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  • snorky998S

    Oooooooo, cling-ons. :eek: My dogs HATE cling-ons!!

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  • dmcartyD

    I now toss in some green beans and other veggies and that has seemed to reduce their need for eating grass a little.

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  • BasenjimammaB

    snorky998 wrote

    Oooooooo, cling-ons. My dogs HATE cling-ons!!

    I never forget when our dachshund Gus had eaten a ballon, needless to say we didn't know it was a ballon until I had to help him get rid of it..I slowly pulled this red object out of his behind with a well rubbergloved hand..pop, out flies the ballon…gross, unbelievably gross, and my husband is on the floor laughing so hard, because apparently my face had said it all..I will never "rescue" Gus again, when he has eaten something questionable..

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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  • wizardW

    dmcarty - how do you prepare the vegies or do you just give them raw? Gossy won't eat raw vegies (but she will eat melon, apple, and well-cooked pumkin or sweet potato).

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  • KanangaK

    @snorky998:

    Oooooooo, cling-ons. :eek: My dogs HATE cling-ons!!

    I had a fun experience with that the other week. Kananga decided to "scoot" his behind on the pavement to get it off. Highly illogical, as it simply smeared it allover his behind and tail. He looked at me like he had just won an Olympic medal.

    He learned once I plopped him in the bathtub that it was not quite a success after all. :o

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  • dmcartyD

    Well they are quite partial to the veggie medely from Applebees. But if it's green beans - I just open the can - heat it up a little - or pour a can in a plastic bowl and toss in a handful or two of minute oatmeal. I used to sprinkle some garlic powder on it but now all my dogs actually like it - and the Podengos - well if you looked at the flower video I posted - they like to eat their greens raw. Now if I could just get them to eat the weeds instead of the flowers.

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  • BasenjimammaB

    Dmcarty wrote

    Now if I could just get them to eat the weeds instead of the flowers.

    :) :) :)

    Petra and Pippin

    with Otis in my heart…

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  • candiejohnC

    I just love the way they bounce. We didn't know what we were getting into and we can just watch him bounce for hours. Boing boing. The taller the grass, the more we love to watch.

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  • bcraigB

    I read somewhere that one of the other African natives names for the Basenji translates as the the "jumping up and down dog". Of course, we all know that Basenji means "wild thing of the bush."

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  • thunderbird8588T

    M'bwa M'kube M'bwawamwitu, jumping up and down dog :D

    Shelley

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