give a dog a bone.

As every pet owner does, I laid down some ground rules when we got Ricki - he can't sleep in the bed, can't go on the furniture, can't eat people food...and as expected, not one of those stuck.  Except the people food rule, unless of course my brother, Adam's dad or anyone unable to withstand his puppy-dog eyes is within three feet of him.

Some of my friends will feed their pets anything, seriously.  And just as an FYI, if you're a dog owner - BIG no-nos include grapes, blueberries and chocolate.  We're really careful about what we give him...mostly cheese, carrots (did you say carrots!?!?!?  ::enter beggin' strips commercial here and replace with carrot sticks::) or every once in a while a piece of meat.

But Adam made soup last weekend and I couldn't resist.  Ricki has never had a real bone - he doesn't even chew on rawhide (he's not the SMARTEST dog, he'd probably choke on it).  So we dug one out of the pot and placed it in a bowl to see what he'd do.

He looked at it for about a minute.

Tried to pick it up (enter in loud chorus of 'NO!' as my dreams of a clean carpet went whizzling through my head)

 
And then finally figured out that the good stuff is in the middle :)

 

Comments

[Lisa @ Boondock Ramblings]

He's so cute! I know the first time we gave our dog a bone he was in love and yes, he tried to make one big mess with it! Argh! But he's darn cute so it is hard to say no to him.

[Kara]

My dogs LOVE carrots too, or any type of veggie for that matter!

I used buy frozen soup bones from the grocery store and boil them up for my dog. I don't anymore since one dog likes to dig and bury it. Not good!

[Stephen K]

I didn't know about the chocolate thing, it's so lucky I just casually thought to ask 'is it OK if I give Matty some of my chocolate?'. How are you meant to know about these things?

Ricki is REALLY cute.

[nicole]

I've learned bits and pieces from the vet or from other dog owners. We actually give Ricki carrots a LOT for treats, they're healthier (less salt/fat) than dog treats and they help clean tarter off his teeth when he chews them.

[sha]

Cute...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyr_KC2dbao

[Pets health]

Very good article about pets. My pets favourite is icecream. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Viva-Magazine-Your-Premium-Womens-Natural-Health-Magazine/262734921452?ref=ts He eats everything and bone will be the special for every sunday. Glads to visit your blog. Thanks for sharing.