Why are German shepherds obsessed with rocks?

[Anonymous]

[dustybiker]

Bring up Germans shepherds and I will ramble. :)
Ask your vet. Your pup might need a supplement to add in with their food (they grow quickly and sometimes need additives to keep up).
Or it might just be obsessive fun. They also zero in on things they know they aren’t supposed to do in order to get more attention from you.
It’s a breed you have to stay three steps a head of at all times. My fav breed and preferred choice for service dogs for the disabled. I have raised a number of them and carry their tattoos. Love GSDs!
On separate note about rocks.. one of the GSD pups I was raising I took to the movies with my friends, she was 6 months old and still obsessed with pebbles. We went to see Evolution.
If anyone has seen the movie it starts with a damn great rock that comes across the screen. She hadn’t been told to settle yet and saw this rock. Her head went between the two people in front of us, leaning closer and closer in the 2 seconds it took me to say “leave it”.
She stayed a second longer. The two people had turned and looked at her, she ignored them focused on the wonderful enormous rock.. almost drooling. Thinking of all the things she could so with it.
I said “No rocks. Leave it.” Then she eased back and laid down on her mat with no other problems. I can still see that smile on her face. Two people have triggered two of my GSD memories today. Cheers to that.
Best of luck with your pup.

[SaoirseS]

It seems to be a thing with several large breeds. My muck muck dog is a boxer mixed with who knows what, and he likes to find and carry rocks around.

[BeMuse]

They probably just see them as a toy like a ball and want to play for entertainment. If they are obsessively licking rocks, then maybe they have a mineral deficiency in their diet.

[Iron_Man]

I don’t know they’re good dogs though

[Likes2drive]

I don’t know but that one is cute

[Wise4myage]

He's got a rock fetish, lol.