# Bad, bad, bad Tater chips and sad sad sad eyes.. Bayliss and his predilections **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296 "2024-02-29T22:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/1 "2024-02-29T22:01:17Z")
I love Pringles. I get about 10, just 10, once a week. I want my Pringles for myself. I do not wanna share. “I love you Bayliss. But you ain’t getting them. Quit with yer big ol’sad eyes. It ain’t moving me.” No little whine, sad as it is ain’t gonna gonna cut it. I push the no treat buttons. He pushes"treat" 5 times in a row. I give him one half of a chip. I don’t like to eat the broken ones anyway. Yeah I’m strange. Why do dogs like potato chips? They are not meaty. Or bacon-y. Bayliss has rarely begged for many things. But always my Pringles. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/2 "2024-02-29T22:20:30Z")
Maybe they like the salt? I’m pretty sure Bayliss doesn’t yearn for saddle-shaped foods. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/3 "2024-02-29T22:22:54Z")
Why would you be surprised that Bayliss likes Pringles when people do? I don’t buy them any more but I used to, and there’s something about their near-tastelessness that makes them somehow addictive, like a pure texture-and-salt experience. I currently have that problem with cashews, which are worse because they **do** have taste – last night I demolished half a can of cashews before I could exert the willpower to stop. But in the name of all that’s holy and in the name of dogs everywhere, if Bayliss not only looks at you with sad eyes begging for Pringles, but also then actually **asks** for them using the language machine you taught him to use – well, for heaven’s sake, have mercy on the poor pooch! 😉🐕 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/4 "2024-02-29T22:27:52Z")
If they’re bad for me I’m assuming they’re worse for him. You’re right about the tastelessness of the dang things. But, I like 'em. I’d prefer the salt and vinegar ones but they are even more bad bad bad. I take what I can get. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/5 "2024-02-29T23:00:13Z")
Explain to Bayliss that Pringles are bad for his health, and then let him make his own decision. 🙂 Dogs have survived for thousands of years making many of their own dietary decisions, and have done quite well for themselves. In some ways dogs are a lot smarter than we are, especially when it comes to matters of life and death, to fully enjoying life in the moment, and to treating death with dispassionate acceptance, with a unique instinct for knowing when it’s time. Bayliss is a noble creature descended from that line. Give him some Pringles. 🐕 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/6 "2024-02-29T23:03:08Z")
Is there a treat that he likes more than Pringles? Maybe you could offer that as a substitute. Unless . . . Could he be wanting a piece because he can smell how much you treasure them? I don’t think there’s any substitute for that. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/7 "2024-02-29T23:07:31Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > In some ways dogs are a lot smarter than we are, especially when it comes to matters of life and death, to fully enjoying life in the moment, and to treating death with dispassionate acceptance, with a unique instinct for knowing when it’s time. Speak for your own noble creatures. My 13-lb. idiot gulped down an unopened salt packet that I accidentally dropped on the floor on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/8 "2024-02-29T23:24:48Z")
Please note the qualifier “ **in some ways** dogs are a lot smarter than we are…”! 😃 In other ways they are happy simpletons who know how to get the most joy out of life in the moment, and I admire them for that, too! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/9 "2024-02-29T23:58:15Z")
My Crew love corn chips and broken taco shells. Helluva lot cheaper than dog treats! They are known as ‘Biscuits’. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/10 "2024-03-01T00:16:23Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > In other ways they are happy simpletons who know how to get the most joy out of life in the moment, and I admire them for that, too! LOL, I don’t think he enjoyed it – he chomped down on it and then swallowed quickly. I’m pretty sure it was an unpleasant experience! For me, too, since I was watching him for salt toxicity for the next few days… happily, the mishap never even slowed him down. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > My Crew love corn chips and broken taco shells. Helluva lot cheaper than dog treats! Agreed, dog treats are expensive. But I did find a Kong Kitchen product of pretzel bits filled with peanut butter that Ollie will sell my soul for. They are reasonably priced, last a long while, are great for training and best of all: _Salt free_. (I’m tempted to eat them myself!) > **[Kong Kitchen Creamy Pretzel Dog Biscuits Treats - 18 Oz](https://shop.petlife.com/products/kong-kitchen-creamy-pretzel-dog-biscuits-treats-18-oz?variant=43603256836336¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA84CvBhCaARIsAMkAvkJWx8BGV3XhBH18DwX8fQhEzMgF_zpLnLNv77DZgvs9AgUsFUy1Tn4aAiVSEALw_wcB)** > > Kong Kitchen Creamy Pretzel Dog Biscuits Treats - 18 Oz ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/11 "2024-03-01T00:36:46Z")
I like the pizza ones. I don’t eat them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/12 "2024-03-01T01:04:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Why do dogs like potato chips? They are not meaty. Or bacon-y. Some cats like them too. I would say that’s even odder, but it’s not odd for cats to be odd. – if you’re allowed 10, maybe you can get 12 if you promise to give two to Bayliss. I don’t think that’s enough to do him any harm – he’s a fair sized dog, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/13 "2024-03-01T01:13:55Z")
Yep. He could probably take 2 or 3. I’ll tell Ivy you said I could have 12. We’ll see if she believes me. (I’m known to lie to her on occasion) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/14 "2024-03-01T01:36:31Z")
Hey! Ivy! I said she can have 12 but you’d better watch and make sure she gives two to Bayliss! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/15 "2024-03-01T01:41:42Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > (I’m tempted to eat them myself!) My dogs grooved on MilkBones so much, I tried them myself. They’re just all right. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/16 "2024-03-01T02:05:33Z")
Beck, when the Pringles are gone, you could put some Milk Bones in the canister for a couple of days so they absorb the scent. Or is that too weird? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/17 "2024-03-01T02:08:36Z")
Oh my. I like that idea. I’ve actually put plain milk bones in a empty bag of bacon treats. Worked good. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/18 "2024-03-01T02:11:23Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > My dogs grooved on MilkBones so much, I tried them myself. I admit it. I licked one of the pretzel bits, just to make sure there was no salt. 😊 I’d suggest to Beck that she get some of these for Bayliss, but it sounds like the salt is the thing so he probably won’t be interested. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/19 "2024-03-01T02:25:21Z")
Well, I don’t know if it’s the salt, for sure. I’m gonna try the pretzel things. I’ve already got it in my cart. I never thought to worry about his salt intake. I thought like all animals he needed some. Like @wolfpup says he would at least stop before he poisoned himself, to death. Unlike us dumb humans. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296/20 "2024-03-01T02:32:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Unlike us dumb humans. And my dumb dachshund. Do let me know how Bayliss likes the pretzel bits! I hope they’re a big hit. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-tater-chips-and-sad-sad-sad-eyes-bayliss-and-his-predilections/998296.md?page=2)