Pepto

The great search for something that Shaker won't (yes won't) eat has begun. We all know that Russ won't eat hardly anything unless it is served on a silver platter trimmed in gold and it best be warm. But Shaker, well let's just say he's more of he "hey it's food isn't it" variety.

On day my vet and were discussing feeding regimens and I was telling her that I fill Shaker up with canned pumpkin. Her response, "he eats it?" "Yep" I said. "Amazing" was her reply. Then she went on to say that she has tried to get client dogs to eat pumpkin and has never had one that would touch the stuff.

So one day I was out of pumpkin so I put green beans in his bowl as the filler. Those got picked out. Okay that is the only thing so far that he has refused to eat. Which brings me to today's experiment.

Shaker has "a bit of the runs," shall we say, probably from the bounty of pigs ears that his partner in crime Nick has been slipping him. (We had a discussion about 1, yes 1 pig's ear a week--no more!) Anyway I wanted Shaker to have some Pepto to quiet his tummy. So I put it on top of his food tonight.

Kathy said, "he won't eat it." I said, "I'll bet he does!" Who won? Me. He left it until the very last bites but he ate it just the same.

So to date, he has only refused green beans.

P. S. My only other dog that was such a voracious eater was Sara who only refused 3 things in her lifetime--Pretzels from New York, raw mushrooms (she would eat them sauteed in olive oil), and celery. (Editor's note: I just spoke to my sister and she reminded me that it wasn't celery but carrots. She right--it was carrots that Sara wouldn't eat!)