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.

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Yep. I’ve tasted kibbles and baked treats / cookies. They’re generally not great, but the ones that taste ok are also my dogs favorites. Usually just like a sugar free human snack.

I do a lot of dried sardines as snacks and a couple Chinese coworkers tried them, they said they taste just like their version but without the salt and spices.

I feed my pets raw, so haven’t tried those. They seem to love it though.

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Cool cool 👍

Someone donated some dog biscuit treats for our recently adopted dog Brownie, but he wouldn’t eat them. I tried a bite, but it didn’t taste anything like nutrition, it just seriously tasted like a chemistry lab… ☹️

He likes soft Chicken Gravy Train though.

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it just seriously tasted like a chemistry lab…

Have you ever tried your pet’s food?

Have you ever tried your son’s chemistry lab?

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I was the son, and yes I tasted half the chemicals. Lucky I’m still alive.

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Milkbones taste like an unsalted pretzel. I was a bit stoned and teasing my dog.

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I was tricked into eating dog biscuits when I was a little kid. Tasted like ash more than anything else. But dogs like vomit too, so our tastes are not very similar.

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But maybe some vomit can be tasty?

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I was going to ask WTF… but they like everything I feed them. (Cats) Hard food by an independent company that is no carb all protein. (Edit, young again pet food, my older cat had diabetes until I started this food, now he doesn’t!) Seafood Reveal cans, all pure fish. And not sure what’s in Friskies Temptations… but they want those like it’s crack.

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Yep, tasted pretty much every type of kibble and some snacks my dog gets. But it’s all plant based so I am not worried about meat getting bad or the like.

Some of the snacks are ok but I noticed that they always smell way more intensive than they taste. Kind of the opposite of human food.

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