What are dogs gonna do, complain in human language that they don’t taste like pumpkin or cookies and cream?
There’s no scenario where a reasonable and normal human being can ever prove or disprove the advertised flavor of dog treats. And if you do? Congratulations you fucking weirdo, yeah maybe they lied but YOU put a dog treat in your mouth. You lose by default, bro
All it needs is themed packaging, a vague colorful tint, and boom it’s now whatever flavor you say it is. If anyone objects, “ah, nope. They just taste bad to you because you’re not a dog”
It’s all such silly goosery
Sounds like someone has never had a dog.
Have you never eaten dog treats?
I eat human treats, because I know what species I damn am
My brother and I used to eat milk bones. I guess you’re to fancy for that life.
Ok Shaggy
Does not align with my experience. Some dogs I’ve had expressed strong food preferences and would absolutely refuse certain foods to the point of near starvation. Others would eat anything and everything.
Isn’t the marketing directed to the dog owners (humans) to disclose what animal produce their product (I.e., “chicken flavored”) contains, more than advertising a distinctive taste as usually the case with human targeted edibles?
Nah I’m talking about flavors that dog treats don’t normally have, like “pumpkin spice” or “eggnog”
Kinda shit you’d expect on something that humans eat. Makes you kinda wonder how dog owners know that their dogs even like those flavors, or that they even taste it in the same way that we do. And I’m not saying that they don’t either, but like why go out of your way to get it? Why assume, you know?? It’s just crazy
Oh, I see! I’ve never seen pet food marketed in that way before. I guess the strategy is to play on how humans tend to apply humanistic traits to animals, but It’s very strange and weird nonetheless.
That is marketing targeted at particularly stupid humans. Now tell them it is reversible and go enjoy the occasional bit of dried lung themselves.
I could be wrong, but I believe (because of depressions) dog food needs to be human edible.
I personally feel bad when I feed my dogs shitty treats. So yeah, I taste them. Turns out the chicken jerky is actually pretty good. Like I would probably buy some marketed for humans. Everything else is shit. My dogs generally have a similar reaction (expressed by their eagerness to eat what I have).
Aside from that, dogs generally prefer the stinkiest treats you can find.
I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be edible, I mean if you’re dirt poor and can’t afford food, then it’s definitely better to have something that both you and your dog can eat
But like, dogs don’t have high standards at all, for what they’ll eat. I’ve seen my dog try to go for, fucking like dead birds or rotting veggies. I really don’t think they care if their biscuit tastes like cheesecake or not
Honestly, dog treats and dog food should also taste good to humans if they actually were just what they say they are. Bland, perhaps, but not disgusting.
What tastes good to dogs can taste nasty to us for perfectly valid reasons. I don’t think anyone’s rushing to try an apple-beef-cucumber-peanut butter (or whatever the fuck they mix into a) biscuit that explicitly isn’t made for humans
I dunno. I’m pretty sure there is a reason they prefer to eat the food I make for myself (or even when I home cook their meal) instead of the pre-made dog food I bought for them.
Just because dogs want to eat human food doesn’t mean that they should. My dog will rush or beg for any human food, even foods that are bad for her and have too much oil or sodium
I tried dog ice cream once because how bad could ice cream be?
bad.
My husband will regularlly taste the sog treats. I think it’s gross but he says most of them are fine but need salt. He doesn’t taste the kibble or wet food though. Nor the lamb lung, nor the dental chews. I guess chicken jerky and salmon skin shouldn’t really be a problem anyway?
