tomato-stealing bichon (tomatoes, plants, dogs, eat)

[oscarmom]

thought you might like to see this. this is last year's garden, I haven't planted my tomatoes yet this year.

my bichon, Kramer, loves to pluck 3 or 4 grape or cherry tomatoes daily and eat them. and since I have a dog door, I sometimes come home to random tomatoes in my living room

here he is deciding which one to take:

100_1346-1.jpg picture by oscarmom - Photobucket

[KarenBo]

Funny! I never knew dogs that liked tomatoes. I figured the texture would be off-putting.

[mamh]

My cocker spaniels love tomatos..they eat as many of our cherry tomatos as we do or it seems that way..
Vet says they are ok too for them to eat

[calipoppy]

My dog eats the lettuce that I have planted in the yard. As soon as it starts to sprout...he's chumped it up.

[Racelady88]

The green part of a tomato plant is toxic to dogs. Please be careful letting your dog pick his own.

[oscarmom]

I do watch him on the green plant part, thanks. he seems to pick only ripe tomatoes

[ginnyp701]

I have two bichons and they love tomatos. I had to put up a fence around my plants so that I got to enjoy the tomatos too! I now give each of my "girls" 1/2 a cherry tomato instead of a treat. They love it.

I was reading about the ph of tomatos (4.6) and an article about eliminating red stains from the bichon's tears. That article suggested 1/2 tsp of vinegar in the water. vinegar is 2.4 ph. I am wondering if over time the tomatos will help or hurt the red tear staining problem. Any ideas?

[Inthesierras]

That is funny. I have boston terriers and they don't take anything from the garden. One of them will east lettuce, but nothing else.

[redjan1225]

A friend of my has a Daschund that loves to get into their tomato plants. They couldn't figure out why tomato seedlings were sprouting up all over their yard. Well, they figured it out and now have tons of "poo-matoes" to share.

[no kudzu]

my bichon will eat EVERYTHING that is dropped on the kitchen floor. Even onion, pickles.you name it it's gone and then stands on the front on the dishwasher and licks the plates. We call her PreWash.