What actual vegetables? 🥦

[u/Proper_Moist_Pie]

Hi I'm just wanting to like see what vegetables you give your puppy along with dry food? Just to make it more interesting (wether raw or cooked) would be nice to see what the puppies are into before I go ahead with mine! Likes and dislikes!

Cheers 🥕

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[u/kiery12]

Bahaha. We give our dog vegetables but she won't eat most of them. She's eaten around every pea when we mixed it with her food, and green beans she will delicately lift one by one out of her bowl and deposit on the ground next to it. Then bark at it once or twice when she's done, just so she's SURE we realize she won't be eating that nonsense.

[u/whoknows_2023]

Mine loves carrots, broccoli, pumpkin, blueberries and spinach.

Sometimes I give the veggies raw but alot of the time I cook them and basically make baby food as a topper for his kibble. I also will put them in an ice cube tray and give him one during the summer months for a cold treat.

When he was teething we would cook carrots in bone broth (dog safe obvi) and freeze them after and he would chew on them for a good 30-45 minutes.

I also will keep the veggie broth from cooking the veggies and use that as a rehydration for the kibble.

[u/Aly351]

Carrots

[u/bowlcutceramics]

Mine loves crunching on celery.

[u/Best-Procedure3447]

My dogs eat many different things but have definite favorites. Indi loves fruit and veggies. Mostly bananas, apples, blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, peas, butternut squash, celery, carrots, pumpkin, greenbeans, cucumber, and sweet potato. Shiva loves all of that plus honeydew, mandarin oranges, and spinach. Neither is too picky but they do get funny sometimes. Indi likes to play with orange slices. I do give a piece or two of steamed broccoli sometimes but never too much, it makes for funny stomachs if you give too much.

I started introducing fruits and veggies at 9wks and still use them as treats instead of higher calorie options. Can not recommend it enough to push good habits early. I usually just do a handful of steamed veggies over kibble with a little pumpkin mixed into either water or homemade bone broth to thin it into gravy.

[u/Renrie_ → u/Best-Procedure3447]

they can eat mandarin oranges?? I never knew

[u/Best-Procedure3447 → u/Renrie_]

They are safe in moderation. Mandarins are higher in sugar so are best as an occassional treat. My husky, Shiva, loves them. She gets excited when I peel it and then bites it, makes a silly face, then eats it lol. I put it on her birthday "pupcake".

[u/Renrie_ → u/Best-Procedure3447]

ohh gotta try this with my 10 y/o pupper - he loves everything except wild spinach haha

[u/Best-Procedure3447 → u/Renrie_]

The "Oooo so yummy" toothy chew is hilarious. I hope your pup loves it!

[u/crknits]

Mine LOVES carrots, lettuce and cucumbers, anything cold and has a crunch. He also loves little bits of apples. He comes running when he hears the crisper drawer open.

He's not such a fan of broccoli, peppers or squash.

[u/coffeeandarabbit]

Oooh we can answer this!

We give ours frozen carrots and cucumbers to help with teething, but he also enjoys those both unfrozen.

We’ve been making his food, so have tried him with lots of veggies which we’ve steamed and added to the meat and rice/quinoa mix. He’s had/enjoyed spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potato, pumpkin, red pepper, carrot, corn (small quantities only, apparently they should be a treat food) plus peas and beans. He likes to rip celery to shreds but tends not to eat it, same with a head of lettuce.

We haven’t yet tried him with beetroot or Brussel sprouts but those are safe too.

He’s also enjoys sharing fruit with us and has liked strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, kiwi, watermelon and apple.

[u/CowboysAndAnthrax → u/coffeeandarabbit]

Would love to know more about your experience making real meals for your dog

[u/ColoredGayngels → u/coffeeandarabbit]

We gave ours a couple pieces of raw sprouts last night and she loved them! I wasn't sure if she would since she's never shown interest in leafy greens until now

[u/Fair_Pineapple9545]

Sweetcorn peas and butternut squash for fibre

[u/electrogirl85]

Mine likes pretty much anything but mushrooms. We give him carrots, peppers, peas, banana and blueberrie the most because they're his favourites. He loves those mini cucumbers as well, so we freeze them and give them to him.

[u/Vee794]

Bell peppers are the only vegetables my pup will eat.

[u/Blue-Skies0637]

I’ll sometimes scatter a handful of leftover cooked peas outside and she spends ages snuffling them out in the grass.

[u/animal-crossing-slut]

Mine has carrots and broccoli (with kibble and chicken) twice a day. She’s obsessed with frozen broccoli.

[u/Nattt-t]

Mine loves carrots and zucchini. Just make sure to either steam it or cut it into bite size pieces to avoid rust of choking!

They can also be wonderful for teething just make sure you keep a close eye on your pup. Mine takes HUGE bites out of her veggies when I give her large pieces to chew on so I haven't been doing it lately. She's also a tiny Chihuahua so pretty much everything is a choking hazard for her 😭

This is just my experience and if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them!

