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Anonymous
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This is my dog. Her name is Scooter, she likes to eat plastic and dirt. I have another dog, that also eats dirt. Does anybody know why they do this?
>> Anonymous
well have you tried it? don't knock it till you tried it
>> Anonymous
Because they're starving. Feed them some real damn food, God damnit!
>> Anonymous
You guys made me laugh. =(
>> Anonymous
Some negroes in sub-Saharan Africa chew clay too. Not dirt per se, but not far removed.

Strange, I know.
>> Anonymous
Dirt has minerals in it that she may not be getting from her food. I know it might sound crazy, but eating dirt isn't ALL bad for you. Assuming you don't live near Chernobyl or something. Oh, and watch out for nematodes, lol.
>> Anonymous
>>64070
Yeah, I ate dirt once, it was nothing special>>64100
That's what I guessed, I just wondered if anybody else knew for sure.
>> Anonymous
Dogs are stupid, they do stupid stuff like eat rocks and shit.
>> Anonymous
My dog likes to eat tissues and cat shit.
>> Anonymous
Dogs eat dirt as it absorbs toxins, monkies do it and thats where i first heard about it. It may be for other reasons, though.

Try feeding them a certain type of canned meat for a while, see if the dirt eating stops, then gradually reintroduce stuff you give them.

DONT GIVE THEM CHOCOLATE, its poisonous to dogs unless its dog drops...theyre made of meat.

Dogs also eat grass. They have a natural instinct built in to do this when they feel sick, it works perfectly.
>> Anonymous
One of my cats developed pica due to anemia. You might want to have some blood tests done if you're worried about dietary deficiencies.
>> Anonymous
My dog has eaten plenty of chocolate and shes alive. She ate a whole box of chocolate my sister got a few years ago for valentines day and shes still alive.
>> Anonymous
Yeah my friends dog ate a whole pan full of brownies. I don't competely believe that whole choclate thing. Though I'm still not rushing to give my dogs chocolate everytime I have it.
>> Anonymous
Yeah, my dog has gone through several bags of dove chocolate, and I'm not sure if I believe the chocolate thing either.
>> Anonymous
>>64793
My dog is extremely sensitive to chocolate, He ate a bag of reeses and a little while later broke into convulsions and fell down my stairs, couldn't get up for about 5 minutes and after that he was *really* hyper, like, viciously playful hyper.

More recently, he ate some more chocolates out of who knows where, and my dad saw him and he started shaking and fell down, and then didn't get up for about 5 minutes, then same thing as before, viciously hyper and playful.
>> Anonymous
OP here,
This dog also subdivides peices of wood. She bites it until it breaks in half, then takes one half and does it again, and so on. I think she may just be retarded. She only eats dirt when she sees the other dog doing it.

Also, chocolate is more dangerous to smaller dogs, because they have to eat less of it. It's not some instant-kill poison or anything. Look it up on the Internets
>> Anonymous
Chocolate isn't really that much more toxic to dogs than it is to humans--pound for pound. While 2lbs of chocolate probably won't kill you chances are it will do some serious damage to any dog under 30lbs (pancreatic and gastro-intestinal). Dogs also tend to have food allergies much more often than humans; chocolate could very well be one of them.

Also, milk chocolate is rather weak, eating a little of that won't typically hurt dogs. Dark chocolate and especially baking chocolate is a no-no for any dog regardless of if your dog eats chocolate often at all.
>> Anonymous
Theobromine is bad shit for dogs and cats alike. Good thing US chocolate is mostly not made from cocoa, eh?