Eating alot of grass

Shelby is 3 1/2 months and eats a good bit of grass. He would always dig in the grass but his new thing is pulling chunks of grass out the ground. Is this normal?

 

Eating grass is normal, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. But is he eating the dirt attached to clumps of grass? I would try to stop him from eating the dirt (just in case it ends up not moving through his system properly).

What is his normal diet (ie the one you feed him rather than the one he searches out for himself )?

 

3/4's of a red solo cup twice a day, blue buff. large breed puppy.

 

We have recently laid new turf as we reduced our flower beds, removed toxic plants (sob sob my foxgloves) and generally thought a larger grassed area would be better for a puppy. Jake (15 weeks) has enthusiastically tried to pull up the edges of the turf and has succeeded in a few places. The puppy pen in the garden is one being used to protect the worse affected areas. He will also try to eat clumps of dirt but will trade them for kibble most of the time. Thankfully stones seem to have gone out of favour for the time being.

 

My boy seems to think mud is a wonderful appetiser! He will pull grass up so that he can lick the mud underneath - sometimes we actually have to pick him up to move him if he finds a particularly luscious patch! Dried mud is also apparently a great treat! I seem to spend a large part of my day swapping lumps of mud for kibble!

 

Poppy eats loads of Grass . We say "she is eating her salad"

 

Do you work in a library? I'm a library manager for Dorset Libraries.

 

"PuppyJake, post:: 3994"]Do you work in a library . Yes I work in a prison library, it is very challenging but i love it.

 

Gives a different dimension to you user name

 

Dorset has several prison libraries that we staff. A different library experience for sure. Mine is totally normal - small community library.

 

Just reading through this, do you put a puppy pen outside just for Jake? or do you have a fenced in yard, plus the puppy pen? we only have a back fence, sides are open, so we have to keep him leashed when outside, was thinking of getting a pen so he could just play !

 

We have a secure back garden with 6' fencing but bought a puppy pen so if we need to get stuff out of the shed (which contains weed killer etc) or the door bell rings while we are out there, we can pop him in and know he is safe.