How can I get my dog to eat fruits and veggies?

• How can I get my dog to eat fruits and veggies? Julitza Posted : 7/4/2006 12:23:27 PM I know a lot of members here successfully feed fruits and veggies to their dogs but I am wondering ‘whats your secret?#%92 Lizzie wont eat vegetables. I had a Shih Tzu that would eat yogurt, lettuce, cheese, strawberries, watermelon, steamed carrots etc. I had a cockapoo that wouldn#%92t eat anything that wasn#%92t meat. You could give him a piece of ham in between two pieces of bread and he would take off the bread and eat the ham.   Does anyone have tips on getting Lizzie to eat her veggies? Also, are there any veggies that are not good for dogs? I tried feeding her a bit of broccoli mixed with her kibble and egg, and she took the broccoli out of her bowl. Please let me know! LIKE 90 REPLIES 5598 VIEWS LAST POST JESSIES_MOM Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sillysally Posted : 7/4/2006 12:32:53 PM I know onions are not good.  I have heard members suggest grinding veggies into a paste, like in a blender or food processor.  I give Sally canned pumpkin, which is a paste, and she will eat it before her food. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• marlania Posted : 7/4/2006 1:50:26 PM Maybe Lizzie is waiting for salad dressing on her veggies. hehehe   I never had to force veggies on Brown or Grey because they're pigs. When I'm cutting and washing veggies for my guinea pigs, the boys line up next to me waiting for the ends of the cucumbers or anything I drop. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• schlep Posted : 7/4/2006 1:54:26 PM Link has always loved apples. I got him to start eating bananas by coating a slice with crumbs from his kibble. Now he loves those too. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Benedict Posted : 7/4/2006 2:21:21 PM I make Ben perform for his.  He will do anything on this green earth to get a raspberry out of me.  I think by making him do something for it I have tricked him into thinking it's a treat, and treats are gooood! LOL.  I do the same with his supplements.   He's a Lab, though.  They eat anything anyway.  Even if it isn't food. []   Kate 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dvet Posted : 7/4/2006 3:10:08 PM why??? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• tiffy Posted : 7/4/2006 3:14:47 PM Why what? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• janice adler Posted : 7/4/2006 3:46:38 PM steam them...with a clove or 2 of fresh garlic.....let them cool....and kind of "mash" them, then add them to the regular kibble you give. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sandra_slayton Posted : 7/4/2006 4:15:23 PM In a way this is kinda funny because my old irish Setter, playing at the bridge for 9 years as of July 9th, was such a veggie lover I quit growing a garden.  He would eat the tomatoes, squash, green peppers right off the vine.  He loved melons of every kind, lettuce, cucumbers, apples, bananas.  he also had a severe sweet tooth. When he was diangosed with bone cancer at age 12 1/2 and had a short time left, we let him eat everything.  If we had a banana split for dessert, I made him one complete with all the toppins, whipped cream and even the cherry.  I think that was his favorite.  or maybe the strawberry shortcake with whipped cream was.  Oh, he did love apple pie with vanilla ice cream.  Boots was some kinda dog. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• glenmar Posted : 7/4/2006 4:23:20 PM Whoa!! Easy with the garlic k9mom007!  Garlic is in the same family as onions so tooooo much is not only not good for them, but can be BAD for them.  I use roughly 3 cloves in a 20 qt pot of homecooked.   Puree the veggies in the food processor...blender if you have to, but you have to cut them smaller for that to work.  Then steam them and MIX them in.  If it's mashed they still get more of the taste, and if it's LUMPY or whole, most won't eat them. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• cakana Posted : 7/4/2006 4:24:01 PM I made him one complete with all the toppins, whipped cream and even the cherry. I think that was his favorite. or maybe the strawberry shortcake with whipped cream was. Oh, he did love apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Boots was some kinda dog. Sandra - I'd do the exact same thing.  What a good mom you are and what a happy boy he must've been!  My girls are labs and will eat anything.  I was cutting up celery this morning and gave each of them a stalk.  That was the least liked thing I've given them.  They both ate it but kept looking at me like "are you sure we're supposed to eat this?"  They love broccoli stalks, carrots, sweet potatoes, and will do anything for a piece of orange or banana. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 7/4/2006 6:11:36 PM Garlic is in the same family as onions so tooooo much is not only not good for them, but can be BAD for them. I use roughly 3 cloves in a 20 qt pot of homecooked.   I said the same before and got trounced. Garlic in small doses is not toxic but is not quite as strong in some ingredients as an onion. The sulphur in onion creates a blood problem in dogs called hemolytic anemia and that is why onion is considered a poison. Garlic is not quite as bad and a few people here have stated that it helps keep the fleas away.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• mudpuppy Posted : 7/5/2006 10:43:05 AM why do you want them to eat veggies? many people feed completely carnivorous diets with no problems. I've never owned a dog that thought veggies were food. The small quantities of veggies I feed are all thoroughly ground up and disguised with meat. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jessies_mom Posted : 7/5/2006 12:27:51 PM Jessie won't eat vegetables unless they're cooked and seasoned with salt and butter so I puree them and mix them in her dogfood; another thing I do is make a "stew"; I put meat, potatoes( can be sweet potatoes or white), carrots, peas, and apples in a pot and simmer them in water until they're done; she loves it. I give her some with her kibble. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sandra_slayton Posted : 7/5/2006 1:00:08 PM why do you want them to eat veggies? many people feed completely carnivorous diets with no problems. I've never owned a dog that thought veggies were food. The small quantities of veggies I feed are all thoroughly ground up and disguised with meat Well, my Irish Setter that would go into the garden and eat tomatoes, squash, peppers right off the vine thought veggies was something good to eat.  So do my 3 goldens I have now.  When i am putting the canned carrots or green beans in their food, if one falls on the floor, it is grabbed and gobbled at once.  Also, both Honey and kayCee pick out the carrots and eat them first---even  with fish or fresh  cooked meat in there.  So some dogs do love veggies a lot. And that is the main reason i add veggies to their food every night.   Edited---As a matter of fact, they eat veggies better than some humans I know. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login