Okay, I have to join in on this now... I have been laughing my blank blank off!! Your stories are so funny ! Karen, the nylons?!?!?!?! Oh my gosh, I lost it. That is hilarious! I cannot believe a dog can acutally swallow those! My dog was a horrible chewer as a puppy. She grew out of it finally when she hit 3. She destroyed and entire recliner chair (my mom's doberman's personal chair in the back patio) and has chewed up remote controls (lost count - I'm sure we owe our cable company a bundle for those), books (for some reason she knew which ones were mine. How weird is that?), pillows and much more. Whenever she would feel deprived, after her destruction phase passed, she would just grab a glove of mine or a book of mine or something that she somehow knew was mine and just take it outside and leave it there. That's when I knew she was mad at me. With all that she ate, and I mean ATE, I swore she had a stomach of steel. She even broke a porceline penguin salt shaker and ATE a foot ! Ouch! Anyway, I did want to know some things about this food subject. First of all, how many times a day does a dog need to eat. I know it varies but sometimes I feel very cruel only feeding my two girls once a day. They eat Iam's small bites and love it. I was feeding them Pedigree small bites and they liked it for awhile but I think they were spoiled and wouldn't eat it without canned food mixed it. Well, I don't like giving canned food every day so I had to find another food they liked by itself. Iam's is it. Every once in awhile they will get a french fry for a treat. Sasha devours it and Lexi has to lick the salt off first. She picks it up gently, then drops it, then licks it a little and so one. Finally she will eat it. The love real bacon too... I practially lose a finger anytime I give them a piece but I have stopped giving it to them. Lexi also watches me like a hawk when I eat banana popsicles (my favorite and hers) I get down to the end and let her lick the rest. She does the same thing with a glass of milk. She is in my face until I let her lick the glass... and I mean in my face! Trying to drink from it at the same time! I have also heard milk isn't good for dogs. I felt bad giving them these people foods but it sounds like you all give them to your dogs. I didn't realize it was okay for them to eat fruits and veggies . I may have to try that.
I do have to be careful because Lexi was severely dehidrated a few months ago and had to spend a night at the vet. He said it could have been a foreign substance in her that caused it... meaning people food or junk or whatever. So, now she doesn't get much in regards to people food. So, is ice cream actually okay for dogs? Just curious.
Sorry about my novel... I just get carried away when it comes to my girls!

Angel