Let's eat.

Well my human has made a huge dent in the Halloween candy and of course, is now regretting every tiny little candy bar consumed.  All 4,000 of them.  Which means, once the last one is gone, there will be a steady diet of leafy green vegetables.  Yet another reason I am happy I am NOT a human.

I mean really – you humans worry and obsess way too much about what you eat.  You worry about fat content and calories and organic foods and processed foods.  We canines in this house will eat pretty much anything you give us – and we don’t think for one millisecond about dietary requirements.  Give us cheap kibble.  We’ll eat it.  Give us expensive kibble.  We’ll eat it.  Give us raw food. We’ll eat it.  Give us apples, carrots, green beans, bananas and watermelon. We’ll eat it.  Give us lettuce and spinach and welllllllll, some of us will chew it for a seconds and then spit it out.  Unless we see someone ELSE eating it – and then we’ll eat it. 

You humans spend hours cooking and baking and preparing wonderful meals for yourselves.  Sometimes you even do that for us.  And it takes us the same 15.8 seconds to empty our bowl whether you have slaved over our food – or have thrown in some kibble.  And in this house anyway, we are EXCITED to see the same kibble every day.  We’re not picky eaters in this house.  I’m sure there ARE many picky dogs out there – but here – we could forage through the cupboards and find SOMETHING to eat on any given day.  Heck. Paxton is happy to consume ANYTHING  at all– even things he shouldn’t eat.  Remember the story of the sling?

I suppose because we have such great appetites, we DO have to watch how MUCH we eat.  Honestly, if you left us a 40 lb bag of food, I think we would keep eating until we were just about ready to explode.  Overfeeding us can result in a roly-poly dog – which really isn’t all that good.  Our human’s first Bernese MANY years ago got rather roly-poly and she needed to take 20 lbs off him.  She did it – and he was the last fat dog she ever had.  Her secret to weight loss – canned pumpkin.  It works every time.  Just reduce your regular food and supplement it with canned pumpkin – and voila – the lbs come off.  But make sure it’s PLAIN canned pumpkin and not pie filling pumpkin –or you’ll end up with a REALLY roly-poly dog!

Once in awhile if my human is traveling, she’ll stop at a fancy dog bakery and buy us something as a treat.  Mind you – she hasn’t done that in a while.  She said there’s not much reward in paying $9 for a biscuit that disappears in a single gulp.

She used to make biscuits – and I’m hopeful with the holidays coming that she’ll make a few batches for us.  Or I’ll just have to get on-line and order some for myself.  Or….I can add them to my Christmas wish list.  The list is growing and growing. And trust me – there isn’t any scale on MY list!

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