- August 30, 2018
- Nature
- Elena Kerra
To tell us something about future events, our subconscious sometimes sends the most unexpected visions in our sleep that need to be correctly interpreted. For example, why pick grass in a dream? It is especially difficult for urban residents who have nothing to do with plants to answer this question. However, the unpredictable subconscious sometimes gives them hints, which it puts in exactly this form.
The grass is green
In all the dream books of the world, lush green foliage symbolizes something good. It could be health, prosperity, success, income, enrichment. Of course, most dream books interpret pulling grass with your hands in a dream as a good sign. Miller, Tsvetkov, Vanga thought so.
However, this meaning will only be if you felt comfortable picking grass in a dream (it didn’t cut your hands, there were no dangerous insects or debris in it, it was clean and juicy). For some reason, few people pay attention to such important details. If in a dream you are happy to tear up beautiful green grass, put it somewhere, and not just throw it away, then you will soon have a profitable business, good luck in solving many issues, and excellent well-being.
If something prevented you from tearing the grass, for example, in the process you came across a snake or cut yourself, it means that you have ill-wishers who create obstacles for you, preventing you from achieving your goal and getting what is rightfully due. The dream warns that you and such people will soon have serious disagreements, conflicts, and quarrels.
I dreamed of walking on the grass
Green consists of yellow and blue, its meaning can be interpreted in two ways. Fresh young greenery symbolizes growth and development, while bright, juicy greenery symbolizes harmony in the soul and nature.
Walking on green grass represents the beginning of quests, mental anguish, and doubts. If you have to walk for a long time, then this promises a quarrel with a friend, loved one. Running along an ant-grass means quick promotion in your career, achieving goals in creativity and business.
If you dream of a mountain covered with greenery, it is a sign of future changes. You will reach the heights you dreamed of.
Pluck green grass, but not very beautiful
Many people imagine vegetation as delicate, soft, and pleasant to the touch. But it could be completely different.
If you tear up dusty grass in a dream, this foretells achieving success in a not entirely honest way, as well as quarrels and squabbles in the process of struggling for prosperity.
If she was dirty, the dream warns of future squabbles, troubles, and quarrels.
If it was not very easy to tear green grass in a dream (the stems are hard and difficult to tear), it means that success will be achieved with great difficulty. This dream also means obstacles in moving towards your goal.
If the plucked grass immediately began to wither, it means that success will be short-lived.
A dog eats grass and then vomits or vomits: what does this mean?
If a dog feels bad, it will deliberately eat tough grass. Usually the four-legged animals do not even chew, but try to swallow the whole blade of grass. The hard stems irritate the throat, esophagus and stomach walls, causing vomiting.
Don't worry if your dog eats grass and vomits. Most often, vomiting occurs in two or three stages. It is worth paying attention to the content of the vomit. Along with the grass, bile, water or remains of semi-digested food may come out. But if the vomit contains blood or does not stop within 10-20 minutes, you should take your dog to the veterinarian.
Dry grass
Withered, dry vegetation causes unpleasant feelings in reality. The sight of dried stems gives rise to melancholy in the soul.
In a dream, picking dry grass can be a warning about illness, about an unprofitable business that you are going to do, about future shortcomings.
The dream has a particularly negative meaning if you see an endless field of withered grass, which you begin to tear with your hands. This means that your troubles and sorrows will come for a long time.
If the dry grass in your hands becomes rotten, the dream warns of very sad events to come.
Picking dry plants and storing them also means that troubles and lack of money will accompany you for a long time.
What grass do dogs eat: a reminder for the owner
To protect his four-legged friend, the owner needs to know which grass is not harmful to health, and which vegetation is poisonous. To do this, you need to carefully study the list of safe greens that dogs can eat without any consequences.
Useful and medicinal herbs
Veterinarians answer positively when asked whether dogs can eat grass. But not all herbs and leaves are equally useful. Some types of plants are quite harmless, but in large quantities they can have a detrimental effect on the health of your pets. Therefore, it is important to monitor not only what kind of grass your pet eats, but also control the amount of greenery eaten.
Safe plants:
- wheatgrass;
- sow thistle;
- common chamomile;
- dandelion;
- lettuce leaves;
- sorrel;
- dill;
- parsley;
- nettle;
- plantain;
- mint;
- beet and carrot tops;
- calendula flowers and leaves;
- leaves of rowan, currant, linden.
It is important to consider that plants must grow in an ecologically clean area. Otherwise, the pet may be poisoned not by the greens, but by the chemicals that the grass and leaves absorb.
