No xylitol in any peanut butter I have ever seen....

@AnneWimsey it must be a thing tho. I'm not even sure it has to be listed since it's "natural".

the problem is tho that "xylitol" is considered natural.

@Qualia I don't shop for "natural" on the label. I read ingredients lists. I just worded it that way.

I understand the use of "natural" is problematic because it's used and abused as a selling point and out and out marketing ploy, stretched to dishonest proportions...like many other marketing ploys.

I also understand that a general lack of critical thinking underlies the success of many such marketing ploys, e.g. people being taken in by "natural" products because they fail to read labels, do research, consider, etc.

There's a balance point in there somewhere. No matter where it's found, it certainly can't hurt to inculcate more critical and analytical thinking in our society as a whole.

@stinkeye_a No I had no idea xylitol wasn't an artificial sweetener until a health food store employee overheard me being concerned for my husband while shopping vitamins etc, who at the time was undergoing chemo.

It shocked me a great deal at the time. Not trying to "splain" you , just saying.

make or buy a pill pocket or cover pills with coconut oil & pop them down. That said she's your dog so whatever you're comfortable with.

@Qualia she eats pill pockets and spits the pills out. This dog is old and experienced.

@Sherri-VT That's some mad skills! Easier on a dog with a bigger mouth I imagine. I'd be trying to crush what I could in that case.

@Qualia My dog has to take medication three times a day, three to four pills at each administration. He has become the king of avoiding his meds. He can tuck them in his cheek, eat a treat, then to into another room and spit the pills. I sometimes use peanut butter mixed with rice to make a ball. He won't touch pill pockets. But he loves ham. I use thin deli slices. They probably have too much salt, but he doesn't have much time left and I would rather he be comfortable. (He's big enough to counter surf anywhere in the kitchen and has been known to eat an entire fruitcake and an entire bag of chocolate kisses without any GI problems -- just lots of really colorful poop on the snow in the yard,)

@ladyprof70 LOL I have a cake thief so relate all too well. Idk what the solution is other than to crush the crushable. I do have an accomplished pill spitter so he gets his slicked with coconut oil & if really determined to get that pill down will add no salt broth I save from boiled treats to push those suckers down.

It is a rare dog that doesn't like peanut butter!

I met a dog the other day that goes crazy for salad. Plain lettuce, tomato, cucumber. Silly dogs!! ?

@AdorkableMe Mine lose their minds over celery etc. They know what the bag sounds like LOL
They also think they want lemons. Wish i'd video taped that before they got wise. The expressions were priceless.

@AdorkableMe I might have to try again, I put it in a Kong. Might have to put it in her bowl.

@Qualia Hahaha. My aunts dog goes crazy for salad or just lettuce. He loves tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, celery, pretty much any vegetable he can have. Crazy little dog!!