Happy dog with carrots!

[KnottedYet]

My dog loves carrots, but they have to be warm carrots. I just toss a whole one into the microwave for a minute, then let it cool a bit.

I've started buying the giant bags of carrots at Costco so he can have a carrot a day. (he also gets a cooked egg, some plain yogurt, tastes of leftovers, and kibble)

Any other dogs out there who love veges?

[Aggie_Ama]

My little Schnauzers have sensitive stomachs and carrots are one thing the vet suggested to substitute for store bought treats. The smaller one (the one in my avatar) has trouble chewing raw carrots and bores of them. I may try warming them up and seeing if she likes them better.

[Kano]

Khan has salad with DH every evening -- DH buys the bag salad at Costco, and shares a handful every night. The first couple of weeks were pretty fragrant, but eventually...

Karen in Boise

[velogirl]

My cavalier loves carrots (raw baby carrots). I give her these instead of processed/fatty doggie treats. She also loves green beans (raw or cooked). Tomatos don't work so well (she can't seem to bite them) although she likes to play with them.

[SadieKate]

Cold, crispy and sweet for my dog. That means carrots, snap peas, pear, apple, etc., etc., etc. The little girl next door saves carrots and Cheerios just for Izaak.

[Bad JuJu]

Gator, my sweet but nutty cocker spaniel, who passed away about 13 years ago, used to beg for the tough stalk of broccoli, which he would gnaw like a bone. What a nut!

[kelownagirl]

Angel and Gabe love all sorts of raw veggies. Whenever I make a salad, I just toss any scraps I don't want onto the floor and they wolf them down. Carrots, lettuce, the stem ends of tomatoes, whatever... Stuff my cat would never considering eating....

[Melstar]

My dog loves carrots, but they have to be warm carrots. I just toss a whole one into the microwave for a minute, then let it cool a bit.

I've started buying the giant bags of carrots at Costco so he can have a carrot a day. (he also gets a cooked egg, some plain yogurt, tastes of leftovers, and kibble)

Any other dogs out there who love veges?

I've got 3 dogs. They all love eating fruits! But they more or less eat whatever i'm having for dinner, so it'll be japanese rice and beef, and they'll have the left overs someitmes.

ALthough i find that they don't seem to like jelly and agar. Usually they give the jelly desert a couple of sniffs and just walk away.

[Trek420]

Mae loves carrots, I buy a bag of baby carrots. At the vets suggestion they replace some treats, also put leafy greens in with her kibble. She could stand to loose a lb or two like her Mom. She's lost 7 lbs which in dog weight is quite good!

That's mostly a credit to Mary, her dog walker.

One of her favorite games is "find it".

Dog does a long stay in one room while I wander the condo and hide the treats in another room, release her with "find it!". Maes job is find the room and the treats. To make it more interesting sometimes I load the treats in a toy.

I was talking to this customer at work (who works for advocacy group Marin cyclists so if you're lurking...thanks) a cheap recycleable dog toy is egg cartons!

Load egg carton with healthy dog treats of choice, close carton (use the paper type not plastic of course) hide or just give to dog.

Watch happy dog work to open the carton. Recycle remains of carton. Messy but fun for dog.

[Pascale]

My 16 month old female Borzoi "shops" in the garden for whatever she likes. This year she has picked EVERY melon we had before it was big enough for us to pick. She would pull radishes and eat them - her FAVORITE was kohlrabi - which I ended up planting in the very middle of the garden because she kept pulling the plants before they had developed. She picked every cucumber that she could find before I could get to them as well...