Katie here.
So, you saw mama’s Wordless Wednesday post yesterday with the cherry tomatoes? Yea. I did too. But I bet you didn’t know how much I love tomatoes. I watched daddy plant a bunch of tomatos in my back yard last spring.

Yep. I know exactly where that garden is and I check it out daily. Several times a day if I can get away with it. Daddy says he put the fence up around it to keep out critters like deer and raccoons and rabbits and groundhogs and stuff.
But I know the truth. Daddy put that fence up cause of me!

I like to pick my own ripe tomatoe right off the vine. Every day I pull mama or daddy around the back side of our house when I’m supposed to be looking for a good spot to do my business. They used to be fooled, thinking I just wanted to pee in a new part of the yard.
But they’re not fooled any more. (Sometimes they are smarter than I calculated.)

Mama looked up whether tomatoes were good for doggies and she found out that green ones were very bad and red ones were OK in moderation.
Moderation? I’m a sheltie. I don’t do anything in moderation!

Anyway, they say I can’t have any tomatoes because I’m having trouble with my tummy and my poo. I told them they are way too interested in my poo. They should get another hobby if you ask me.

So I’m a sad puppy. I’m stuck here eating canned pumpkin and boiled chicken and rice and the Royal Canin kibble. I like all that stuff a whole lot (and my folks are relieved I’ve got my appitite back) but none of it is the same as a fresh cherry tomato picked right off the vine by yours truly.
Do any of you other doggies out there love tomatoes like me? Mama says I’m a weird little girl.
I’ll take that as a compliment.

September 9, 2021 at 9:41 am
Oh, Katie….my youngest kitty, Pumpkin, LOVES tomatoes. We’re gonna find a way to send you some. We will write ‘Personal and Confidential’ so they come directly to you and not Mama. Be on the lookout! 😺
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September 11, 2021 at 8:01 pm
That’s so crazy, Mis Lois…a CAT that likes tomatoes? Don’t expect me to share mine, Pumpkin will have to get pumpkins on his (or her?) own!
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September 11, 2021 at 9:21 pm
Ha! No worries, Katie. Little Miss Pumpkin sharers nothing!!! 😼
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September 9, 2021 at 10:05 am
You may be a bit weird, Katie, but you are also a beautiful, loving, charming little girl!
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September 11, 2021 at 8:02 pm
Charming I’ve got down, Miss Carol. Also beautiful. Loving? I have to work on that cause sometimes I have trouble putting up with my family. Especially if they hoard tomatoes!
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September 9, 2021 at 2:07 pm
Garrett would steal tomatoes off the vine. I have to keep all 6 dogs out of the garden when figs are ripening because they steal all of them off the trees, including the unripe ones. Makes a an aficianado pf poo too. We do need another hobby!
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September 11, 2021 at 8:02 pm
Yes you do! Mama does too. She spends way too much time analyzing my poo.
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September 9, 2021 at 2:52 pm
The only time I’ve grown tomatoes was by accident–a tomato bush volunteered in one of my planters. It grew and grew and made a lot of green tomatoes that then started turning red and I checked daily for ripe ones. Got a couple–really good–and then one day I looked out and one of the dogs was plucking the ripe-ish ones off the bush. I didn’t try setting up a fence and I never got more tomatoes for myself. (That might go back to Remington and Jake, but I don’t recall any more.) Tika used to stand on her hind legs and even jump from that position to get low-hangging pears or plums off the trees. Jake loved oranges. All of my dogs will get fat on plums that fall constantly, and now I know that that happens for pears, too. But I get that, beause they’re sweet. I wouldn’t necessarily guess that dogs would like that slight tartness of tomatoes.
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September 11, 2021 at 8:03 pm
I know, mama was so surprised when I first picked a tomato for myself. But I don’t eat them all, though I would, because they keep me on a leash all the time. I think I should go on strike!
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September 9, 2021 at 3:46 pm
Oh, Katie, you poor doggie. Monkey agrees that human mamas are FAR too interested in poo, but I have to agree that canned pumpkin (and FortiFlora probiotics) have made a world of difference (read: improvement!) in his … um, stools. I hope you feel better real soon. Monkey hasn’t tried tomato, but he loves watermelon, apples, and pumpkin!
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September 11, 2021 at 8:04 pm
I get canned pumpkin, Miss Debbie. And sometimes green beans. I love all of it. If I could eat all the food I want mama says I’d eat myself to death.
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September 10, 2021 at 7:41 am
Poor Katie! Deprived of fresh tomatoes. But Mama really does know best.
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September 11, 2021 at 8:05 pm
I don’t know, Miss Laurie, mama is pretty strict. They are now letting me have one (or half of one) little tomato a day. Just cause they feel sorry for me. I say that’s not enough!
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September 10, 2021 at 4:56 pm
Listen to your Mama! Chance used to each Rose Hips and Grapes…and Grapes are bad for dogs…so we had to dig out the grapes:(
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September 11, 2021 at 8:05 pm
Mama remembers when she was a kid her dog ate grapes. She didn’t know any better, and he lived to a very good old age. But these days she won’t give me anything good.
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September 11, 2021 at 4:14 am
Katie, our dog used to beg for carrots and celery when I was cooking. Nothing wrong with getting your veggies.
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September 11, 2021 at 8:06 pm
Well, Mr. Mike, I love carrots too. Mama even used them when we went to school as my reward, when she figured out that I was getting way too much cheese. I don’t like celery much (at all) but I do love raw cabbage!
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September 11, 2021 at 6:56 am
Our dogs love tomatoes.
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September 11, 2021 at 8:07 pm
Well, that’s very cool, I’m not the only weird dog!
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September 11, 2021 at 5:41 pm
LOL. You are a funny girl Katie!
Oreo and Chewy will eat them, but don’t help themselves! They do eat all the leaves of my coneflowers though. So weird.
Enjoy your pumpkin!
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September 11, 2021 at 8:07 pm
I guess your boys are a littler weird too, just like me. I do think tomatoes are better than coneflower leaves!
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