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Mine too. Just munches on grass on every walk, never seen her throw up. I think she just likes it.

I think humans have a hard time understanding animal behavior, and consistently underestimate their intelligence because we don’t understand or relate to their motivations and interests.

We take our values and motivations as objective facts, and don’t even consider that maybe dogs enjoy eating grass, and also aren’t that interested in the weird sounds humans like to make with their mouths.

Not sure about the latter statement. Our dog is very interested in any keyword verbalised by us that may relate to receiving food or a walk or a ride in the car (from pretty much any corner of the house). She appears to be permanently listening to every sound we make.

She probably does. Wolves in the wild eat the undigested stomach contents of their herbivorous prey. This food source is missing from modern dog food, so domestic dogs make up for it by eating plants directly.

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