he's thriving, I'd consider anyone feeding their dog purely vegetarian diet to be harming their pet, even if it is unintentional.

[B72691]

Think your dog is stupid. :/

[Reeve]

Do you know by a chance any product that could work on dog like a grass? (yeah i live in contry and not all grass is healty due too pesticides)
I do know he likes too eat this a lot:


....and if you leave him with this plant alone its gona go bye bye in 5 min .

I haven't been able to figure out how to get that stuff to grow reliably in my apt.

[Led ++]

Perfectly normal to have a vegetarian pet thats supposed to be an omnivore (I had a vegetarian rat), but in my experience a dog that eats grass is doing so because it has an upset stomach.

I just cannot imagine how cool a vegetarian rat is. Did he wear like a monocle and talk fancy English?!

[RICH8472]

I just cannot imagine how cool a vegetarian rat is. Did he wear like a monocle and talk fancy English?!

No, but despite being a vegetarian he was the biggest bully ever. He once trapped 5 other rats in the corner and beat the hell out of them all at the same time, vegetarians are crazy.