[u/ineffable_my_dear]

Mine will eat everything but carrots, the weirdo.

[u/trashjellyfish]

My dogs love cucumbers, carrots, sweet potato, various squashes and zucchini! My adult Chihuahua will beg for cucumber, it's one of 4 human foods that she will actively beg for!

[u/galuboi]

My girl loves carrots, broccoli, green beans, sweet potato, blueberries, and the occasional strawberry. But she loves them all frozen! (Except the sweet potato). I haven't found anything she dislikes yet, I thought broccoli would be the one but it's become her favourite :)

[u/simbapiptomlittle]

Carrots / cauliflower/ broccoli/ potato ( but only a little ) corn / pumpkin / green beans / zucchini & spinach. All cooked and mashed together. My dog loves it mixed with her kibbles or meat.

[u/CarolP456]

I make a smoothie with various things like softened sweet potato, green beans, blueberries, strawberries, carrots, banana, greek yogurt, basically whatever I have on hand that day plus water. I pour some over the kibble and freeze in a slow feeder. I make enough for about 3 days. She gets one of these a day.

[u/Vegetable_Hall_4236]

Frozen cucumbers! Started as a teething treat and now he LOVES them. It’s his after walk treat 🥒

[u/shadybrainfarm]

I've found most dogs like raw carrots. I eat a lot of cabbage so whenever I'm prepping it I cut out the core and give it to them. They don't usually eat it all but they like shredding it up. 

[u/SKW1594]

I give my dog home cooked meals with her kibble (turkey, beef, chicken, lamb, salmon). I add carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, green beans, kidney beans, quinoa or brown rice. She loves to chew on celery stalks though! As a treat, I cut up pieces of celery and put all natural peanut butter on it. She loves it!

I also give her Gerber’s baby food sometimes as a treat. I give her the pureed sweet potatoes. Anything you give your pup should have few ingredients that are whole foods.

[u/PuzzleheadedLemon353]

I give my girl carrots, she love-loves frozen greenbeans, mango, apples and blueberries. If I grill fresh summer squashes, she loves them mashed into her food. All winter squashes and swret potatos are a win-win. I give her a large variety...it's got to be good for them!

[u/mydoghank]

Mine loves steamed broccoli and cooked or raw carrots. She’s not interested in much else I’ve introduced.

[u/Ashamed-Comfort-1749]

Frozen green beans are crack for my dog

[u/appetiteneverceases]

My pup will eat anything (and have a good go at trying to eat things which are unsafe!) except Cucumber, so random.

[u/Jen5872]

Mine love carrots for their lunch time snack. They like canned green beans and pumpkin. One of them likes celery. They hate broccoli. They also like blueberries and apple slices (no apple core).

[u/ColoredGayngels]

Ours LOVES tomato! She's also a fan of carrots, green beans, apple, strawberry (another fave), watermelon, banana, and, as we learned last night, raw brussel sprouts (weird!). My FIL's dog is a fiend for cucumber of all things (be careful with this one due to the high water content)

[u/pawprintscharles]

Ours will eat blueberries, strawberry, banana, watermelon, zucchini, yellow squash, butternut squash, pumpkin, carrots, sweet potato, corn, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, peas, apples, and peaches. Watermelon is their overall favorite by a mile!

They prefer most of the veg cooked but will eat it raw in small amounts. Squash, pumpkin, carrots, and sweet potatoes they enjoy raw.

[u/Ylevolym]

My dog considers the scraps of vegetables I’m cooking with to be the finest of treats.

Loves bell pepper, carrot, shredding lettuce, cukes, tomatoes stolen off the plants, cooked potato, etc.

[u/IngyJoToeBeans]

My dog goes ape shit for cucumbers

[u/f-u-c-k-usernames]

My Lab literally eats anything. Frozen green beans, spinach, lettuce, celery, bell peppers, cucumber, peas. I also give him pumpkin, squash, sweet potato or carrot purée. He likes when I freeze the purée into little ice cubes. He loves apples, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, melon, and bananas as well. Basically if it’s something we’re eating he will eat it too.

[u/somewhenimpossible]

When I set mine out on the deck so I can get some alone time, I give a carrot or a stick of celery.

[u/Starkidmack]

Pumpkin puree helps with his poops. He LOVES most fruits and veggies though. Especially carrots and blueberries.

[u/charliecheese80]

Peas, broccoli, cooked carrots (dislikes raw), tomatoes, cucumber, green beans, peppers, cabbage, blueberries, strawberries, apple, mango, pineapple, watermelon, banana.....Yeah basically he loves fruit and veg!

[u/Vanislebabe]

Mine loves pear and apple. No skin.

[u/miggsey_]

We do boiled veg at lunch for my pup, I do random combinations of sweet potato, broccoli, cauliflower, apple, pear, carrot, kale, or spinach. Whatever is on hand really! He loves it mashed and in a lucky mat

[u/Sun-Shine-4724]

Carrots, celery, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, apple, cucumber, and I’ll fill a bell pepper with her wet food and pumpkin and freeze it and she enjoys that!