The perfect tomato for my dog

[rhines81]

Yep, you read it correctly ... every year I put one of my left over extras on the deck in a 5 gallon pot and my dog snips a tomato off it each time on the way back into the house. Beef steaks can get messy because he usually doesn't get those finished before running into the house, so I was thinking of something in the saladette range, bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a tennis ball.
Something that produces well all season long.

This year I'd like to plant a special one just for him.
He's usually pretty good at snipping them of the branch so there is not a lot of tugging going on. But the plant should remain a good size, bushy not too tall so as to avoid his temptation to leap for the high fruit. He'll eat them green, but prefers to let them ripen.

Any suggestions?? Go...

[pmcgrady]

Juane Flamme
My German Shepard loves them, throw a couple into the woods next to the garden, and he will find them...but unlike his pink ball he eats them.

[KarenO]

I don’t think that is something I would teach my dog unless the dog has no access to any other of my tomato plants
KarenO

[jtjmartin]

My golden retriever pup's favorite was SunGold cherry tomatoes.

[Nan_PA_6b]

Sounds like you need determinate-growth, continuous production.

Nan

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by KarenO

I don’t think that is something I would teach my dog unless the dog has no access to any other of my tomato plants
KarenO

My dogs favorite thing is a pink ball... He loves his pink ball.
Juane Flamme is his second favorite, throw one out, and tell him to find it...
and he does... Then eats them! It's got to be a good tomato!

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Sounds like you need determinate-growth, continuous production.

Nan

Does this even exhist?

[rhines81]

Originally Posted by KarenO

I don’t think that is something I would teach my dog unless the dog has no access to any other of my tomato plants
KarenO

Mine taught himself that he likes tomatoes, then again he also likes toads and snakes too. I put a half dozen plants on the deck several years ago and he quickly developed the habit of picking and eating. I kept him away from those plants for the most part, but even now in the dead of Winter, the empty planters are there with 4 foot stakes in the center, he still walks by and occasionally pokes at the stake with nose as if to say, "hey Dad, put some mater plants in there!"

[ginger2778]

Mine eats anything including tomatoes. Dines right out if the cat box.

[rhines81]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Mine eats anything including tomatoes. Dines right out if the cat box.

Mine likes the little kitty burgers too ... but they are for the most part very segregated so it's a rare treat.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by rhines81

Mine likes the little kitty burgers too ... but they are for the most part very segregated so it's a rare treat.

Our catboxes are on high up surfaces. Works pretty well.

[jtjmartin]

Originally Posted by rhines81

Mine likes the little kitty burgers too ... but they are for the most part very segregated so it's a rare treat.

Hehehe. I thought my dog was a little off in the head! Glad to know he's not alone.

Last fall, I also learned he loves tomato peels when I sauce the tomatoes.

Jeff

[ginger2778]

Mine will eat tomatoes, or any other food, until she explodes. Too many tomatoes gives her diarrhea.

[ginger2778]

She wont eat starfruit, but I haven't found a single other food she wont eat.

[rhines81]

Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Sounds like you need determinate-growth, continuous production.

Nan

a stunted indeterminate more likely... or a few varieties with staggered maturity, something like that.