Fruit: The other red meat
Seven years ago, we adopted our dog Pete. During a raging fire in southern California, a San Diego animal shelter found him lost and malnourished alongside charred farmland in the mountains.
Throughout the years, we have noticed that he will pretty much eat anything. Especially vegetables. I attribute this behavior to surviving those fires.
If given the choice between kibble and carrots? He would choose carrots.
Every night while prepping and chopping vegetables for dinner, he begs. Whimpers even.
It’s pathetic.
And if one tiny morsel of produce accidentally falls off the counter, he pounces. As if broccoli could run away.
He barely even chews.
And apparently, he has has an affinity for fruit, too.
Surprisingly enough, he gently nibbled this strawberry off in the backyard in silence.
Probably hoping I would blame it on a squirrel.
that is hilarious – our dog won’t eat veggie s- anything else – not veggie s- and the fruit – how do you keep the rabbits from eating them all up?
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May 19th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
LOLOLOL, the title for this post is AWESOME!
May 20th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Wow. That is facinating! It looks like it was perfect! Red and juicy : ). I am glad it was enjoyed! Maybe you should give him a whole bowl of brocilee and see what happens : )
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:13 am
LOL! That is too funny. I guess it proves dogs can be vegetarians too!
Happy WW!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Hilarious!
May 20th, 2009 at 12:18 am
The dog ate a strawberry?! That is crazy! My strawberries wont’ be ready for a while. Then I will have to watch for slugs, not dogs!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Hey! At least he’s concerned about his health and wellness!!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:24 am
LOL that is just too funny! I don’t think any of my dogs would EVER eat fruit. Ever! LOL
Happy WW!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Sounds like quite a dog!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:28 am
I understand completely! Growing up we had a dog that would ignore the steak in a doggie bag and always go for the bread first. Make you really realized that animals have opinions and favorite foods.
Happy early WW!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:47 am
A strawberry…that I can understand, but broccoli? Whaaa…??
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:53 am
When my cat was a kitten she would eat fruit, veggies and even popcorn! lol
That’s a great shot!
May 20th, 2009 at 1:51 am
LOL…that’s hilarious! I have a shiba inu, and she likes to eat anything, but not all vegetables though. She does like most fruits, especially apples.
May 20th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Now that’s something! I would get that on video. Happy WW!
May 20th, 2009 at 2:41 am
That’s pretty funny! At least he eats healthy! lol. Our dogs like bananas. Weirdos.
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May 20th, 2009 at 6:38 am
hilarious. Pete is such a healthy eater!
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May 20th, 2009 at 6:51 am
My dogs all eat veggies. Some of them don’t like them at first, but once they realize that those are all they’re getting for a treat, they learn to like them! Carrots and green beans are faves.
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May 20th, 2009 at 6:59 am
LOL that is too funny!!! My dog w ould have devoured the entire plant and left nothing but a nub!
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Hee hee….must be one healthy dog!
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:24 am
It amazes me how much animals will adapt. That’s so delicate in terms of his approach with the strawberry. My cat’s favorite food was peas. He’d take one pea in his teeth, drop it from the bowl, bat it all over the house with his paws, and finally “capture” it and eat it. Then he’d repeat with every pea in the bowl. There was no finer treat to give him.
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Haha! What a funny dog.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:48 am
I have never known a dog that would eat vegetables or fruits! I love that he would eat that strawberry so delicately off of the stem.
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:50 am
That is so funny. Hehe Happy WW!
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Sounds like my dog who steals tomatoes from the vine.
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May 20th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Hysterical..
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May 20th, 2009 at 8:47 am
What perfection he has at nibbling that strawberry!! *lol*
My childhood dog LOVED grapes; but not the “shell” he’d just suck the juice out of it and leave the skins laying all over the place. *yuck*
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May 20th, 2009 at 8:54 am
How cute you have a healty conscious dog, i can understand the strawberry though they are good.
Happy WW
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May 20th, 2009 at 9:13 am
He must think he’s a “people”.
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May 20th, 2009 at 9:18 am
That requires talent to nibble it off like that. It’s amazing that your dog loves vegetables so much. I wish my kids would love vegetables that much too.
Great story on how he was found. He’s a survivor.
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May 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am
That dog sounds hilarious!
Our dacshund will eat about everything (except fruit) but the shih-tzu will leave peas on her plate if she gets a treat of chicken pot pie or stew. And then guards them as long as she can to keep her buddy away from them but the dacshund invarably gets in there eventually and snaps them up.
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May 20th, 2009 at 9:58 am
That’s one healthy dog your raising there! HA!