For city dogs, owners can grow herbs on the windowsill. Oats, wheat, barley, rye, and herbs work well. You can purchase special seeds or sprouted grass for pets at a pet store.
Weeding
During this action, you also have to tear up the grass, only it is no longer beautiful and pleasant, but weedy, interfering with the growth of flowers and useful plants. In real life, weeding can be done in a flower garden, in a garden bed, or in a field. This is what a person sees in a dream. In addition, he may dream that he is pulling weeds from his neighbors or in a place where useful plants have already dried up. Let's consider what such visions mean.
In Miller’s dream book you can read that picking weeds with your hands in a dream means that you will soon get rid of obsessive fans. This interpretation is more fair if in a dream you are putting your flower garden in order, tearing out all the plants (and flowers), leaving one thing, for example, a scarlet rose or a tulip.
If you dream that when weeding the beds you also pull out useful plants along with the weeds, it means that you are in danger of parting with a loved one.
There are other interpretations of such dreams.
Pulling weeds in your garden bed, where vegetables are ripening, means removing obstacles on the path to success and solving current problems.
Weeding your neighbor's garden bed means achieving success in not entirely acceptable ways or helping someone in business.
Pulling weeds in a garden bed where everything has already dried up is useless work, empty hopes, futile efforts. This may concern business or personal relationships.
Why does a dog eat grass: possible reasons
Many owners believe that eating grass is a natural need for animals. That dogs, with the help of vegetation, replenish the lack of vitamins, clean their teeth, and also cleanse their stomach. This statement is partly true, but there are several reasons why dogs may eat vegetation while walking.
Most of them are quite safe and natural, such as playfulness, taste preferences, instinctive behavior. But some reasons may be a signal of the development of a disease or be the consequences of inadequate feeding.
First of all, you need to figure out why the dog eats grass on the street, and only then decide whether the pet needs help or not. In some situations, a consultation with a veterinarian or a full examination may be required.
Insufficient or malnutrition
In most cases, with complete and balanced feeding, dogs do not pay attention to grass. But if the pet is fed monotonously, and the food mainly consists of protein products, then the animal will experience discomfort. This is due to the low fiber content, which stabilizes the gastrointestinal tract and promotes proper processing of feed.
Plant foods help the stomach digest large amounts of meat food, and also improves peristalsis and absorption of nutrients. A reduced fiber content in the diet can lead to various types of digestive disorders and affect the general condition of the animal’s body.
Therefore, if a dog greedily eats grass, it is necessary to evaluate and adjust the diet. Perhaps the pet does not have enough plant-based, easily digestible food. You need to reduce your consumption of meat products and add healthy vegetables to your diet. If the dog eats dry food, then replace cheap unbalanced mixtures with premium food high in fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Diet adjustments should be made in stages over 1–2 weeks. You cannot suddenly switch your dog from one food to another, as this can lead to disruption of the gastrointestinal tract and other unpleasant consequences. All new products must be introduced gradually and in small quantities.
If owners have doubts about the correctness of actions, they can seek help from a veterinary nutritionist. The doctor will help you choose the right ingredients and safely adjust your pet’s diet.
Health problems
It is possible that the need to eat grass is a signal that the pet is not feeling very well. Some gastrointestinal diseases cause heaviness, discomfort or pain in the stomach or other organs involved in the process of processing food.
Typically, serious illnesses are accompanied by additional symptoms, which, if detected, require contacting a veterinarian. Therefore, if a dog eats a lot of grass while walking, you should pay attention to its condition.
Alarming symptoms:
- lethargy;
- loss of appetite;
- sudden weight loss or obesity;
- diarrhea, constipation;
- salivation;
- putrid odor from the mouth;
- repeated vomiting.
The veterinary clinic will take the necessary tests and help make the correct diagnosis. After the doctor’s conclusion, it will be possible to exclude or confirm the presence of the disease and begin timely treatment.
If your pet looks healthy in appearance, eats well and is active, then there is no need to worry. Perhaps the “love” for grass is caused by other reasons that have nothing to do with diseases or other pathological changes in the animal’s body.
Element of play or instinctive behavior
Small dogs are no different from children when they grow up. They explore and learn about the world around them with interest. And just like children, puppies put everything in their mouths that piques their interest. Grass is no exception, so most often kids try the “green treat” on their first or second walk.
Some adult dogs may pick grass while playing or chew thoughtfully on a juicy stem without any purpose. In this case, there is no reason to worry. This is a natural behavior that is not harmful to health and is not a warning sign.
