Why does a nursing dog eat rocks?
Some dogs will just like to chew on rocks. I don’t believe it has anything to do with a diet deficiency or the nursing. I have a litter that is four years old now. They have all been on several different foods over those four years and all been raised in the same environment. One dog of the four loves to eat stones which worries me to no end as I have read of dogs with blocked intestines from this very thing. She seems to know what rocks are small enough to pass but I still don’t like it. Trying to limit their access to rocks can help but short of a concrete floor I’m not sure how that can be effectively done. This particular dog that I have will dig until she finds rocks if there are not any on the surface.
