My Golden Retriever must have eaten a lot of thick long grass at the weekend.  On Sat night he was sick and brought up a small amount of grass which he has done in the past.  However when we were walking him on the beach on Sunday after going to the toilet normally he tried to pass a large amount of matted thick long grass.  This got stuck and he had about 4 inches of it protruding which he couldn't get rid of.  I had no option but to pull it out and another few inches came out which caused my boy a bit of pain.  After a couple of minutes the same thing happened again.  Since then he has had a bit of diarrhea but otherwise seems ok.  Has anyone else experienced anything like this and is it any cause for concern?

Mine have often done this - they're particularly fond of young wheat, and at certain times of the year 'problems' (as they're known by us!) at the back end are a daily occurrence. The worst are the ones that, when gently pulled, come out like a string of sausages!

It's a bit of a lottery how much you are going to get out!!! Thank God for big dock leaves!!

Ditto our BC and spaniel both had the long drawn out grass pooh!!! as you say a lottery on how long!!!

Grass is a natural thing for them to eat & a dog will eat grass to make themselves sick. The thicker grass can cause them to scratch the throat and cause a little blood. Never had a problem with the other end...luckily.

Mine have often done this - they're particularly fond of young wheat, and at certain times of the year 
Would this be where the wheat grass powder comes from? If so it should taste very sweet and is full of nutrients and antioxidants, so hopefully will do them a lot of good :)

Both of ours eat grass and 99% of the time they are not sick just enjoy it. I can tell when they want to make themselves sick, as they go with a certain determination.  As to passing it, I never thought I would have to remember to take paper hankies for the dog when we go for a walk!

> I never thought I would have to remember to take paper hankies for the dog when we go for a walk!

Smiling at the thought.  My dog sitter popped round one weekend, asking to take the Collies out.  I never thought to tell him that there are certain requirements for the dog walkers pockets!

Unlike Lacy, with paper hankies, he came back with a dog turd wrapped in his mansize cotton handkerchief!

My flattie loves long grass and we also end up gently pulling various lengths while he stands patiently! Dock leaves, pooh bags - all useful!

I thought it was just me, tail in one hand dock leaf in the other.

Many thanks to you all for your comments.  They have reassured me that my fella is only doing what come naturally!!  I must admit I did get some funny looks from people enjoying a day at the beach, when I stood there pulling a long string of whatever from his rear end!  They must have thought it was some strange magicians act!!!

Eww, my bitch eats grass a lot but thank goodness I have never had to deal with it at either end!!

We call them Klingons and they are a regular occurrence during the spring months when my dogs love to graze on the new grass.

hahahah the things we discuss on here !!! I too thought it was just my dog that made me look like some strange magician pulling grass out of his behind !!!! What I want to know is why it is never when you are all alone on walkies - there are always people around to watch the grusome act !!!

My dog has a thing about horse poo at the moment !!! so along with some grass that makes for an entertaining walkies !!!

This is awful, but my old GSD had a thing for catching and eating wild rabbits. He would never drop them, picture me pulling 2 front legs or 2 back legs out of his mouth (tug of war stylee) in front of people at the park.

My GSP who we lost one year ago today used to eat loads of grass and we were forever pulling poo out of his rear end.  He always managed to do it when you had forgotten to put something in your pocket to pull it out with.  Lovely job!  Our GSP bitch does it too but not as much.  My only worry at the moment is lungworm.  Can she catch it by eating grass if there is an infected slug/snail on it?

Don't ya mean lovely jobee...

Lol.  I probably do!

Ahh. Beware of the cling on!

> lungworm.  Can she catch it by eating grass if there is an infected slug/snail on it?

Yes, afraid so

Thanks.  In that case, i'd better be extra vigilent especially if we are having all this rain that they mentioned this morning on the forecast as that will bring the snails out.  Horrible little buggers.  It's impossible to stop her eating the grass and she loves to drink rainwater out of the watering can so i guess that's not a good idea either.  I'm going to read up on the symptoms of lungworm so i will know what to look for.