Mike Roberts -> Jim White wrote:

 JW>> I find this odd.  All four of our dogs love banana.  Buddy, who
 JW>> thinks he's a lab, once picked up and carried a bunch of bananas that
 JW>> had fallen out of a shopping bag.  It doesn't seem to mater whether
 JW>> they're still a tad green(all yellow skin) or fully ripe(speckled

 MR> I have found this too, though I admit that I laughed the first time I
 MR> saw it.  I could not believe dogs liked bananas, and should I say my
 MR> Pugs loved bananas. I thought that was odd. I also laughed when the
 MR> vet told me to feed my Bird people food. He loves everything from Hot
 MR> dogs to mashed potatoes. My Newf loved Tomatoes, it was funny, bring
 MR> fresh ones home in a basket, he'd steal em from the window if they
 MR> were a little gren and they were sitting there to ripen. But grow
 MR> them out in the garden, he left them alone. go figure.

LOL!!  Never heard of a diet like that for a bird.  Our dogs eat a similar
diet, though.  Buddy will eat almost anything, including cucumber if you
put a dab of ranch dressing on a slice.  He carries everything he finds
around in his mouth; cans of soup, beans, corn, whatever.  He actually bit
into a can of kidney beans with a canine tooth.  We found him laying on the
floor licking up the leaking juice! He's been known to eat an entire tomato
off the table, but like yours, will not take them off the plants in the
garden.  Should my wife drops one on the way into the house, it's his!!  He
recently ate an entire apple, seeds and all with no adverse effects.  A few
months ago, he found and ate about 2 oz of dark chocolate with like
results.  He's scared us several times, but seems to handle it well.  At 80
pounds, we were worried, but watched him.  He napped as if it was a normal
meal for him.  All of our dogs eat veggies, including Broccoli.  Baby cut
carrots are a special treat.

How are things going at your house?

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