OD-ing on windfall apples - caused runny poo for Coco. He also picks tomatoes - I didn't know they were bad, must be more vigilant, but it does seem to be only ripe ones he's pinching. Both of the dogs get into the carrot patch & dig them up to eat. They both love broccoli, cauliflower, carrot & peppers when I'm preparing dinner. Belle enjoys cooked, pureed butternut squash (helps with her constipation).
Mabel loves carrots and her sister is partial to a nice piece of broccoli. A small piece of frozen banana was a great treat during those crocopup days.
Bananas are top favourite with Pongo, closely followed by sweet potato (especially roasted sweet potato chips).
Tara likes any veg, and helps herself to blackberries, when we go picking them. Her favourite fruit is blueberries, followed by apples. A lady up the park uses sliced carrots as a training treat for her Cockerpoo - will have to try them on Tara, instead of shop bought ones.
mmm.... I have some friends who claimed they had a dog uninterested in food rewards. Really? I said. Yes, they said. Not interested in food at all. Went training with them, they were offering the dog carrot sticks in return for giving up her ball. Yup, didn't work. Not at all. Carrot vs Ball? Ball won, everytime. Home roasted duck, soaked in the cooking juices, worked a treat though.....
I used green beans as a really good addition for Doug when he was ill. I gently steamed them. Mine eat most fruit which is ok for them Midge doesn't like bananas but they all love most fruits and vegetables. they hate cabbage and sprouts. I always give a little bit its not going to make them fat and they enjoy it. When I have an apple they always help me eat it and I've had to give up growing strawberries and raspberries as they just disappear. carrot V duck he he its just a none starter
I don't know about other vegetables, but I am unfortunately able to confirm, first hand, that carrots pass through undigested through our lad.
Thought I would add a caution. We have always picked wild berries with our dogs. Strawberries, raspberries, black raspberries and blueberries. LOL, I used to make jam and jelly and give jars as gifts with a note to say the dog didn't help me pick, she ate all hers. But the caution is; I wonder if they eat anything that looks like a berry then? And some are poisonous. Four falls in a row Jet got sick. The Vet told me she had a very sensitive digestive system, but only in the fall? I caught her one day eyeing up some clintonia berries. Some websites said they were poison, some didn't say. They look a lot like blueberries. Anyway, I made a point to watch her closely around them and made sure she never ate any and she never got sick in the fall again.
Have never given Cooper berries....(1) because they are extremely expensive here (2) we don't seem to have wild fields of berries here where I live. But come Springtime I will certainly give him strawberries and blueberries to try and see if he likes them. I would much rather give him fresh fruits and/or veggies as treats than the "biscuits" we buy at the pet store. He loves his treats and I make 100% that what goes in his tummy does NOT come from China but they are still made with different ingredients that I do not know where they come from. So, going "fresh" makes me feel I am doing something good for my pup.
Hi everyone! All I have to add, is what most of you probably know already, no grapes or raisins. Beau on e got into grapes , and really thru his digestive system off. Also, fresh lychees, jackfruit, and durian, are to be given in a tiny portion, with out the pit, to see how it is tolerated. Both our labs love to eat the mullberries when they fall from the trees. raf108
Hehe, no chance of that around here. I've never even heard of a jackfruit, never trued a durian (don't they stink?) and lychees aren't exactly an everyday - or every year! - occurrence, either
Maisie loves to pinch berries too! She will eat all veg and fruit except for raw parsnip and lettuce!
Jackfruit is the largest tree born fruit in the world. Getting up to or over 80 lbs, and has a very interesting outer skin. It is related to the mullberry. That is where juicyfruit gum got it's flavor. Durian has sulphur, and is illegal tobeat in public in Malaysia. Durian is a creamy rich pudding like fruit. Some cannot go near it, others, like me, do not small any negative odor, just the fragrance of a ripe Durian. Lychees are available here in ny, from may until august. These fruits are generally only available in asian or east indian markets. Here in ny, they are available yearly. As well as many other fruits that are delicious, but just not mainstream. Longons, are next after lychees, all the way till early november, then persimmon, the flat type that can be eaten when hard like an apple. raf108
I've had Durian in Singapore - I liked it so I must be one of the people who doesn't detect the supposedly bad smell. Just smelled like a ripe tropical fruit. Smell is interesting - there is a flower here in Australia called the Brown Boronia. It has an powerful, amazing scent that people rave about......except some people, like me (and my Dad) can't smell it. Brown Boronia smells like absolutely nothing to me. My Mum can smell it from a mile off. So there is definitely a genetic component to what your nose/brain can detect and what it can't. Anyway, slight digression!
The asparagus-makes-pee-smell thing is similar, I read. It affects everyone, but some people can't detect it. I'm sure that there is something important I can't remember because that little nugget of information is taking up the space in my brain.
