Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater...... - Page 1

My daughter gave me a call a few minutes ago to ask an unusual question: how does a dog eat a 30# pumpkin? She came home to find Astro (one of my puppies) out of his crate, the bigger of the 2 pumpkins they bought the kids yesterday missing, except for the chewed up stem, & Maddy's pink princess sneakers thoroughly slobbered. She said the pumpkin was so big, she could put her arms around it, but her fingers would not touch, & she is 5'10". Oh yeah, & a massive pile of poop on Maddy's bedroom floor. I couldn't answer for laughing, but seriously, should she/we be worried? I told her thank goodness your house is baby/puppy proofed, things could have been worse, & the pumpkin was from an organic farm, but will it do any harm? I know a little canned pumpkin will help diarrhea, but 30# fresh, seeds & all? He's acting fine, & there were pumpkin remnants in his stool, so it is passing. Any comments? jackie harris

I am worried about the vitamin A overload.  Please check with your vet on the level.

I called the E-vet in our area & asked, after he stopped laughing he said he would be most concerned about obstruction from all the seeds, but he said we should be able to stop worrying about that by tomorrow evening if he is 'going' as usual. He is a bicolor, very, very black with reddish tan legs. And a very full belly, he has relieved himself twice already. Yep, that's why I gave a puppy to my daughter, so I could continue to worry about him every day! LOL! jh

Well apperantly their are a few dogs eating pumkin's this year. Maybe our dog food is defficient in some of the nutrients they are needing. My female that is pregnant descided this was something she neede last night. Talk about munchies!

Pregnancy brings out the best in all female species, I guess?

Well, I guess that answers my question! LOL! Too funny! jh

A pumpkin is not all mass so it's not as much as it look's.    If the dog can't handle it I would think it would throw it up or pass it out the other end.   It's a fruit not a vegetable and should not be toxic.

My dog on the other hand eat's tool handle's and rag's..  Discovered two morning's ago.  Wood and plastic.

You will probably have pumpkin sprout's next spring around the yard....LOL

The worst thing I ever saw was a plastic garbage bag halfway hanging out of a dog's rearend.....LOL.   He too must have had the munchies. 

Sorry I don't have a picture.

I looked up the nutritional value last night. I did not know that pumkin and squash are considered super foods. They are hi in anti-oxydents, vitamin A and several other nutrients .And the seeds when dried and ground are natural wormer for tapes and round worms.

Now that's one of those things that make you say HMMMMMMM!  Go figure.

My mom always used to say, "It's not Christmas 'til you see the tinsel hanging from the cat's ass!" I guess all critters have weird appetites sometimes....LOL! I had to e-mail that picture to my daughter, tho'...she could not figure out how he did it! My husband grew up on a huge farm in the deep south, he said his grandfather's German Shepherd Dogs would destroy both pumpkin & watermelon patches if allowed to get to them. His granddad was from Germany & brought his dogs with him...wonder what lines they were....?Carl was born in the '30s, his dad born in 1900...would that even be possible? Guess I'll have to investigate this further. I have seen an old picture of his granddad on an oxcart with the dog up there next to him, sure looks like a GSD!?? jh

Mahon:  I told you when you bought  Dressa, from the Texas Tornado, Yellowrose she was one fabulous dog...Not all dogs can think for themselves , when pregnant , and know they need to boost their dietls intake...lol

Pumpkin is also a fiber and she needed a little more fiber....Cut her off a few chunks and also give Little Bossie some while your trying to figure out what to do with the rest of it....lol

Only a little tad for Bossie...I understand the seed thing, so Marti will have a    Pumpkin Patch of his own next season..

I eat pumpkin all year long and on the bottom of this page on this site, I noticed a caption of an ad    Lose Weight on Pumpkin......wow   didnt know that......I assume Im not suppose to fill it full of my favorite ......sugar.......??????

The first pup male out of this litter, should be named    PPETRPUMPK  vom Haus of Metzner.......lol

From Florida.....time to make a pumpkin pie  ....yummmmmm  yummmmmmm