Found this on net not sure if it what you mean ? strawberries are a nutritional powerhouse for both you and your dog. Like their blue cousins, strawberries are full of antioxidants. They also boast high fiber and a lot of vitamin C. Here’s a bonus: Strawberries even contain an enzyme that can help whiten your dog’s teeth. Keep a bag of frozen strawberries in your freezer to make smoothies for yourself, and you’ll also have a crunchy snack on hand for man’s best friend. Just don’t feed unlimited amounts, because even though the sugar in strawberries is natural sugar, too much can be bad news
I'm guessing you mean for dogs - I've edited the title accordingly Personally I am not a fan of strawberries - they are so sweet/far removed from what they would have been like that I'd steer clear of them. Blueberries and raspberries are better imo.
Hello Peach my dog steals strawberries out of the garden . I think as with many things strawberries are ok in moderation and dogs would naturally scavenge wild strawberries but I wouldn't give them more than the odd one occasionally.
In my old garden we used to have tiny alpine strawberries - they were gorgeous, nothing like the tasteless ones you generally find in supermarkets. I keep saying I must get some more for this garden! I used to give the tiny ones to my pet rats - they loved them - but it never occurred to me to give them to the dogs. I had a cocker spaniel that pinched all the blueberries off the bushes - I'd been blaming the blackbirds!
My previous two dogs used to eat raspberries off the the canes, and windfall plums and pears. Georgina though won't eat any fruit as "fruit" so she has hers lightly cooked, then pureed and added to her meat and veggies. She doesn't get strawberries because they're my favourite fruit and being a selfish greedy mum I'm too mean to share them with her.
I am sure Pereg would eat, and enjoy, strawberries as I have yet to find a fruit or vegetable that she does not like, but I do not buy them as I am allergic to fresh strawberries - I end up with crimson leather skin all over, which dunnarf itch!
My sister was the same. Not that I cared because it meant that I could eat her share! I was brought up in one of the main strawberry growing areas in the UK and in the the season we used to have strawberries every day ... my favourite was a bowl of cornflakes, strawberries and milk topped with a liberal amount of condensed milk .... yummy!
It could have been a one-off but once was enough for me! It was just after Passover in 1985 and the first time I had been to Israel - I was here visiting my daughter who was at boarding school and had been given time off for my visit, so we hitch-hiked and/or bussed around the country stopping at various camping sites, and were camping on the edge of Lake Kinneret [Sea of Galilee] just outside of Tiberius. And when we went into town there was a stall selling nothing but freshly picked strawberries so I no doubt OD'd on them and oh was it painful. Needed a visit to the nearest ER for an anti-histamine injection. Ouch. Three months later I emigrated here and have avoided fresh strawberries ever since!
Hi Janet slightly off topic I grow a variety of perpetual strawberries in troughs they are called 'Mara des Bois' from here .. http://www.kenmuir.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=80_117&product_id=706 they taste a bit like alpine strawberries only larger and fruit continuously until the frosts come.
I grow strawberries in hanging baskets or 6 naughty dogs will nick them, just like they nick the peas from the pods.
We have a bed of Alpine strawbs at the bottom of the garden. Ed will pick his own, (though he squashes a lot standing on them), but Tweed is not as keen and has to have them picked for her. Interested in the tooth cleaning properties - has anyone noticed this effect?
I like the look of those very much. I'll go through the website to see what else I fancy to make it worthwhile paying the delivery costs. It makes my mouth water just looking at them!
