Blueberries....Just Say No!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

The other night I was washing blueberries when Vern and Fudge came around to see if something good was happening.  I never feed them from the table, but I took two blueberries and gave them each one.  Now, when I say I gave them each one, I mean Vern stood and looked at me like, “what am I supposed to do with this blue thing?”  Fudge took it gingerly in her mouth and decided to take her newfound treat to the dining room just in case Vern was hot on her tail.  Vern was still back in the kitchen deciding whether or not I was trying to poison him or if this was April Fools Day!  Once he saw that Fudge was interested in her blueberry, he decided to give it a shot and took the blueberry from me as if I had just handed him a loaded gun. He promptly ran into the dining room and spit it on the floor. From there, both dogs decided a better place to eat a blueberry would be in the sunroom and picked their bounty up and ran out the door only to spit it on the carpet out there.  I was envisioning having to get the carpet cleaned by the time each of them downed one stinking blueberry.

Fudge finally ate her new treat, but Vern decided there were some things he absolutely refused to swallow and lo and behold, it was a blueberry.  Who knew the dog that eats mud, grass, goose poop, and Kleenex had a discerning palate?  I guess he had to draw the line somewhere.  Luckily, Fudge decided one blueberry was not enough and was more than happy to eat Vern’s.  Fudge has the body of someone who loves fruits and vegetables.  Vern’s body is more of a meat and cheese kind of shape.  I think Vern takes after me, because I like my blueberries with a little sugar on them or with ice cream or even surrounded by a muffin.  Unfortunately for Vern, I have to draw the line somewhere, too. 

 

Is there some food or treat that your dog surprisingly will not eat?

[Leslie and Halas]

Although Halas loves many fruits and vegetables, he's not big on junk food.  If someone tries to sneak him a potato chip or drops a potato chip, he won't take it.  He's such a good boy.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Halas, I am very proud of you. I never met a potato chip I turned down :)

[Sally]

duncan loved baby carrots until i introduced him to the sugar snap pea. Now he has no use for baby carrots. Although he ate an orange crayon a few weeks ago. I'm wondering if he thought it was a carrot and maybe smelled more to his liking=)

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

LOL..I guess Duncan thought carrot or crayon...what's the difference? I have never tried sugar snap peas :)

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

I have not met a fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, poultry, grain or legume that my two wont eat. Not picky at all. If you're offering, Im taking is their motto! Murphy will sniff at it first and then take it gingerly, but Bella.....put your hand out and be ready to pull back quick or you might loose a finger. She doesn't hesitate, but then she still eats poop so how picky can she be?

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

LOL...well, except for the poop part, feeding them should be no problem :) 

[Jennifer and Jack]

Jack won't eat any fruit period, and the only veggie he will take occasionally is cooked sweet potato  .. He will smell it and walk away... SO cute

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Jack knows what he likes :)

[Christine & Camus]

Laurie, I too love sugar sprinkled over bananas, although mine are swimming in milk before I add the sugar.  Now to answer your question..

Camus refuses to eat peanut butter! And, although he loved pumpkin when I first gave it to him it too is on his "no way" list.  He does eat green beans, but prefers frozen organic (cooked) over the soft canned, which is a really good since I give him a cup full in his dinner every night.  Helped him regain his boyish figure.  His favorite food is banana. 

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Christine, Hmmmm....milk...I have never tried that one, unless my banana is on my cereal :) I wish my Vern liked green beans, so he could regain his boyish figure, too! Camus knows what he likes, too.

[Charlotte and Bo]

Bo won't touch a fruit or vegetable unless it's to chew it up on my living room rug.  He does love pizza crust, potato chips, popcorn and all those things neither one of us should eat.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I think I am related to Bo :)