A couple of weeks ago I went into the crawlspace under our house that serves as our root cellar, to get some potatoes and beets out, for eating. I took the tubers I had collected over to the outside faucet to wash them off. After laying them out on the ground under the flowing water to soften the dirt on them, I busied myself individually brushing each one clean.
I was focused on the brushing, and wasn’t paying any attention to what Kona was up to. When I got all of the potatoes and beets scrubbed clean, I gathered them up to carry to the house. It was then that I noticed that Kona was laying in the grass busily gnawing on something. When I went over to investigate, I discovered that she had swiped one of the beets and was happily eating away on it.
I am always amazed at Kona’s intense preference for veggies. During the summer when I am in the garden, I sometimes spot her pulling peas or green beans off of the vines and eating them. She would rather have a dried sweet potato dog snack than a meat one. I have seen her ignore the meat in cans of dog food, then go outside and chew away on an old stick instead. Kona is one strange dog.
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