Kramer - the fruit eating dog

When Kramer came to live with us we were told he loved mandarins, but we soon learned that all fruit were popular with him. If we eat fruit, or should I say "when" because we do eat fruit on a daily basis, we have to share with Kramer. Bananas are one of his favorites and he growls at us until he gets a piece. We usually give him a piece of the end, or if the fruit is bruised he might get a larger piece. We can't use the word "banana" without him getting excited.

All fruit is on his favorite list!!! And he's very vocal about it when we are eating.

There have been a few funny incidents.

On one occasion he was very interested as I ate a mandarin - and I'd just started to peel a fruit with him very interested and quite hopeful of getting a piece. The phone rang, and I left the plate with the fruit on a small table while I answered the phone and I'd only been out of the room for a minute or two. When I returned, the guilty dog was standing on the foot stool, chomping on the fruit and peel, with juice squelching out of his mouth. I could only laugh.

We now call bananas "b" - as a futile attempt to eat a banana without sharing with him sometimes, but he's worked it out. Our fruit bowl is on a buffet - and any movement towards that piece of furniture, he's woken from a deep sleep and he's right there demanding his share.

The grandchildren love feeding him his titbits.