Our ground is almost pure clay and all my dogs over the years have dug holes and eaten clay on and off at times, just like they eat grass, so I wouldn't be too concerned about the dirt but I would be very worried about a puppy eating gravel or any sort of rocks.
Joiner is describing the delectable taste of dirt -- specifically, clay from the region around her home in Montezuma, Ga. While most people would recoil at the thought of eating mud or clay, some medical experts say it may be beneficial, especially for pregnant women.
The Old And Mysterious Practice Of Eating Dirt, Revealed. "The salt explanation doesn't hold water for explaining human geophagy," says Young, since human diets are typically not salt deprived. Pregnant women and parrot mothers may not crave clay for the same reasons.
Dirt eating at clay banks is a centuries-old Black diasporan tradition, and its afterlives extend into the present: the literary clay bank of Chesnutts North Carolina repeats (with a difference) in the filmic clay bank of Jacksons Mississippi, and the two reactivate one another across time.
The practice of eating dirt, usually fine clays, is so common in so many societies that it must be regarded as a normal human behavior rather than an oddity, according to scientists who are studying it.
In fact, eating clay is a global practice that has existed among humans since their evolution from primates, and one that continues today among traditional ethnic groups as well as numerous animal species.
Puppy dirt-eating is a common behavior. It is unknown why dogs choose to eat dirt, but it is widely assumed that it is due in part to the different scents emitted by various areas such as a field, forest floor, or your mulch pile.
