Dogs, it seems, love ice cream possibly more than any other animal. I know that from personal experience having shared many an ice cream cone with my Yorkshire Terrier Josie as I grew up. I never stopped to think about why that was but have since learned that dogs don't have sweat glands, hence why they pant when they're hot. So licking ice-cool ice cream is a big draw for them.
Last month I was having dinner with my family in seaside restaurant, opposite a big and very popular ice cream parlor. A family of 4 came along, bought an ice cream cone each and sat down on a bench at the side of the parlor to eat them. They had a beautiful golden retriever with them and it was obvious he was a big ice cream fan! I watched with fascination at what happened next. These pictures tell the story .....
Dog watches everyone eating their ice cream cones. He's calm but clearly interested .....
His interest starts to turn to excitement ....
Taken across to one of the ice cream vending machines, he's clearly on his best behavior!
He gets his reward ...
