Just wanted to share a funny anecdote from this morning. On my morning run with the dog, the garbage collectors had left quite a mess. This led to one distracted puppy. Just as I finished, I saw her stray off to a particularly interesting pile of debris. She snatched something in her mouth. Now, my little pup is notorious for scarfing down stolen food with the quickness. She has stolen half a roast off the counter in the time it took me to turn my back and fill a glass of water. So, I expected whatever she grabbed to be in her belly before I even had a chance to try to take it from her. However, the quality of food in my house must have spoiled her. I will feed my dog scraps on occasion as a training tool. She loves the traditional food that drives dogs crazy like chicken,pork and of course pieces of steak. But she also likes her veggies. She'll eat carrots, and nuts, and she LOVES bananas, maybe even more than the meat. We even spend a little more to buy her quality dog foods. So, I look down at her and I see a hotdog poking out of her mouth and she has this puzzled look on her face like "WTF is this? It smells like it should be food, but it isn't." I reached down to take it from her and she gave no complaint. Now, to be fair to hotdogs, this was no Hebrew National or premium brand all beef hotdog. This was clearly the remnants of a last minute BBQ supplied by the Walmart special. But still, I'm proud of my little pup for making quality choices even when opportunity presents itself. So, if my little mutt is smart enough to make these kind of choices, shouldn't you?