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May 20th, 2009 at 10:45 am
LOL!!!! Funny post!!
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May 20th, 2009 at 10:55 am
I used to have a dog that was big on table scraps – as most dogs are. But she was, essentially, a meat eater. EXCEPT. You never, EVER, wanted to have a bowl of grapes in your lap if Lady was around. She would conquer ANY obstacle to get grapes. And if you happened to be the obstacle, well …
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May 20th, 2009 at 11:12 am
While I have yet to learn how to control my sons’ diets, my dog is allergic to food coloring. So no kibble for her.
She eats an entirely natural diet of–wait for it–frozen chicken wings and canned tuna.
YEP.
And whatever veggies are left over from trimmings and dinner. Carrots get wolfed down whole. Broccoli and green beans, ditto. Tomatoes are a fave, and apple cores.
And strawberry tops. The part you cut off before you eat it.
So, in short, I’m not surprised.
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May 20th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Our dog was the same. Oranges were his favorite! Thanks for sharing it brought back memories of our beloved Winston.
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May 20th, 2009 at 11:35 am
what an awesome pic!!!!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Thanks for adopting him! That is too cute…I wish I was the same way…lol!
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May 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
cool photo! Happy WW!!
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May 20th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
That’s hilarious!
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Thanks for the good laugh
May 20th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I had a German Sheppard mix the use to enjoy lettuce.She had a partner in crime that would get up on the counter take the lettuce leaves drop them on the floor than jump down and enjoy the stole treat with his “mommy”
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May 20th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
That is funny! Our pup was chewing a bottle from the recycling bin yesterday and I remarked that she was like a goat and would eat anything. My 7 year old replied, “yeah, she’ll even eat the newspaper, but she won’t touch the comics.” Surprised by his response I said, “Why’s that?” He said, “She thinks they taste funny.”
I walked right into that one
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May 20th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
My dog loves melons and oranges so much he will drool. If I give him any, he swallows without chewing. He does not like vegetables.
Maybe he thought you would blame Babisoides?
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May 20th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
That’s hilarious! I have one dog who will eat anything that rolls off the counter and is tall enough to lick things if they get close enough to the edge and another dog who wouldn’t touch “people food” if he was starving to death. Dogs are funny little creatures!
May 20th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Wow, a dog with healthy eating habits, amazing
!
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May 20th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
At least he didn’t rampage the entire plant! My husband’s grandmother got her dog after the fires in Orange and San Bernadino counties a couple years ago. She’s a great dog.
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
lol. that’s so great that you rescued Pete! now stay out of the garden, Pete!!
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May 20th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
So he’s Sneaky Pete?
My husband and I once rescued a cat on a hike. It followed us to the trailhead. We could tell it was starving, and we gave the cat the only food we had with us — Sun Chips. I have never seen a cat scarf down chips like that! (Kitty now lives with his parents.)
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May 20th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
My wife and I experiment to find out what the dog will or will not eat. Yep, pretty much anything. Except for mushrooms for some reason….
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May 21st, 2009 at 2:28 am
My dogs don’t eat fruit and veggies, but apparently at least one of them has a taste for roses. I did have a Boxer once who loved bananas.
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May 21st, 2009 at 9:46 am
That’s very cute! I’m glad you rescued a dog. Actually, dogs are omnivorous, not just meat eaters, and most commercial dog food has vegetables in it. Some dog experts consider a really healthy, organic meal of meat, vegetables and carbs to be the healthiest thing for a dog.
My dogs loved cantelope and watermelon, as well as broccoli and cabbage (because they’re stinky?), carrots and raw string beans. So I gave them some in a little bowl when I was making the same food for myself. They also loved rotten fish and Chinese food, which I’m guessing are not as healthy (too much sodium in the Chinese food).
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May 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
That is too funny! Maybe I need to take a lesson or two from your dog about eating healthy. But he seems to like the same things I like broccoli, strawberries. I’m wondering if I should start growing some fruits in our yard. That would be so much cheaper.
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May 21st, 2009 at 12:50 pm
That’s too funny.. Are you sure it’s your dog?
It’s nice that you have strawberries in your backyard. We have to pack up the kids to go to pick-your-own strawberries farm. It was a fun activity.
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May 21st, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Well, our dogs…the ones we have now, Dexter and Einstein always prefer veggies over meat!
They seem to be too attached to my Mom’s family…LOL
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May 21st, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Funny … this reminds me of my first dog Ralph who would eat anything I ate and strawberries seemed to be a favorite for both of us. It was always a race to see who’d get to the ones growing in the yard first … seriously.
Hope all’s well with you & yours. I’ll be back ;–)
Hugs and blessings,
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