Greetings,
sometimes dog Rusty grazes on the paddock, eating grass just like a
cow. It’s not easy. His teeth are not made for it. He puts real effort
into getting each blade of grass. He must feel it to be necessary.
I was wondering if there might be something lacking in his diet and
asked vets about it. But ask 10 vets and get 10 different answers.
What is your experience/Opinion?
Greetings - Klaus and Rusty
www.oz-greetings.com.au
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said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

What is your experience/Opinion?

All of my dogs eat fresh green grass. Is that what you have now
in your part of Australia?

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

wrote

What is your experience/Opinion?

Balim (English cocker spanial) nibbles on grass occasionally, usually as a
prelude to bringing up something that's stuck in her stomach. Kanyak (GSD x
Dobe) used to do the same thing. Urger (Anatolian shepherd) on the other
hand seems to love grass and actually browses when he finds a fresh patch.
My wife says it's something the breed picked up from watching sheep for
thousands of years.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

"Opinicus" wrote in message
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wrote

What is your experience/Opinion?

Balim (English cocker spanial) nibbles on grass occasionally, usually as a
prelude to bringing up something that's stuck in her stomach. Kanyak (GSD
x Dobe) used to do the same thing. Urger (c) on the other hand seems to
love grass and actually browses when he finds a fresh patch. My wife says
it's something the breed picked up from watching sheep for thousands of
years.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

The Anatolian shepherd looks like an impressive and rather large dog, is it
like maremma's? That look after goats and hard to keep as pets?

wrote:

What is your experience/Opinion?

FWIW, Oppie (Lab) loves to graze on new grass. It doesn't appear
to cause stomach upsets.

FurPaw
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To reply, unleash the dog.

My Gabby likes to nibble on new grass and enjoys eating it. Buddy & Lady on
the other hand only eats grass when they have an upset stomach and need to
bring up what ever is bothering them.

Celeste

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"FurPaw" wrote in message
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wrote:

What is your experience/Opinion?

FWIW, Oppie (Lab) loves to graze on new grass. It doesn't appear to cause
stomach upsets.

FurPaw
--
Don't believe everything that you think.

To reply, unleash the dog.

"~shady_angel~" wrote in message
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"Opinicus" wrote in message
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wrote

What is your experience/Opinion?

Balim (English cocker spanial) nibbles on grass occasionally, usually as
a prelude to bringing up something that's stuck in her stomach. Kanyak
(GSD x Dobe) used to do the same thing. Urger (c) on the other hand
seems to

How did Anatolian Shepherd get changed to a (c)?

love grass and actually browses when he finds a fresh patch. My wife
says it's something the breed picked up from watching sheep for
thousands of years.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

The Anatolian shepherd looks like an impressive and rather large dog, is
it like maremma's? That look after goats and hard to keep as pets?

I researched ASDs when I thought Muttley might be partially of that breed,
and we finally met some peoplelast summer who had two ASDs and a Kuvasz,
which is also a large breed used for protecting sheep and goats. Their
newest ASD was shy and ran off into the woods to hide, but we took a walk
with the other dogs. The Kuvasz was reactive toward Muttley, but Max, the
Anatolian, got along well with him. They are very impressive, large (~150
lb), and powerful, but are generally good with people and children. They
have a five year old daughter who interacts in a very forward manner with
their dogs, and they are very tolerant, as was Muttley. You can see
pictures of Max with me and Muttley in the links of my post on 1/1/09.

They are generally rather aloof and "serious", and not much disposed to
playing. There is a support group for ASD rescue:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/NASRNownersupport/

Paul and Muttley

wrote in message
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Greetings,
sometimes dog Rusty grazes on the paddock, eating grass just like a
cow. It’s not easy. His teeth are not made for it. He puts real effort
into getting each blade of grass. He must feel it to be necessary.
I was wondering if there might be something lacking in his diet and
asked vets about it. But ask 10 vets and get 10 different answers.
What is your experience/Opinion?


My opinion is that opinions is all you're going to get.

That being said, assuming you're feeding a relatively good quality food,
there shouldn't be anything missing in his diet. Assuming further that he's
otherwise healthy, my own opinion FWIW is that he just likes the taste.

(I've heard numerous explanations, including but not limited to 'lacking in
diet', 'so he has something in his stomach to vomit', 'buffering stomach
contents', 'increasing volume and hence satiety' etc. as far as I'm
concerned they are all just educated guesses)

Dale

"Paul E. Schoen" wrote in message
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"~shady_angel~" wrote in message
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"Opinicus" wrote in message
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wrote

What is your experience/Opinion?

Balim (English cocker spanial) nibbles on grass occasionally, usually as
a prelude to bringing up something that's stuck in her stomach. Kanyak
(GSD x Dobe) used to do the same thing. Urger (c) on the other hand
seems to

How did Anatolian Shepherd get changed to a (c)?

love grass and actually browses when he finds a fresh patch. My wife
says it's something the breed picked up from watching sheep for
thousands of years.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

The Anatolian shepherd looks like an impressive and rather large dog, is
it like maremma's? That look after goats and hard to keep as pets?

I researched ASDs when I thought Muttley might be partially of that breed,
and we finally met some peoplelast summer who had two ASDs and a Kuvasz,
which is also a large breed used for protecting sheep and goats. Their
newest ASD was shy and ran off into the woods to hide, but we took a walk
with the other dogs. The Kuvasz was reactive toward Muttley, but Max, the
Anatolian, got along well with him. They are very impressive, large (~150
lb), and powerful, but are generally good with people and children. They
have a five year old daughter who interacts in a very forward manner with
their dogs, and they are very tolerant, as was Muttley. You can see
pictures of Max with me and Muttley in the links of my post on 1/1/09.

They are generally rather aloof and "serious", and not much disposed to
playing. There is a support group for ASD rescue:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/NASRNownersupport/

Paul and Muttley



Thanks, nice dogs.

"Paul E. Schoen" wrote

with the other dogs. The Kuvasz was reactive toward Muttley, but Max, the
Anatolian, got along well with him. They are very impressive, large (~150
lb), and powerful, but are generally good with people and children. They
have a five year old daughter who interacts in a very forward manner with
their dogs, and they are very tolerant

Urger is a perfect angel with children. Actually more of a guardian angel.
Someone who raises a hand to a kid with Urger around is apt to lose the
hand. When we were in Bodrum with had an issue with some fool who entered
our fenced property (to steal oranges as it turned out) despite the posted
warning signs. Urger objected. Strenuously. There was a complaint that we
were keeping a "dangerous unleashed dog". The local cops knew Urger and were
tolerant but a complaint had been lodged so there had to be An
Investigation. The day of the investigation (I was notified in advance) I
made sure that our gardener's son was on hand. The sight of a 6-yo hanging
from the neck and riding around on the back of a docile 80 kg dog did the
trick. The complaint was dismissed and though we were advised we could, we
declined to sue for trespass.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com