Another reason for eating greens may be instinct. It has been proven that tough grass can cleanse dogs' stomachs. Artificially induced vomiting helps animals get rid of the remains of low-quality food or foreign objects. Surprisingly, puppies absorb this wisdom with their mother’s milk and from birth they know how to help the stomach if necessary.
Eating grass to help the gastrointestinal tract
But still, the main reason for “love” for green or dry grass is the help of the gastrointestinal tract . Dogs eat grass to improve digestion or to cleanse the stomach of low-quality food. Pets can also eat greens if they are overfed or underfed.
When overfed, dogs experience heaviness and discomfort, and grass helps them get rid of excess food.
Grass with flowers
You can also have such pleasant dreams. A clearing with delicate green grass and any flowers is always pleasant to see in a dream. Tearing green grass in which all kinds of buttercups, daisies and bells grow means that happiness will soon await you. Most likely, it will concern relationships with a loved one. This could be a declaration of love, or just a very pleasant pastime.
If an unmarried lady dreams that she is in a meadow (clearing) picking grass with spikelets and weaving a wreath from it, the dream predicts meeting her betrothed. In a dream, putting such a wreath on your head means preparing for a wedding in real life. If there is only grass in the decoration, then there is no need to expect passionate love (for this there should also be flowers), but the relationship will be smooth, the union will be strong, and the financial situation will be good.
What to do if your dog is poisoned by poisonous grass
Unfortunately, some pet dogs have lost the ability to recognize “safe” grass and sometimes cannot distinguish between poisonous plants and beneficial ones. Therefore, owners need to carefully monitor what their four-legged friend eats. If the animal eats poisonous plants, it is necessary to provide immediate assistance and take it to a veterinary clinic.
First of all, you need to cleanse your stomach . To do this, the dog is forced to drink a saline solution and given activated carbon or another suitable sorbent. This must be done immediately, as some poisons act very quickly, and the dog may not survive until the veterinarian arrives.
First aid:
- The dog is fixed in a sitting position. One person should hold the pet in a sitting position, and the other should pour in a saline solution (1 tbsp/l of salt per 1 liter of warm boiled water).
- For rinsing, a large syringe from 20 to 50 ml without a needle or a bulb with a straw is suitable. A small dog needs approximately 20-40 ml of saline solution.
- The liquid is poured in from the side. To do this, insert a tube or the nozzle of a syringe into the space between the molars and slowly pour out the liquid. The dog's head should be raised up during the procedure.
- If the pet does not take a sip, then it is stroked on the throat. Gentle stroking will cause a reflexive gulp. After this, the muzzle is lowered and waited for about 10–15 minutes .
- If vomiting does not appear, then the procedure is repeated 2-3 times with a short interval. Simultaneously with the introduction of liquid, it is necessary to massage the stomach.
- After the animal vomits, it is soldered with activated carbon or another absorbent.
If the dog feels well, and particles of the plant came out along with the vomit, then you do not need to consult a doctor. But if your pet develops alarming symptoms, then you need to take the dog to the veterinarian immediately after washing the stomach.
When to contact a veterinarian
In case of severe poisoning, the dog may die from intoxication, so try to treat the pet yourself. You need to contact the clinic when the first symptoms of intoxication or poisoning appear.
Alarming symptoms:
- refusal of food and water;
- thirst;
- apathy, lethargy, loss of activity;
- rapid breathing and heart rate;
- increased body temperature;
- cramps, muscle tremors;
- dilated pupil;
- cyanosis, anemia, hyperemia of the skin and mucous membranes;
- repeated vomiting or diarrhea;
- blood in vomit, urine or stool.
All of the above symptoms may be signs of poisoning or a dangerous infectious disease. In any case, you should urgently seek help from a veterinarian.
Opinion of the Yellow Emperor's dream book
Why do you dream of dry grass? The Yellow Emperor's Dream Book is confident that the correct interpretation of a dream depends on the season. If you saw dead wood in a dream in the fall, then the amount of vitality exactly matches your needs. However, in reality there may be slight dissatisfaction and sadness.
In a dream, did you inhale the pleasant aroma of dry grass? Regardless of the season, the dream is favorable. Because in dreams you receive the necessary energy and strength.
Did you dream about wet and rotting dry grass? This vision is unfavorable in any case. You are broken and exhausted, it is not surprising that a series of troubles and problems are coming that you cannot cope with. In addition, the dream book encourages you to immediately take care of your health. If you do this in time, then everything will be fixable.
