Happy dog with carrots!

[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.

[eclectic]

Last night our dog "Tank" Breed: over the fence, was doing her usual laying around the kitchen looking forlorn act (she knows I never feed her anything while we are cooking or eating) when I dropped a piece of celery, of course she had to jump up run over sniff it, then go back and dejectedly lay down - celery - not on list of favorite foods.
I then dropped a mushroom and whoosh it was gone - mushrooms - many points, but if they are in leftover spaghetti sauce she will eat around them just like a kid - go figure

[KnottedYet]

CherinyC - "ex"? Did I miss something?

[crazybikinchic]

I never knew that so many dogs like ice. Taquana will run to the refridgerator when we are getting into the ice (he like's it after our morning run). He also likes popcorn. All I have to do is rattle the package to open it and he goes crazy. He is so impatient, he sits and stares at the microwave.

[CyclChyk]

Regarding the potatoes I fogot to mention how much my chi loves RAW potatoes.... prefers raw rather than cooked potatoes; well, unless its a french fry (which is no longer on my diet )

Anybody else feed their pets with a fork?? All 4 of mine eat with a fork very well! Well, almost all 4. My boxer is just now getting the hang of it but his flappy gums sometimes get in the way.

[chickwhorips]

i'm jealous of these dogs that get to eat veggies. real and fresh veggies! if something like that dropped on the floor here i would fight both my dogs for it!

then again they get salmon for dinner instead of precious veggies. they do like ice cubes and snow i swear is like pixie stix for them.

[Ocultica]

Chloe Loooves carrots! And eggplant, and raw potatoes ( We found this out when we caught her digging them up in the garden and gnawing on them.)
She also likes ice. She likes to bat it arond before she eats it. Or leaves it in your shoe. Her favorite is granny smith apples with a tiny bit of peanut butter. Other than veggies, we don't give her people food. We've unfortunately seen the damage it can do to a dog that gets too much of the wrong stuff.

[pepe6599]

Abarendo (chihuahua) doesn't eat vegs or bread; he'll play with it, throw it in the air and catch it with his mouth then he give it to our other dog.

Abby (chihuahua) and Ace (staff. bull terrier) will eat anything and everything, but they love poi.

Makana ( labrador) will take a coconut, skin it, and then try to eat. It's quite amusing to see his do that.

[CyclChyk]

Ocultica - Chloe is BEAUTIFUL!!! My dogs would LOVE her (expecially my boxer)!!!

Chicwhorips - off subject but is it true what they say about Alaska having 10 guys for every gal?? Those odds sound like they can be fun!

[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.

[chickwhorips]

Chicwhorips - off subject but is it true what they say about Alaska having 10 guys for every gal?? Those odds sound like they can be fun!

in some bush communities yes that is true, but in anchorage no. there is more women than men.

they also say this (which is VERY true): The odds are good, but the goods are odd.