Behind the Scenes: National Peanut Butter Lover's Day!

Yesterday was National Peanut Butter Lover's Day, and we have a ton of peanut butter lovers in our midst. So, we decided to give them a special treat to celebrate, and film them loving their snack. "It would be easy," we thought. "What's easier than getting a dog to lick peanut butter?"

It wasn't quite as easy as we thought. There was Jojo, who was more interested in trying to sit in our laps and get belly rubs than lick the peanut butter-filled Kong.

 

 Finally, she decided peanut butter was pretty good. But only if she could lick it off a hand. 

As is her way, she ended by giving us this longing, loving look. We love you too, Jojo.

We moved on to Charlotte, who we thought would be more than happy to lick the peanut butter. No one told Charlotte that you can't actually bite peanut butter. But oh, she tried.

Eventually, she got the hang of it. Phew. This was turning out to be more interesting than we thought.

Next, we went to find Ozzie. We were sure he would cooperate. We were wrong.

Ozzie is a ball hound. He's serious about his ball, and nothing will come between him and his ball. He wouldn't stop nudging it at us, hoping to get us to play. 

How could we say no?

Finally, he gave up on the ball and tried the peanut butter.

Pretty good, right Ozzie?

We decided to try some staff dogs and see if they would be more interested in the peanut butter.

It was a pretty resounding "yes."

C'mon, just look at Maddie Mae's face. Pure. Joy.

In short, National Peanut Butter Lover's Day was entertaining, if not entirely successful. Did you miss the whole video we made of these nuggets continuously licking thin air with peanut butter on their tongues? We suggest you watch it.

Jojo, Charlotte and Ozzie are still available. So come by. Bring the peanut butter.