How common is it for dogs to want to eat almost everything in sight?

[Anonymous]

Do most dogs who are like this grow out of it?

[Anonymous]

I’d say 25% based on my knowledge of 4 dogs. And she never grew out of it.

[Anonymous]

I too have noticed that dogs appear eager to consume food at every opportunity.

[Anonymous]

We have always had beagles, and they will eat literally ANYTHING. Current one goes into the yard for a daily rabbit poop buffet. Previous one loved candles, wicker, coffee grounds, uncooked mac n cheese, to name a few. Current one stole 1/2 a pizza off the counter a few days ago. Pretty much nothing is off limits.

[Anonymous]

I think it is very breed dependent. I've never known a Labrador who isn't happy to eat some more.

[Anonymous]

Our dog loves to eat sticks, grass and poop (and food). She goes crazy, barking, spinning around and drooling for every meal. The excitement level would make you think she hasn’t eaten for weeks. She’s 8.

[Anonymous]

Common. Both my dogs are like this. 7 year old 47# mix of bully breeds and Lab, and 2.5 year old 19# Pomeranian and other floofies mix.

[Anonymous]

Dogs are opportunists and if they see food than that is an opportunity to enjoy!

[Anonymous]

My medium northern breed dog never eats anything except his own kibble. His small Cavachon friend we look after sometimes doesn't even do that, and needs encouragement to eat.

[Anonymous]

Dogs can develop pica. In puppies, it’s super common to eat everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Dogs are opportunists and if they see food than that is an opportunity to enjoy!

They don’t even have to be able to see it. My blind dog has no trouble sniffing out food and getting it out of packaging.

He mostly sticks to actual food, but he’ll eat some things that are merely food adjacent, such as paper muffin wrappers that are soft and moist and covered in residual muffin. If he steals a mini candy bar at Halloween, he’ll wolf it down, wrapper and all. He doesn’t get that you’re not supposed to eat banana peels, so we can’t leave bananas on the countertop.

Other than a few greens and tofu, he’s been happy to eat every kind of food he’s sampled, and he’s never full.

[Anonymous]

My lab is 100% scavenger. As soon as we leave the house she surveys all countertops and tables for opportunities to acquire more food. Anything that we drop on the floor is gone instantly. I thought that she drew the line at leafy greens but it turns out that if said greens have dressing on them she'll eat those too.

[Anonymous]

The only dog I've ever had who wasn't eager for seconds was a beagle/shiba mix, and I was so unused to it that I worried a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My lab is 100% scavenger. As soon as we leave the house she surveys all countertops and tables for opportunities to acquire more food. Anything that we drop on the floor is gone instantly. I thought that she drew the line at leafy greens but it turns out that if said greens have dressing on them she'll eat those too.

My dog will eat the salad and then carefully spit out the leaves once the dressing is consumed. I’ve also learned that he loves vegetables if they are roasted or grilled with olive oil. I’ve sometimes wondered if I just left all the food out, what would he eat first and when would he stop.

[Anonymous]

It's basically breed/personality but my lab mix would also eat weird stuff when he had an upset stomach so good to keep an eye on that and rule it out.