• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    12 hours ago

    As long as you feed them high-quality food, they don’t care. And, I think I know why.

    You know how Einstein famously had a closet full of the exact same suit? I’ve been doing that with food for over four years now, I just don’t want to think about it. I also adopted the mantra, “food is not entertainment, food is not reward”. It’s a pretty good diet, no processed food, lots of vegetables, some fruit, organic chicken, olive oil, no sugar, etc.

    Anyway, I don’t think about food anymore, I don’t long for something different. I think dogs are probably the same way. They need something to eat, and as long as it’s high enough quality, and meets their needs they don’t care if it’s the same thing every day. It’s not entertainment, and it’s not reward, it’s just food.

  • end0fline@piefed.socialEnglish
    15·
    20 hours ago

    We have had two different huskies that, at random times, will decide they no longer like their food and won’t eat unless we get something different.

    • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      13 hours ago

      The day we got our most recent dog, he was delivered by his previous owner along with some supplies, including a half full bag of his food. That night, we served him dinner and he sniffed at it then just looked at us, seemingly confused.

      We called the previous owner to ask if she had any ideas - I know big changes like that can be confusing for a dog, but we didn’t want him to starve! The erstwhile owner said “I don’t know. Maybe the pieces are too big for him. Maybe break them up?”

      That answer always amazed me. Until a few hours prior, she had been responsible for his sustenance and she was the one who provided the food we were trying to give him. If he required extra steps, fine, but you would think she would know and have provided instructions. (The transfer wasn’t contentious - she was voluntarily moving out of state.)

      I don’t remember what we did that night, but for the few years he lived with us, he would never reliably eat any of the kibble we tried for him. He would usually eat it if we mixed in wet food, but my cats love wet food and he was kind of a wimp so a lot of times he’d just sit and sadly watch them eat until they were full and he got to have the leftovers.

      (I did try to discourage this behavior from the cats, but I couldn’t be there the entire very long time it took him to eat and he didn’t like his crate so I couldn’t isolate him for meals.)

      However, he was never shy about human food. He knew he wasn’t supposed to eat it, so if I set it on a TV tray next to me or whatever, it was safe … But if I left the room with it there, when I came back the food would be gone, despite the mysterious fact that he was in the same spot where I left him.

      I had my suspicions, but never did resolve that mystery …

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        I’m concerned it’s not human-grade “actual shit” though. It could contain feces and give you actual shit diarrhea. With all this lettuce and peppers in the news lately even.