Kirislin Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Gorgeous pics! I give Nixon new things to try all the time, and we'll often share a banana. The only thing he won't eat so far is mushroom. I love giving him new things, he's always very considered, and gently mouths whatever it is before tasting. Last night he had some cucumber for the first time, and seemed to enjoy it. We do have 2 macadamia trees and it's a constant worry! Once they're ripe it's fine cos they're too hard to crack, but the tiny green immature ones are a big concern. When they're falling I try to pick them up every day. about the only things mine dont seem to like are mushrooms and celery, but I'm sure they'd eat both of them cooked. Mine even love the left over salad dressing I make that is very lemony and garlicky. Any of the brassica family is always eaten with pleasure, especially the thick stalks of things like broccoli and hard ribs of cabbage leaves. Edited December 10, 2014 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 :laugh: love the pictures, Kirislin. I had a similar one of my Kirra when she was younger inside the netting over the raspberries that I had then. And I love the way dogs peel their lips back when they're eating blackberries - and how they know to go for the ripe ones. My first BC boy was known as Banana Dog in the palliative care centre he visited as a therapy dog. His party trick was peeling his own banana as he ate it. He's carefully break off the stalk end, then eat his way down, bending the peel back as he ate. It used to be a great hit with patients and staff. Now I have 2 apple trees here myself, but I dont expect to get to eat many :laugh: Kirislin - I feel your pain - my current BC gets the low hanging fruit, while the parrots get the higher ones. If I'm lucky, I get a few apples, apricots and pears from the middle levels. I've had to stop Rory many times after he's brought in his third after dinner Granny Smith. I used to worry a bit about the stones in the apricots, but the dogs seem to be able to spit those out quite easily.My two love a variety of fruits and vegetables. Cucumber is one of their favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stressmagnet Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Ernie hates all fruits and vegetables. I've watched him delicately (and he's a lab) pick his way around a green pea. He's a teenage male in more ways than one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah82 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 our dog growing up had his own strawberry pot. :D He always waited until they were ripe and would gently pick them off and eat them when they were nice and red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliwake Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Ernie hates all fruits and vegetables. I've watched him delicately (and he's a lab) pick his way around a green pea. He's a teenage male in more ways than one. The first time I gave Nixon a carrot he was probably about Ernie's age, and he refused to eat it. It was still there when I got home in the arvo, with about 2mm nibbled off the end. I just left it out there, and the next day when I got home, it was gone! He now goes mad for carrots and thinks they're an awesome treat :) So don't give up on Ernie - he may become a super veggie loving dog yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory & Beau Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) My lot shared a mango with me the other day. They all had a try at nibbling the fleshy seed as I held it :laugh: Ivy seemed to be the best at realizing she couldn't take it from me and nibbled off some flesh. And they LOVED the flesh I gave them too. Raw broccoli stem is also a fave here. eta - The buggers always find the almond shells that the Eclectus tend to throw out of their cage too. Edited December 11, 2014 by english.ivy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasareina Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 mine like apple, banana, and carrot ... and anything else that you make them think is a treat by making them sit and wait before they can have it :laugh: They also think ice cubes are the best treat ever... cheap dogs haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denali Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 1418263359[/url]' post='6609490']mine like apple, banana, and carrot ... and anything else that you make them think is a treat by making them sit and wait before they can have it :laugh: They also think ice cubes are the best treat ever... cheap dogs haha I have ice cube lovers here. Henry waits by the fridge in the evening to get his ice cube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Not a 'bad idea' ;) Our dogs love bananas- apples are one of their first toys! They also enjoy strawberries/pears/tomatoes & figs. :) Be careful with tomatoes Perse, they contain tomatine which is dangerous, but less so in very ripe fruit. Tomatoes also contain atropine that can cause tremors, dilated pupils and heart arrhythmia . These things are more concentrated in leaves, stems and unripe fruit. I don't think it is super dangerous but just something to keep in mind :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 We have our Mulberry tree in full fruit right now, so it has been purple poo for a while now. Ronin picks out the juiciest ones :D Ronin likes most fruits and veggies as treats, carrot is always good and watermelon as seen on his first birthday "cake" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliwake Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) Hmm, what did he go for first, the fish or the watermelon?! :) Edited December 11, 2014 by aliwake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonjuro Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Hmm, what did he go for first, the fish or the watermelon?! :) he likes his savoury before sweets :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaCC Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Nova picks his own fruit on our various fruit trees The peaches get eaten as do any berries, the mandarins and pomegranite just get taken off the tree and played with before they are ripe He loves tomatoes so much they were the treats I used over meat to get him used to grooming as a pup He does not appreciate leafy green vegetables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawsitive Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 How about dried fruits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I have stone fruit trees in my new yard, the birds have pretty much trashed them and they are all over the ground. I don't know what they are as they are just little green balls but Maddie has decided to pick as many up as she can and hoard them in her bed. I have planted my tomatoes in the front yard as Stan is obsessed with the cherry toms. He picks them off, squishes them in his mouth and spits the skins out, I watched him doing it out the kitchen window at my old house. I had random tomatoes popping up all over the yard but I just mowed over them...I know where they'd been :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverStar-Aura Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Can I ask what part of the macadamia is toxic to dogs. We have a macadamia tree in our yard bug it hardly ever produces nuts. When it does though there's not many but the dogs do run around chewing them. Mostly our nuts are have a soft green shell covering the hard inner shell. My dogs love chewing the green but can't break open the hard brown shell to get at the nut. I don't actually think they even eat any -- just destroy then spit out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverStar-Aura Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Never mind. Turns out dogs need to eat about 2 kilos of macadamias per kilo of body weight before symptoms appear. In Zeus's case that's like 30 kilos of nuts. Well that's what my google search turned up anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliwake Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I hope you're right RSA, that's very reassuring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 How about dried fruits? oh yeah..... lots of friends 'do' dehydrated fruits. They are great as treats for training. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranga Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 How about dried fruits? Grapes, sultanas and raisins can cause toxicity in dogs. I also read somewhere that mushrooms shouldn't really be fed to dogs either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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