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Filed under: Snacks, Vegetables, Far East, Did you know? It's common knowledge that dogs will, er, dog just about anything. I've never had a dog and I am by no means a "dog person," but I hear that they're known to feast indiscriminately upon table scraps.
In my limited exposure to dogs, I've known canines with particular affections for people food. I once lived with a woman whose boxer had such an appetite for bread from Italian restaurants that we would always save her a doggie bag from the bread basket. I liked to refer to her as "pure-bread."
And I've had the pleasure of meeting Jeffrey Steingarten's golden retriever, Sky King, who is reported to have a discriminating palate when it comes to all things barbecue.
But I've never even conceived of canines craving vegetables until a friend sent me this snap of a dog chowing down on cukes at his master's farm in Japan. In case you're wondering, it's not a case of the dog chasing after green bones, he really does enjoy cucumbers. Does anyone else know of dogs that dig farm-fresh produce?Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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