Glenn Brown wrote 08/20/2006 08:40 AM Fresh Fruit #111626 - 08/20/2006 08:40 AM
Glenn Brown Webboard User Reg: 04-04-2006 Posts: 112 Loc: Pegram, TN Offline	I've posted before about the 12 week pup I found in the woods. Had parvo but we got through it and now he's 6 1/2 months old, a ton of fun, well mannered and without a doubt the best puppy I've ever had. He loves to play, play fight with the dobie (another rescue) and run. We get him to fetch in the house with a tennis ball or just about any toy. Funny thing is he won't take any interest in fetching these things outside. He would prefer to hunt bugs, gaze off into the woods or be chased by the dobe. This was true until the apple tree got fruit. He will chase, play, toss, run with and yes fetch apples. For an hour or more. Never seems to tire of it. The apples are now gone but the pears are dropping and he will play and fetch these also. They arent' as good, not as durable. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> This isn't a "my dog attacked the neighbors poodle" post but I've never seen a fruit obsessed dog before.
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Mike Arnold wrote 08/20/2006 10:28 AM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Glenn Brown ] #111627 - 08/20/2006 10:28 AM
Mike Arnold Webboard User Reg: 07-09-2004 Posts: 1344 Loc: CNY Offline	Mr. Brown, Good on ya for take'n on the little dog. Apples, pears... It will eventually do the toy thing outside. Sounds like a happy dog in a good family fit. I had one that liked carrots. Just two cents. Mike A. Mike A. "I wouldn't touch that dog, son. He don't take to pettin." Hondo, played by John Wayne
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Connie Sutherland wrote 08/20/2006 08:46 PM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Glenn Brown ] #111628 - 08/20/2006 08:46 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: .......This isn't a "my dog attacked the neighbors poodle" post but I've never seen a fruit obsessed dog before. Does he just play with them, or eat them too? I kinda get even the playing part, now that I think it over. Wouldn't fruit be a nice easy-to-grip surface with a good smell and a nice aftertaste (compared to a ball)? <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If he eats them too, you'll want to try to remove the cores when he gets down that far, since they're dog-toxic in large amounts. I've had only one dog (ever) who didn't like to eat fruit, though. They've ranged from favorites of blueberries to cantaloupe to tangerine sections......
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Glenn Brown wrote 08/20/2006 09:00 PM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #111629 - 08/20/2006 09:00 PM
Glenn Brown Webboard User Reg: 04-04-2006 Posts: 112 Loc: Pegram, TN Offline	Nope, no interest in eating them. He just dives on them and knocks them around then he chases it. "cores are toxic" I never heard that before. I know about Grapes, chocolate but never apple cores. Now that there are no more on the tree we're probably going to get one of those cheap bags of apples so he can play with them.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 08/20/2006 09:18 PM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Glenn Brown ] #111630 - 08/20/2006 09:18 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: ......Now that there are no more on the tree we're probably going to get one of those cheap bags of apples so he can play with them. That is so funny!! Yeah, tomato plants (and the green fruit), stones in stone fruits (apricots, plums, etc.), ----- a long list. Most of them are safe in small quantities (although grapes vary a lot and some small dogs have died from eating a pretty small amount.... raisins, of course, even worse).
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Elaine Haynes wrote 08/21/2006 01:23 AM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #111631 - 08/21/2006 01:23 AM
Elaine Haynes Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2005 Posts: 1221 Loc: Offline	I've known several dogs that liked carrots and even lettuce but we had a couple of dogs that would pick berries (blackberries and boysenberries) off the vines growing up the garage wall. The berries above their reach were ours. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Btw, plum. peach, apricot and similar seeds are poisonous because they contain strychnine (I believe that's the correct poison. My poison book is currently in storage). "A dog wags his tail with his heart." Max Buxbaum
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John Aiton wrote 08/21/2006 02:50 AM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Elaine Haynes ] #111632 - 08/21/2006 02:50 AM
John Aiton Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2005 Posts: 331 Loc: Glasgow, Scotland Offline	Is it just teh seed that is poison or is it the fruit? I've given my dog grapes in the past and had NO IDEA they were poisinous!! ANy other gems while we're talking about it? Cheers John
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Roger Blowers wrote 08/21/2006 02:53 AM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Elaine Haynes ] #111633 - 08/21/2006 02:53 AM
Roger Blowers Webboard User Reg: 05-30-2005 Posts: 115 Loc: Costa Blanca, Spain Offline	FWIW (not much <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> ) it's cyanide which they contain, albeit in tiny quantities. I believe that tomato pips contain strychnine, but that they pass through the (human) gut undigested. (I just looked it up and find the poison in (green)tomatoes is tomatine, an alkaloid similar to strychnine.) I can notice the slightly 'almondy' taste, characteristic of HCN, in fresh peaches & nectarines. We eat lots here! Aaaaaaaaaaaghhhh........ . . .
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Elaine Haynes wrote 08/21/2006 08:00 AM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Roger Blowers ] #111634 - 08/21/2006 08:00 AM
Elaine Haynes Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2005 Posts: 1221 Loc: Offline	Thank you for the correction, Roger. As I said, my book on poisons is currently in storage so i appreciate the correction. "A dog wags his tail with his heart." Max Buxbaum
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alice oliver wrote 08/21/2006 08:51 AM Re: Fresh Fruit [Re: Elaine Haynes ] #111635 - 08/21/2006 08:51 AM
alice oliver Webboard User Reg: 09-14-2005 Posts: 843 Loc: Offline	don't worry about apple cores if the dog is eating whole fruit. where you have to worry is if you grind up apples and the seeds get ground up or crushed. whole seeds will just pass harmlessly through the dog. i had a dog who liked to gorge on fallen apples. one day we were visiting some friends and we heard a noise and suddenly there was a steaming hot pile of fresh apple compote on the kitchen floor! it actually smelled like dessert. i tried to keep him away from the apple trees after that. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> working Mastiff
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