A Chinese man says his dogs are addicted to instant noodles and go on hunger strike if they don’t get them.

Wang Haiying, of Nanjing city, says his four dogs now need to exercise after putting on weight from their diet.

He said: “My daughter-in-law’s company gives out two big boxes of ‘Yummy’ instant noodles each month, and none of us like to eat them, so we feed them to the dogs.

“Any meal, if I don’t feed them instant noodles, they bark at me and stage a hunger strike.”

But with the dogs quickly ballooning, Wang realised the ‘Yummy’ was jeopardizing their health.

“Now I am taking them out running for a couple of hours a day, and also trying to make them stop eating this junky food.”

By Sun Tzu on 26-02-2007