We have cats, if they start associating human food with their food they’ll be all over the counters and tables when you turn around or up in your face when you try to eat. It’s just easier to not associate our food with theirs in their minds at all.
We give them stuff sometimes but it’s a treat, one goes absolutely mad for grocery store rotisserie chicken, and we don’t serve off our plates.
Yup. I made the mistake of trying to switch an older cat to raw food and followed the internets advice of searing the outside so to get them used to it. From that day on kitty knew anything we cooked was edible and you couldn’t turn your back for more than 10 seconds.
My dog begs because I don’t think that’s a bad thing. My dog also leaves a slice of sausage on the floor when I leave the room. Those are two very different things. I just taught him, that food is only what I give him, so he doesn’t accidentally eat anything dangerous to him.
They know when they’re handed food it’s their food. If it’s not hand fed to them, they ignore it. I’ve never had a dog steal food? I’ve had eight dogs over the past 26 years and they don’t take what isn’t theirs.
And animals that beg will also steal. People cant leave food unattended on their kitchen counter and think that’s normal or acceptable. Blows my mind.
We have cats, if they start associating human food with their food they’ll be all over the counters and tables when you turn around or up in your face when you try to eat. It’s just easier to not associate our food with theirs in their minds at all.
We give them stuff sometimes but it’s a treat, one goes absolutely mad for grocery store rotisserie chicken, and we don’t serve off our plates.
Yup. I made the mistake of trying to switch an older cat to raw food and followed the internets advice of searing the outside so to get them used to it. From that day on kitty knew anything we cooked was edible and you couldn’t turn your back for more than 10 seconds.
My dog begs because I don’t think that’s a bad thing. My dog also leaves a slice of sausage on the floor when I leave the room. Those are two very different things. I just taught him, that food is only what I give him, so he doesn’t accidentally eat anything dangerous to him.
They know when they’re handed food it’s their food. If it’s not hand fed to them, they ignore it. I’ve never had a dog steal food? I’ve had eight dogs over the past 26 years and they don’t take what isn’t theirs.