Eating Grass

The rain today was refreshing. Nothing tastes better than a rain-soaked blade of grass when I'm out walking the Anoka campaign trail.

There has been some debate among veterinarians and pet-owners about why we dogs love of a good bit of grass. The Pet Professor, for example, suggests that perhaps we dogs are well-practiced herbalists, consuming the appropriate amount of grass to serve our gastro-intestinal needs, such as treating an upset stomach. Others claim we canines are too dumb to know a laxative from a bone in the ground and that we eat grass because it tastes good.

In reality, we dogs eat grass for many reasons. I know one dog, who I think might be bulimic, who uses grass to control her weight. Another eats grass because, well, he'll eat anything he finds on the ground, and there's a lot of grass on the ground. Personally, I like to nibble on a blade of grass because that green stalk extended from my mouth makes me look thoughtful.