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It's common knowledge that dogs will, er, dog just about anything. I've never had a dog and I am by no means a "dog person," but I hear that they're known to feast indiscriminately upon table scraps.In my limited exposure to dogs, I've known canines with particular affections for people food. I once lived with a woman whose boxer had such an appetite for bread from Italian restaurants that we would always save her a doggie bag from the bread basket. I liked to refer to her as "pure-bread."
And I've had the pleasure of meeting Jeffrey Steingarten's golden retriever, Sky King, who is reported to have a discriminating palate when it comes to all things barbecue.
But I've never even conceived of canines craving vegetables until a friend sent me this snap of a dog chowing down on cukes at his master's farm in Japan. In case you're wondering, it's not a case of the dog chasing after green bones, he really does enjoy cucumbers. Does anyone else know of dogs that dig farm-fresh produce?
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9-15-2006 @9:45AM winnie said... My first collie, Pepper, loved strawberries and would pick them off the plants before I could get them from my strawberry bed. He also would eat most anything people ate. He started the family phrase of "melon-collie" by helping us eat cantaloupe and watermelon.
Our current four collies, Curry, Cinnamon, Sweet Woodruff, and Coriander, all enjoy veggies and fruit. Cory's the most adamant, though. When our pears were ripening this year the little booger would snitch whole pears off the table and eat them all but the stem. One day I think he got about three . . . Thank goodness he has a good digestive system.
One last point and I'm off - chubby dogs are often recommended to go on the "green bean" diet since they often enjoy green beans but the beans are low in calories. If you check rescue sites such as collie or sheltie rescues the "very fluffy" describe the need for weigh loss and either being on or having been on the green bean diet.
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9-15-2006 @11:42AM Glo said... Our Meg loves veggie's also. I take out the carrots either from the fridge or come in from the garden and she is there I don't know how she knowes. Put green beans in her food and she you would think we had given her a Filet. Mandarin Oranges are always a fav.
We had a cat who would leave a bowl of her food. If you put a dish of cream corn down beside it, just loved the stuff
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9-15-2006 @10:04AM Pam Sprinkle said... When my shih tzu was expecting her 1st litter, she would eat nothing but vegtable soup. She comes to work each day in the office, and thats all we could get her to eat. Now the pups who are now 3 years old, who also come to work with me, absolutely love garden salad, expecially with ranch dressing. They get lunch everyday and usually it comes with a side salad.
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9-15-2006 @10:06AM MJ said... My dog will eat her dog food but it the veggies that come in it first! and eat ther rest of the meat nuggets later. Peas and carrots!! Is it me or is the dog food now looking better than our food, you can hardly tell the difference anymore!!
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9-15-2006 @12:29PM jeshi said... I once had a lab/retriever mix who went crazy for mustard greens, and one who would eat watermelon straight down to the rind ( though she'd stop right when it got to the green! ).
My cat, odd thing that she is, has a fondness for mushrooms and jalapenos.
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9-15-2006 @1:23PM Ted said... I had one dog who loved tomatoes, another who loved grapes, and another who loved to eat GRASS. We would occasionally find her noshing casually on blades of grass straight from the lawn. It was like her own personal salad. It always cracked me up.
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9-16-2006 @5:33PM Corinne said... My dogs will eat pretty much anything, but they go CRAZY for corn on the cob.
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9-17-2006 @12:49AM Sabreena said... My dog adores Zuccini
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9-17-2006 @11:54PM D said... I have a Siberian Husky who comes running every time my husband gets out the radishes -- a favorite snack for both of them. And a Singapura cat who begs and cries for corn on the cob and then eats it row after row, end to end, just like I do. Someone forgot to tell them they're not human and I'm not going to be he one to burst their little bubbles.
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9-24-2006 @5:36PM Ingrid said... My Imo Inu loves Carrots, he would rather have carrots than biscuts. I worry that since he is a white dog with a light nose, that he will turn orange from too many carrots. He also loves sharing bananas and apples with us. My husband recently bought him a new brand of food that has dried peas, carrots & chicken in it, and he will pick out all the veggies and chicken and leave the regular dried food behind. Needless to say, it makes a mess. He also enjoys dancing with me when I sing and being dragged around in circles by his toy on our wood floor.
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10-02-2006 @12:48AM Linda said... Yep - my dog loves fruit and veggies. His favorites are carrots, watermelon, pineapple, banana, cantelope and honeydew melons. I recently bought him doggy sweet potato snacks. He loves 'em. Oh yeah...he also likes apples but I try to be careful with those...
He's a standard sized rat terrier mix.
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10-02-2006 @12:48AM Joel said... My pup is a pretty particular eater, a rare trait for a Labrador. He won't eat cereal, or crackers not made for four-leggers and he has NEVER shown a particular affinity for foods that have not spent some period of time trodding this wonderful planet of ours prior to being on his menu. But today I was munching on some frozen Mango chunks as a little mid-day snack when he came over to investigate. With a little chuckle I proffered a small chunk of Mango knowing he would turn up his nose with a look of "are you nuts?!? I'm a dog!" But to my surprised he slurped it up and eyed me up for more. Wow... My dog loves Mango. Cool.
Jz.
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10-02-2006 @8:43PM Dave said... My dog actually LOVES bananas. Whenever anyone in my family starts peeling a banana she will be at your feet doing as many tricks as she can to get a piece of it. Funny thing is... I can't get her to eat a single dog treat, but oh well.
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