Kobi vs. baby carrot

The other day I was making some veggie and fruit smoothies and accidently dropped a piece of carrot onto the kitchen floor. Well just so happened Kobi was waiting underneath me hoping for a treat to drop from the 'skies'. Right away he grabs the piece of carrot from the floor and ran off to his usual spot in the livingroom to 'inspect' this treat. This wasn't the first time we've given him carrot but each time we've tried to feed him it, he would just play with it and shred it to pieces leaving hubby to pick up all of the bits off of the carpet or floor. Well sure enough, he did the exact same thing. -_-

But tonight I decided to give Kobi a whole baby carrot to see what he'll do with it again.

Hmmm... this doesn't taste like my regular ticken (chicken) treat..

Let the shredding begin...

In the end, he finished the whole baby carrot without leaving the bits leftover for us to clean up. He seemed to really like it now. Yay!

The benefits of giving your doggie carrots are:

- Carrots make a low-calorie alternative to fattening, preservative-filled commercial treats. Dogs can eat raw or cooked carrots with no dire consequences except orange poop.
- Not only are raw carrots low-calorie treats for the weight-conscious dog, they can also be helpful in helping "scrub" teeth clean as the dog chews.
- Use either baby carrots or chopped up large ones as treats. Carrots can also be cooked, stored in the refrigerator, and handed out as needed. Healthy compared to the cheese treats sitting in our freezer which Kobi loves as well.

Hmmm.. not bad.. may I have seconds later?