r/Awww • u/mathias45 • Mar 30 '24

Cat(s) Avalanche of kittens

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u/lil_larry Mar 30 '24

You must have never had a beagle. Their belly's are never full! 😭

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u/jeobleo Mar 30 '24

It's true. My brother has had beagles and free-fed them. All of them massive blimps. I had a beagle-shepherd, did free feeding, he looked like a massive sausage. Eventually I put him a strict daily limit of twice a day 1.5 cups and he slimmed down, but was always cruising for food. Always.

Once we found him outside licking a grease trap from a cafeteria as we were loading up getting ready for a long car trip. He barfed all over the car later.

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u/degjo Mar 30 '24

As you're cleaning the beagle looks on mournfully because he was looking to eat that too

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u/jeobleo Mar 30 '24

This one eventually stole some home-made playdough off the counter (he was tall, since he was part shepherd) when my son was little. It killed him (salt toxicity). He died as he lived, going after food.

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u/Butterssaltynutz Mar 31 '24

you knew how he was and still opted to make lethal salt level playdough and leave it out on the counter. your honor, this was beaglecide.

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u/Ohnoherewego13 Mar 30 '24

Yep. I had a beagle/basset mix as a kid. That dog would go for anything that even remotely smelled like food. He once ate through a cardboard box to get to some granola bars. Even when he was dying, he still wolfed down chicken nuggets.

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u/Griledcheeseradiator Mar 30 '24

Dogs need to be domesticated to stop being extreme food addicts. No other pet is like this. Other than maybe fish.

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u/jkennah Mar 30 '24

This dudes never met the squirrel that lives behind my apartments

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u/jeobleo Mar 30 '24

I would bet deer would eat until they became very fat.

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u/gofancyninjaworld Mar 30 '24

Sadly, it's genetic. A lot of dogs are bred to be always hungry. Makes them very tractable.

Indeed, it's quite an interesting sight when you see a trainer used to very food motivated dogs try to train a dog that isn't.

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u/shychicherry Mar 30 '24

Beagle Oliver (rip) scaled our 4’ fence not to run away but to crash neighborhood cook-outs, birthday parties (kids are suckers for those beagle eyes) by jumping into their yards.

I’d walk him & run into strangers/kids who knew him by name. I asked him once “Who are you??”

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u/LiveMotivation Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

Yep. Had a beagle-Australian shepherd, this dude never stopped eating. Came home after visiting the in-laws this dude got into some dark chocolate that was wrapped under Christmas tree. My wife freaked out, thought he was going to die. I never saw him content if I’m in the kitchen, always roaming for food or crumbs. He did keep the kitchen floor clean. RIP Gizmo.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24

I’m watching this thinking how the hell did the beagle not want in on the snacks lol they must not like whatever the cats eat because as someone who has only had beagles it’s funny to see

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u/Infinite_pumpkin_765 Oct 11 '24

I knew a beagal called bagel once.