The pups are after the compost bin again
I have a compost bin. We do the coffee grounds, tea bags, any kitchen waste that’s not meat—all of it goes in the compost heap. There’s one teensy problem though. We put banana peels in there because they are great for the garden. The problem is with the banana peels I have to keep the bin blocked off so the dogs can’t get near it.
You see my dogs adore bananas. You could say they are bananas for bananas. We can’t open a peel without having the two dogs plaster themselves to our side until they each get some. Therefore, they would scavenge the peels from the compost pile if they could.
Last year Gavin tried his darnedest to climb into the bin because he smelled his favorite treat in there. In an instant he was stuck. I then had to climb over obstacles to pry him out of there. I need a better way to block the bin.
Yesterday Patty attempted a raid on the bin. With her long legs, she might have made it. It’s a good thing she was on the retractable leash at the time.
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Doggonedmysteries 
Would you say Gavin and Patty find a certain a-peel in bananas?
Yes they do find them a-peeling.
I’ve heard of & seen weenie dogs but never seen a banana dog lol
All my dogs have been banana dogs or just plain bananas. Hey! This was the 2,000th comment on my blog!
Freddie likes them too just not as much as your two though I believe if I made a mistake and laid one down on the coffee table it would be a goner.
I’m sure it would be. Welcome back!! I hope you’re feeling better.
I told my Vet this one day and she commented it was unusual. Clearly, it’s usual, at least with Bullies. My two behave in the same manner and like you, we have to lock up the bananas when they arrive home as well as the peels.
Do you also have a problem with the omnivors eating dried up worms off the roadway? We call them bacon-bits.
Even the GSD we had when we first got married loved bananas. My guys don’t get a chance to have ‘bacon bits’ we have so many birds around here that none remain long.
My first mutt was a banana lover and that was 35 years ago. Don’t tell me it’s “unusual”. It’s more like that vet just hadn’t come across the right patient with that particular taste preference or maybe his clients never breathed banana breath on him, lol
Ew yeah doggy banana breath nothing quite like it.
Ah ha! I knew it wasn’t just Snipe. Thankfully, she’s never made a raid on the compost bin, but I think such things are probably beyond her intelligence…
Poor brainless Snipe… And why wouldn’t dogs like bananas? Most dogs have a sweet tooth. It’s funny I never thought it odd that my dogs liked them.