Dog eating nettles

[fredpuli47]

Our Irish Wolfhound was voraciously eating stinging nettles last night.She went straight to the nettle patch as soon as she was let out. The nettles were old and in flower, but she still got stung by some (judging from the look on her face) yet went on regardless.What does this behaviour indicate? Worms? She has 'dosed' herself with other plants in the past e.g ordinary hogweed, being very fussy over which leaves she takes.

[DanAB]

my dog used to eat grass. didnt know the exact reason but i think it might be something to do with the dog having an upset stomach.

[paraffin]

Well, she is IRISH! What else do you expect?

BTW, could we borrow her for an hour?

[fredpuli47]

Well worth three stars, paraffin, if only for the laugh ! All too true, I'm afraid. She and her late cousin were determinedly Irish when young, and didn't change much.Not often you see a dog sneaking out of the house, into the garden, while carrying a cake on a plate ! Most sneak- thieving dogs would just eat the cake from the plate on the kitchen table, but the Irish ones have grander, or crazier, ideas !

[tamborine]

watching my dog eat blackberries is a treat. She curls her lips back to nibble at them.

Am sure she only does it to do me out of eating them ;)

[paraffin]

We once had a greyhound and one day went to a farmers market and took her with us. I had her on the lead of course and was walking along when suddenly my wife cried out to me.
I looked down and there was our dog with a pork chop in her mouth. A passing lady had just bought them but had inadvertantly not put them securely enough into the carrier bag and our mutt had helped herself.
We were of course mortified but the lady, thankfully, was very gracious and understanding and even declined our offer to buy her some more chops.
Our mutt was allowed to keep her stolen goodies which she polished off with relish.

[fredpuli47]

Yes, tamborine, the wolfhound picks blackberries, too (no surprise!) What always gets me is that she sniffs them all first and rejects a good many as too ripe or not ripe enough for her delicate gourmet taste.

And no, paraffin, sorry, you can't borrow her for an hour. It'll take her months non-stop to clear what's here!