Lavenders_Blue Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I thought I'd start a thread about the weird, wonderful and sometimes downright disgusting things our four legged friends like to eat. Tango is a bit of a vacuum cleaner and will eat pretty much anything and everything. However she has a particular fondness for mouthfuls of fresh (it must be fresh!) horse poo snaffled out on a walk, and she also has a peculiar liking for tomatoes, which she pulls off my plants in the garden So, what do your dogs like to eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I have two lurchers.... nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 OH has a springer that liked stones, thankfully the op to remove one from her tummy has cured her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We had a (diabetic) labrador years ago who was incredibly poorly and had, what we thought, was blood in her wee. The vet couldn't work out why the usual wee tests didn't show a problem until we realised that she'd eaten a whole bowl of cooked beetroot peelings which had been left to one side to cool before going in the compost. The "blood" in the wee was beetroot staining and the resulting poorly tummy wore off in a couple of days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 My Dylan's Wasabi peanut moment, A whole bowl went missing but by gawd his tummy rumbled!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Scally once at an entire family bar of dark chocolate that DD had left on the side in the kitchen ready to make a cake. We had to induce vomiting (dark chocolate is very toxic) and when she vomited it turned out that she had also stolen a half loaf of bread. It looked just like Delia's chocolate bread and butter pudding She stole a dried granary bread mix a few weeks ago and used to regularly steal the tubs of fish food it was really annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 If cats are allowed in this thread, I have one that loves raisins (he isn't allowed them) and anything containing yeast. He steals bread if he can and likes wine. His real favourite is beer - he will try to wrestle a bottle from your hand or will climb onto shelves to lick the head off an unattended pint. Normally he doesn't jump or climb as he's 9kg and just too heavy, but the smell of ale will make him do unusual things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 OH has a springer that liked stones, thankfully the op to remove one from her tummy has cured her. Funny that, we sometimes walk with a bloke whose springer is obsessed with stones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 If cats are allowed in this thread, I have one that loves raisins (he isn't allowed them) and anything containing yeast. He steals bread if he can and likes wine. His real favourite is beer - he will try to wrestle a bottle from your hand or will climb onto shelves to lick the head off an unattended pint. Normally he doesn't jump or climb as he's 9kg and just too heavy, but the smell of ale will make him do unusual things! We were at a friend's BBQ a few weeks ago and had taken Tango with us. We discovered she has a taste for white wine after we found her with nose stuck in a glass lapping away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Ruby loves lager I have to stop Phil giving her any... can you imagine a drunk lurcher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 My yorkie Molly pinches th strawberries from the plants and Pebbles the cocker ate so many windfall pears this year, I always leave some in the borders for the birds so have to really keep an eye on her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Mine will both eat blackberries off the bush when we're on walks, but Cyrus' latest favourite is squirrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Ruby loves lager I have to stop Phil giving her any... can you imagine a drunk lurcher? I had a rabbit that liked Brandy, I had to put the glass very high to stop him finding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Tango found and ate two eggs yesterday Please tell me how she knew that two eggs, in a box, in their shells were edible? And why did she feel the need to eat them on the living room carpet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 just because they do! My friend's dogs each get a raw eggs in the morning but one morning the pup found and ate a whole bucket load which had been left around... the dog's farts were horrendous for a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 but one morning the pup found and ate a whole bucket load which had been left around... the dog's farts were horrendous for a couple of days. Good Lord.... I can imagine!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My last dog ate a ball of scrunched up silver foil once (no idea why) ... we were getting quite pretty "gift wrapped" parcels from the other end for several days afterwards ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 When I was a kid I thought you were supposed to eat the foil on the Kitkats Anyway, onto the dogs...I hope you've all finished your dinners....Well, my dog eats grapes, chicken food, freshly baked cakes & lambs legs(hot!) as well as dark chocolate...I don't know why she hasn't keeled over dead.....oh, light switches, the sponges you clean the dishes with, ballons & (full ) nappy, er that last one was only once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Well, my dog eats grapes, chicken food, freshly baked cakes & lambs legs(hot!) as well as dark chocolate...I don't know why she hasn't keeled over dead.....oh, light switches, the sponges you clean the dishes with, ballons & (full ) nappy, er that last one was only once Now I remember why i'm not really a dog person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedg Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 My Rottweiler (1year old) will eat anything that fits inside his mouth: stones, branches, wood chips, bones, twigs, wood, fluff, dirt, chicken poo, bird poo, eggs, pine cones.. hope no-ones eating their tea but when he was about 8months old i discovered the little darling chewing on half a dead rat god knows where the other half was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 My last dog ate a ball of scrunched up silver foil once (no idea why) ... we were getting quite pretty "gift wrapped" parcels from the other end for several days afterwards ... I thought about your post earlier Bramble, as I found Tango attempting to ingest a ball of silver foil out on our walk this morning. We occasionally have people camping with tents/motorhomes on the sports field in our village (where lots of people walk dogs, as it has a public footpath running through it) and this weekend's lot had obviously cooked over a fire last night and helpfully tidied their rubbish away into a bucket (at least they tidied it away I suppose). However, the foil must have had bits of food still stuck on or at least smelt foody as Tango grabbed herself a piece and ate it Blasted animal teased me by letting me get just within grabbing distance of her then running off so I couldn't take it away from her. Thankfully it wasn't toooo large a piece so I'll keep my fingers crossed it will pass through without causing any problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloss-Hen Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) Anything Dotty our boxer/greyhound likes cardboard, fur, hair, guinea pig poo, guinea pig food chicken food, Lego, chicken food,Flies, bees, paper, grass, socks, jumpers, trousers, underwear, dog treats, cat treats, carpet, wall, wood, anything she finds on our patio and last but not least her own food obviously we try to discourage her from eating Lego etc Jazmine greyhound/lab likes her own dog food, treats and occasionally human s"Ooops, word censored!"s Edited November 14, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Okay, so today's scavenging involved emptying the contents of the kitchen bin all over the floor and eating any tasty morsels that may have been scattered I know for certain that the mouldy end of a loaf of bread has gone missing from the bin but goodness knows what else she has also eaten. We left her on her own for ONE HOUR! Normally the kitchen bin is shut away while we go out but on this occasion we forgot - slapped wrists for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I have a 'lurcher proof bin' now - essentially it's a small pedal bin with a brick on top... does the job nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 I have a pedal bin with a heavy door stop on top - Tango is clearly particularly determined! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
