Looking past the recent vegan drama, have you ever wondered why your pet might not like particular foods? Have you ever actually tasted the food yourself?
I have, and some taste more like a chemistry lab than actual nutrition.
I’ve tasted a couple of cookies/treats. Milkbones, stuff from 3 dog bakery and what not. Milkbones have no flavor that I can discern. The boutique dog cookie was fine, I can see how a dog would get down on it.
Wet food tho. Nah. I’m good fam.
Milkbones taste like an unsalted pretzel. I was a bit stoned and teasing my dog.
I always taste test my pet’s food to make sure it’s not poisoned.
I haven’t eaten their kibble, but I certainly know it can’t taste as good as the food I cook for them myself (which is basically a shepherd’s pie and I have eaten a bowl of it when I had nothing else to eat for myself). I might have tried cat kibble as a kid but I don’t remember what it tasted like.
I’ve also tried jerky made for dogs and it wasn’t half bad. Not quite a slim Jim but it wasn’t disgusting.
I’ve tried FreshPet or whatever the hell it’s called; that refrigerated chub of “fresh” dog food some places sell. It’s like an inferior version of the stew I make for them.
My mom used to own a grooming shop, and sold jerky for dogs. Two of the groomers there preferred it over jerky for humans, and would routinely be found snacking on it. I’ve tried it, it’s basically just jerky without the pepper. I like the pepper, so I prefer regular jerky. Lol.
We also make our own dog food, though, and it’s basically rice veggies and turkey (sometimes chicken livers). Which is, honestly, something I would totally go to town on, if it were just seasoned a little better
We also make our own dog food, though, and it’s basically rice veggies and turkey (sometimes chicken livers). Which is, honestly, something I would totally go to town on, if it were just seasoned a little better
Exactly what I make for mine, though instead of livers I’ll give them some salmon like once a month.
Nah, I’m not vegan so I probably wouldn’t like my cat’s food
I feed my pet things that I eat, too! Collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, various squashes, fresh blueberries, etc.
Except for his bugs. I don’t like cockroaches or worms very much. But he seems to like them! So he gets those, too.
Generally I feed my dog either Gravy Train Chicken Flavor, or kitty kibble (he’s a small dog, only like 19 pounds).
He prefers the soft food, but will eat the hard food if he gets hungry enough.
He also likes chasing fiddler crabs, but he’s smart enough to not bite them LOL!
But dog biscuit treats around here taste like nothing but chemicals, and he won’t touch them.
I used to put my cat’s kibble in a bit of water so it’d get soft (and it’d trick him into staying hydrated, too). It’s great for picky eaters and elderly pets!
A friend of mine back in middle school did a science project on what cat food tastes the best. He used his cat as the main experiment, but when he presented his project he also had samples for everyone to try and vote on their favorite. The cat liked Science Diet. The consensus among our classmates was Meow Mix.
Interesting. At the end of the day though, what matters is what’s healthy for your pet and what they like best.
I never suggested that humans and pets have the same taste buds and appetites, but when your dog refuses to eat a dog treat, and you taste it yourself and it also tastes like chemical garbage, then it only stands to reason that those particular dog treats are trash.
I didn’t realize you were trying to present some sort of argument here, I was just sharing a fun story that answered the post title.
All food tastes like chemicals. Taste is a function of chemical receptors on your tongue. Btw you are made entirely of chemicals, but many people have already told you this today.
I don’t know the exact brand of dog treats, but they tasted like they were soaked in diesel fuel and dried out. That’s what I mean when I say they tasted like chemicals.
Whatever brand they were, they were colored red and green. I don’t even think ants would eat those things.
His real science project: How many classmates can he get to eat cat food.
The result: more than you’d expect.
I have tasted the “gravy” in the wet food. Not disgusting, but definitely not interested in trying it again. When I worked at a pet store one of those birthday biscuits came in broken so my manager has written it off. He offered me to try a piece and those were honestly not bad. A less sweet cookie basically.
No, but I watched Penguinz0 taste pet food before for a tier list and some of it sounds to be pretty decent.
