Happy dog with carrots!

[Haudlady]

Zaboo, my Norwegian Elkhound mix, loves veggies... but not root vegetables! He won't eat carrots, potato, or onion (I know, onion isn't a root vegetable)... unless another dog is present and then he MUST eat it so the other dog doesn't get it! He is particularly fond of zucchini and pattipan "ends," broccoli stems, apple cores, etc. He likes green pepper, but won't eat the seeds - he is careful to eat every other part of the pepper. There is always a little pile of white seeds on the rug when he is done.

He also likes eggs, so DH and I have to be careful where we put them when we are out gathering them from our chickens! And, he adores uncooked pasta! It's really funny to watch him chasing pieces of angel hair around with his nose; he has to position them just right to crunch down on them!

[KnottedYet]

Oh, yeah, my dog loves baked potato skins. If I'm eating a baked potato he'll sit right there and looooooook at me until I'm done and give him the skin.

[Nashville Mish]

My two very spoiled pups, Bear and Kai, each have different tastes. Bear is an American Eskimo/Japanese Spitz and Kai is a purebred Japanese Spitz. Both love pasta and most veggies. Kai is the bigger eater of veggies. Bear is very much a "guy" dog, he prefers pizza and if we are not careful beer! Kai loves fried rice and tacos. Funny how they each have a preference but if it is people food they will eat just about anything.

Do be careful about onions and garlic though. My vet told me not to give them raisins, onion, or garlic because it can cause serious problems in dogs and may even be fatal in large quantities.

I have to go enjoy a nice snack and figure out how to divide it evenly between the three of us

[CyclChyk]

My chihuahua, Kong, absolutely LOVES carrots! I use that instead of dog bones (he hates dog bones). He also loves grapes (peeled of course), green peppers, tomatoes, onions (but I don't give it to him next to ever cuz onions are very bad for dogs); pretty much any vegetable. He prefers them over dog treats. He doesn't even like bacon! How's that for a confused dog???

Oh and Kong is also the lush of the family. He loves wine and booze even more than I do!!! Nothing funnier than a drunk Chi-wowow

[Hub]

Gizmo loves bananas, broccolli, cantaloupe, watermelon and grapes. Kasey,
the baby, is too young to have tried theses delights!

[RoadRaven]

Oh... this thread took me straight back to high school

My teacher had a black mogrel dog called Pokey, who used to dig up the organic carrots from his garden and chow down!!!

[cherinyc]

I haven't really tried carrots with Biggie, unless a piece fell on the floor while cutting one up. He loves the grape tomatoes - but he has to chase them around for a few minutes first. I used to give him grapes, but I was told that they cause kidney problems in dogs. Every once in a while I will give him one though.
My ex gave Biggie some Prime Rib grissle (the fatty stuff) once, which he loved, but Biggie ended up with bloody stool afterwards. We took him to the vet and it turned out he had Ulcerative Colitis which was aggravated by fatty foods. The funny part about this was that my ex had colitis too, so dog and ex were on the same medication.
Now that he's my "ex" I think maybe I should've seen that as a sign. Though I like my dog a WHOLE lot more, so I'd hate to knock Biggie down to ex's level.

[newfsmith]

This is a relatively newly discovered toxicosis of dogs. So far, it does not appear to be related to pesticide use as cases have occurred in dogs that had eaten organic grapes. The agent is still unknown, so "safe" levels can not be determined. There have been cases reported of dogs that have habitually "harvested" grapes from home vines for years that suddenly developed toxicity. The safest thing to do is to avoid them altogether as treats for your pets, certainly no more than 1 or 2 should be given in a week, but even that amount has caused problems. http://www.aspca.org/site/News2?page...ticle&id=16645 If the poison control link sparks your interest, google on "dogs + grapes +toxicity" to get lots of other leads.

I know how much we all love our dogs, but this is something lots of people, including vets, aren't aware of.

[cherinyc]

Re: grape and raisin toxicity
that's crazy. it's like the same effect that anti-freeze has on an animal. I lost a cat that way once, when he must've licked at a puddle of anti-freeze off a neighbor's driveway. Apparently it tastes like sugar water to animals.

[MomOnBike]

The late and greatly lamented Vrka would eat any vegetable she could get ahold of - and she was alwas trying to get ahold of food. I'm including jalapenos, here, too. (I know she tasted that one, I heard it crunch, and she licked her chops for a long time afterward.) She'd eat tomatos, including the vine, I had to fence her away from the broccoli, and she made herself sick once on peaches.

EDIT: Elder daughter has fond memories of going out into the garden, pulling up radishes and feeding them to Vrka.

My other dogs have had, um, more refined tastes. Right now, Monty is getting canned green beans every night to help with his rather finicky digestion.