I discovered this week that Fritz likes broccoli. I fed him some from my dinner and to my surprise he ate it. I gave him another piece to see if it was just a fluke, and he ate that one too! Normally, the only way to get him to eat a fresh vegetable of any kind is to cook it with a roast.



While prepping this post, I searched "dog eating broccoli" in google and the first result that came up was "Veterinary Information: Toxins that Affect Dogs"....OH GREAT!! Apparently broccoli has been known to have a "toxic ingredient" known as "isothiocyanate and it is reported to be a pretty potent gastrointestinal irritant."



The last thing Fritz, the walking gas chamber, needs is a "gastrointestinal irritant." I've always said that if I could bottle and sell his emissions to the military, they could win wars with it. I mean, seriously, it's toxic. We keep bottles of air freshener around the house to combat its nauseous effects. (BTW, Pure Citrus Orange is the absolute best air freshener for all your freshening needs). Apparently, elevated gassiness is a Boxer trait and I've tried numerous things to lessen it....plain yogurt in his food, easily digestible food, never changing his food brand, anti-gas tablets, etc., etc. I imagine, the only thing worse than dog gas,
is broccoli dog gas. BORK.



I was relieved when I continued reading and found - "But I did find several references suggesting that broccoli should be fed to pets because of the bioflavinoids in it and their cancer fighting capabilities."