Dog Threw Up ?

[Chipchopper]

I was in the garden today and I heard something resembling a sheep.
When I looked around I saw my dog (gsd) throwing up on the grass, I went over and he seemed ok and I guessed he was just getting rid of a piece of undigested bone.
He was pretty intent on sniffing what he'd don and I told him to come away and leave it alone.
When I came back 5 minutes later with a shovel of sand, I saw he'd eaten it.
So why the heck do they do that ?

[woofgang]

Because it smells like food.

[pastafreak]

As far as he was concerned,it was still edible.

[Canary42]

Waste not, want not.

[Meg]

It's what dogs do!!

[Barmaid]

These are creatures that lick their own bottoms - why would eating sick be out of the question?!!!!!

[joggerjayne]

Reasons for not owning a pet, nr.486 ^ ^ ^

[RATTER15]

It was valuable food, he threw it up because he was having trouble digesting it, he would have chewed it up smaller then eaten it again.

[joggerjayne]

Reasons for not owning a pet, nr.487 ^ ^ ^

[Chipchopper]

Well that sounds about right Ratter, he don't seem bothered much about chewing, just gulping!
So good he ate it twice ;-)

[lankeela]

Because when he had finished he thought to himself that was great - I could just eat that again!

[pastafreak]

If he was out in the wild-fending for himself-he certainly would eat anything available...even his own sick as long as it was not poisoned.

[lankeela]

Mountain hare on the Winter in Britain programme last night eats its food then eats its own poo just to make sure it gets all the nutrients out of it!