Lightning&Stomps

I have several apple trees in my back yard, and ever since we've lived here, Lightning has loved apples. He'll bring a fallen apple into the house, present it to me, we have a little give and take that involves me exclaiming what an exceptional apple he found, then he settles down to eat it. I don't know if he eats any apples outside, but he'll bring four or five into the house a night sometimes. Stomps never once ate an apple (he was more of a traditional dog than Lightning is). Last year we had an ice storm very late in the winter that must have affected the apple trees, because I had no apples. So I would buy them at the store and throw them in the yard for Lightning. He ate them, but even he could tell it wasn't the same.

2hounds

When I was a kid my parents had 2 apple trees and 2 peach trees. Our dalmation would knock them off the bottom branches of the tree and he and our terrier would eat them. We then put a netting around the tree to keep the birds/dogs from them. Our dalmation would then just wait until they fell into the bottom of the net and then eat what he could through the netting. =)

~Heather

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hig4s

Just a note, apple seeds are not really good for dogs. You should core them before they eat them.

Mikey T

The amount of cyanide in seed is some minimal to be inconcequential

Bad Seeds

Apple seed

Lightning&Stomps

Believe me, I asked multiple vets about the safety of eating apples, and none could think of any reason why they would be harmful. If anything, I think the adage "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is true for dogs too. Lightning is so healthy for his age (knocking on wood!), I would recommend everyone give their dogs apples. And Heather, your story is great. That must have been so funny to see.