Digestive Health...

May 28.  World Digestive Health Day.  Which is timely – because my human was thinking the other day about how different we dogs are in our eating and elimination habits.

When it comes to food going “in” – Frodo and I are a bit like vacuum cleaners. Give us a small treat and we inhale it.  And our meals are just about gone before you can say ‘Time to eat.”  Paxton on the other hand chews his food like crazy.  When he is eating, half of his food ends up on the floor first.  Then he chews it.  And give him a SINGLE treat and he chews it for several minutes.  I guess he savors the flavor.  Frodo and I just swallow.  Now there ARE some things that Frodo and I chew – like apples and carrots.  But most small treats – whoosh they are gone.  My human always laughs when she sees “special treats” that cost like $100 each at a dog bakery.  That would hardly be worth the investment.  I mean really.  We wouldn’t even taste them.

And as for the "food going out" – well I’ve talked about this somewhat before.  I like to walk along the side of the road.  I trot along and then I stop suddenly and poop.  That’s it.  Frodo likes to go in the MIDDLE of the road, the trail, the driveway.  Like he is proud of his production.  Pax?  He goes as far as he can OFF the road.  In the ditch.  In the woods.  He’s shy.   But he also is a bit miraculous.  You TELL him to go.  And he does.  We call him the “Super Pooper.”  Frodo and I are more “freestyle.”  We don’t go under pressure.

So that’s a brief summary of OUR digestive health.  We love to eat.  We’re good at it.  And we poop.  Every day.  I hope you eat well today.  And also….have a happy day!

©  Linda Wozniak