Interesting. I’ve watched quite a few of his videos, but never caught that one.
This is funny, I asked my wife this morning “have you ever thought of tasting the cat’s canned wet food?”
We’ve never done a taste test, sad to say.
Understandable. I’m not suggesting everyone just go out and eat their pet’s food, but if my pet refuses to eat a particular food, I find myself curious why?
If my dog or cat refuses to eat it, and I can’t even swallow a small bite myself, there’s gotta be something seriously wrong with it.
I used to hitchhike, and one day, got a ride with a trucker hauling blackened animal organs to be turned into pet food (they were blackened as a mark to show they were unfit for human consumption at the place where they were mass harvested). It was the worst smell I’ve ever smelled in my entire life. I remember gagging for a few minutes as the driver laughed and told me what the deal was.
Still not the worst road story I have lol.
But be aware of what your pet’s food is made from. Or make your own, if you’re worried about it!
There’s typically warning against eating pet food on the bags for that very reason.
Still not the worst road story I have lol.
You’re not just gonna leave us hanging are you?
Yes.
(sorry)
I have too many to fit them into relevant posts.
Wow…
Not really. I don’t Have a wish to try eating live insects.
Regarding pets that eat insects, at least you know they’re not some chemical processed garbage. No need to be curious what that tastes like, nor would I expect you to, you know it’s natural.
“natural” doesn’t mean “good”. Arsenic is natural. Oleander is natural. Hemlock is natural.
I think you understood exactly what I meant. It’s natural for certain pets to eat insects. I never mentioned anything about poisons.
I did understand what you said. “You don’t need to taste that, it’s natural, and natural things don’t contain chemicals”. Everything contains chemicals, and whether those chemicals are natural or artificial has no bearing on whether or not they’re harmful. You’re spreading hippie-dippy misinformation. Knock that shit off.
Look, if I give my dog something that’s supposed to be a dog treat, and he refuses to eat it, then I get curious and try a little nibble myself. When I taste it and it tastes like pure chemical shit, then I’m like no wonder he won’t eat that, guess I ain’t going for that brand again.
It’s like almost half the comments here are like ‘aNImAls tAStE dIfFerEnt tHaN pEopLE’. Yep, no kidding. But if the animal won’t eat what’s supposed to be a treat, then maybe it’s the humans that manufactured the food that ain’t got a clue.
If the pet ain’t eating what’s supposed to be pet food, maybe just maybe the pet is trying to tell you the shit tastes horrible.
Literally everything you taste or smell is a chemical. Taste and smell are just biological chemical detection systems.
Preference for taste varies by individual. Every family has that one weirdo who likes black jellybeans. I don’t understand it, and those people are actually members of my own species. You’re taking a sample size of one hominid and one canid and saying that since you agree, this taste is objectively bad. Do you honestly think the manufacturer invested in marketing this product without ever giving it to a dog? Is it possible that there are things your dog likes that you wouldn’t like, and vice versa? It just seems like you’re leaving to a lot of conclusions here, like you started out with a conclusion and are trying to prove it. That is not good science.
Well, guess what? He refuses the chemical infused dog treats, but he loves ham and hot dogs, and also Gravy Train Chicken Flavor, ground up version, not chunky.
I think we can both agree that’s nutrition, and also the dog is basically saying without words that the dog biscuit treats taste like absolute shit.
Our adopted dog definitely ain’t starving, we’re just tuning into what he does and doesn’t have more of an appetite for.
No “chemicals” in hot dogs, nosiree lmao
I did, I can say that it tastes mostly like nothing, but my dog loves it because the smell is so strong (I think)
I’ve tasted the dried crickets and mealworms that I feed to my gerbils. Infact, just today I got an intrusive thought about tasting one of the pellets I’m feeding them too. I didn’t but maybe I should.
Looking past your joke, at least that’s real food…
I bought some fancy biscuits for my dogs from a local company. Ingredients are basically oats, cheddar, bacon, rosemary. I could 100% kill this whole bag if my dogs didn’t look so devastated when I ate their special treats.
