Every year I buy a pumpkin for Halloween.
After the holiday, I cut it in half.
I remove the seeds for me. Roasted pumpkin seeds! Yum!
Then I slice the pumpkin, cut it into chunks, and remove the skins. It’s a pumpkin prep assembly line.
I get lots of audience participation. Dobermann Luigi supervises the pumpkin prep work. After all, he needs the pumpkin most of all during the year and wants to make sure it’s done right.
Dobermanns take their jobs seriously. Observe. Luigi inspects the line up.
It takes me about 2 hours from start to finish to do the job. I may not be deft at pumpkin cutting, but I bet I have the most fun!
I put the chunks in freezer bags and store them in the chest freezer for the dogs for the year.
Pumpkin helps some dogs recover when they have diarrhea. Plus dogs love fresh pumpkin! It’s good in the cans, too.
By Helen Verte
Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed, Certified Trick Dog Instructor
Pumpkin Prepper and Dog Trainer Ft Lauderdale
