According to dog nutritionists, if you want to feed your dog vegetables, you need to break them down into fiber and juice, because dog intestines are too short to have time to do that naturally before they eliminate the veggies. This is why I use the blender to make the veggie cubes we toss in with the Compound Canines’ raw meat.
Earlier, I was sitting on the front porch chomping on an individual bag of baby carrots when I realized that three sets of soulful eyes were watching me, haunches planted firmly on the porch; they know they have to sit before getting a treat.
“You won’t like it,” I told them.
They clearly didn’t believe me. It doesn’t hurt to give them carrots; they just may get no nutritional value from them. So I finished what I wanted to eat of the carrots. By this time, Margot had joined the other three, so I told her to sit, too. I then gave each dog a baby carrot. Three made a liar out of me (You won’t like it). Pixie and Guinness crunched on their carrots with glee. Rex took his out to the sidewalk to savor it in pieces without fear of someone else snatching part of it. And Margot spit hers out and walked away, her disgusted expression conveying, “Nice try. Make my next one beef, please.”
While we were enjoying the moment, some asswipe in a truck tore down the street at a ridiculous speed which defied the two stop signs at either end of our block. I desperately wished I were Garp. Which reminded me that I want to read that book again. It’s been years.
Dash is a freak for carrots as in does double somersaults and triple back flips
so he had carrot cake for his birthday?
he always gets carrots so we went with the special. Duck jerky in wrapped in pigskin …and dehydrated yams wrapped with chicken jerky … as well as doggie biscuits wrapped in jerky. he was pleased and wants more
Alfie is weird. He’ll eat lots of fruits and vegetables that the other dogs won’t touch: apples, peaches, melon, carrots, zucchini, bananas. (I know raisins, grapes and onions are bad for dogs.)
I never read Garp, only saw the movie, but A Prayer for Owen Meany was great!
I think you would like the book; give it a try sometime!
Alfie sounds like Guinness, who’ll eat anything. Like you, I don’t give raisins, grapes, or onions. Also some seeds are bad–apple seeds, I think, and peach pits. If there are peaches in the house, no dog will ever get a shot at them anyway, not with me here.
You might like this recipe then: peach cornmeal upside cake.
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/peach-and-cornmeal-upside-down-cake
I just made it last weekend (sans lavender, just can’t wrap my head around that). It’s like a coffee cake, would be good for Sunday brunch.
I’m always kind of amused when what appears obvious is stated, but I
knowsuppose there are clueless people out there. I’m sure glad she specified that the peaches should be pitted before adding them to the recipe!Garp!
That brings back memories…
Loved the book, loved the movie: That so rarely happens!
My mum’s dog loveslovesloves cucumbers. She’s always got a bowl of sliced cukes in water in the fridge, and every time the fridge door is opened, Bailey’s got his nose in the fridge, demanding a slice or two. He also likes radishes, but not nearly as much as cucumbers. 🙂
Tim’s dog Rex is also a fan of cucumbers. I think it’s because he REALLY loves pickles and thinks cucumbers might become pickles in his stomach.
Bailey sounds pretty adorable!
He is (but I am admittedly biased!). He also gets a Milkbone every time he comes back in from his business in the backyard, and when I’m home visiting, he thinks he can fool me into believing that he gets a treat *every time the back door opens*. I only fell for that once. 🙂