Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Why I Should Never Judge Others' Dog Food Choices


My kids ate this for breakfast.

It doesn't matter that their dad bought it (the day I stayed home and he took the kids shopping).

They still ate it. 

Chocolate cereal.

Yep.

 So I have a question: If dogs were capable of knowing what foods are best for them (vs. the junk), do you think they (like some kids) would always ask for the junk?

I think there's a lot to ponder in that question.

And I'm really glad Jon Farleigh and Dewi can't read, talk or understand English. :)

It's good for me? Alright, I'll take it!

Is it okay if I have cake for breakfast? No? Okay, how about something good for me?

Yes, we are coo coo for this healthy snack. What's a cocoa puff? 
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Wishing you unconflicted food choices today. :)

16 comments:

  1. Ha ha ha! Thank you so much for putting it in perspective for me! We offer the dogs carrots, but they always chew them up and spit them out in confetti on the floor! :-/

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  2. LOL Dogs are definitely easier to keep on a healthy diet than kids!

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  3. LOL, have one dog that demands the best and one dog that will knock a box of milk bones of the shelf at the pet store and chew the corner of the box before I can stop him. I'm pretty sure he'd be the kid having a meltdown in the cereal aisle, begging for cocoa puffs.

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  4. LOL! Nice post. Good point. I already know my dogs would not choose the healthy stuff.
    Thanks for the giggle.

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  5. So very true! I'm a pet food rep and try to be respectful whenever discussing food choices with others, because people take raising their dogs and cats seriously and no one wants to hear that they're doing it wrong.

    I baked cookies for our dogs this weekend. They're cookies for dogs, they love them, and I get a giggle that something like that exists!

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  6. Gawd. We're hopelessly Neanderthal when it comes to Ben's diet: Purina Dow Chow with a slight dressing of IAMS wet food (preferably Chunks according to Ben). Two Milk Bone chasers -- one in the a.m., the other in the p.m. Lots of water (especially worm water in the mud puddles up at the park). Plus whatever he can floor surf -- that tends to be diced onion. He's one lucky pup.

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  7. Yes Georgia would go for junk. The smellier and more rotten the better.

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  8. Zeus would poke his nose into anything edible or not (he tried nibbling on napkins too) and I tried to 'cure' him of it by dabbing a little mustard on something he shouldn't be chewing. His look .. was .. amusing!

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  9. Bella would definitely not choose the healthy stuff! Although she'll try to eat most anything that is edible, the few things she tends to turn her nose up at actually happen to be the healthy ones.

    Um, also... I hate to admit it, but I've been wanting to try that cereal. LOL.

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    1. Pup Fan - I think my husband wanted to try the Krave, too, and that's secretly why he bought it. :)

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    2. Your husband and I would get along just fine then. LOL.

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  10. have you ever posted about the Blogher post's on the side? I just visited the one about Olive Garden

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    1. mtv - Sorry about that Olive Garden ad. :) I salivate every time it appears (salad and bread sticks, please?). I actually did write a post about the BlogHer ads: http://chroniclesofcardigan.blogspot.com/2011/11/this-is-where-i-talk-about-big-honking.html

      And interestingly, the ads that I still sometimes feel a pang of guilt about running are food-related. My blog shouldn't be making anyone hungry! :D

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  11. My dog will eat anything. Healthy, unhealthy, it's all the same to her. But would she choose the junkier food first if given a choice? Probably. Even dogs think it tastes better. I can't really blame them.

    By the way, I think it's awesome you let your kids eat sugar cereal every once in a while. My parents would have died before they let a single lucky charm pass through my lips and now to make up for my lost childhood I have the worst diet ever. I blame them for my crappy adult eating habits!

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    1. Kristine, I wasn't allowed to eat sweetened kids cereal as a kid either. I always looked forward to eating breakfast on vacation because I could get Froot Loops in a mini-box. :)

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  12. Ours would pick junk. Not even a close question. :)

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