I've found keeping a bowl of less-than-ripe apples from our tree in the yard, down at dog level, helped solve the land shark problem.
She has a couple of apples in her bowl all the time, sitting next to her water bowl. If she needs something to nibble and/or devour, she *usually* gets an apple.
Or toilet paper from the bathroom someone forgot to close the door to.
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Alyssa,
Doesn't the "less than ripe apple" give your dog diarrhea? I would try any suggestions on something for Nickie to chew on that wouldn't hurt him. He has a large Kong-type bone for aggressive chewers in his crate at all times but very rarely chews it. He also gets a stuffable Kong in the morning before I leave for work but once the "stuffing" is done (in less than 2 minutes), he ignores it. Until I knew better, used to give him rawhide bones but those are very bad from what I've read here.
Believe it or not, it doesn't phase her one bit.
I will say, she's got quite the iron-clad stomach.
These are under-ripe apples, not over-ripe. Basically they're fine, they're just a little more bitter than a person would prefer to eat. The dog loves 'em.
She likes the apples, especially when she is teething, because they're firm, but she can bite chunks out of them, they're juicy, and she enjoys the taste.
You could always use regular apples, or pears as an option.
I also freeze melon balls (ice cream scoop sized), and she enjoys those, as well.
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Alyssa - I was just thinking how "green" or un-ripe apples affect humans - you are lucky that your dog does have a cast iron stomach! Nickie, on the other hand, is pretty sensitive in the digestive area.
For awhile I was giving him (and Roxie) baby carrots (about 3 to 5 of them) in their Kongs each morning along with little pieces of turkey hotdogs and some whipped cream cheese stuffed in the top. I decided to eliminate the baby carrots when I found a whole one in his poop last week! Apparently he can gulp down a 2-inch long carrot without it even touching his teeth! I was pretty shocked that his digestive system did nothing to the carrot.
I could be wrong, but I think there's a problem with the apple seeds.
You're right. There can be. Apple seeds contain small quantities of cyanide. If a dog ingests large quantities, they could be poisoned.
Emphasis on large quantities.
My dog doesn't eat the core of the apple, so I don't have that concern. If you notice your dog does tend to eat the core, and you're giving lots of apples, you can just slice the apples (remove the core).
Alyssa - I was just thinking how "green" or un-ripe apples affect humans - you are lucky that your dog does have a cast iron stomach! Nickie, on the other hand, is pretty sensitive in the digestive area.
We used to eat green apples when I was a kid. They cause digestive problems at first but if you keep eating them you eventually adjust.
A while back Molly came through the room with something small, blue and plastic in her mouth. I told her, "Whatever that is spit it out now". She went phuu and it shot half way across the room.
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