Ok over the last couple of days Max has been eating grass for at least 5 minutes at a time. His stools are a bit loose too, anyone got any ideas why this sudden grass eating phase has occured ? I know cats do it to empty their stomaches but am at a loss as to why Max has started doing this.

It is really the same principle as the cat Bangor , to make them sick up acid ,
It is also good for their trace elements .
They know what they are doing so dont worry none about this . this is natural behaviour would you believe :) :)

My dog eats grass too, and then sicks it up on the carpet during the night! ick! I have to try and keep him from eating it, and he knows I don't like him doing it, and runs off if he sees me coming. Then he finds another clump of grass to graze on. Then he won't eat his dinner.

It might be normal for them to do it, but unfortunately, shampooing carpets isn't, and so I try to discourage this behaviour.

Thistle eats quite alot of grass but she isn't sick so I don't worry about it. Maybe she's turning veggie like me :-)
jane

The dogs eat grass because they are missing trace elements and other acidic roughage to make them sick.
It is why they eat grass to get sick
It does not mean the dog is ill, it is like us having a glass of andrews because our food was too rich .
The dogs are not in the wild now and eat what we give them . so they know themselves what they are doing to make up for what they are missing in the diet , lol Mari