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"Gourmet" Dog Food..

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  1. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Slow Saturday so I'm chllin' watching the TV when what appears to be a commercial for a Restaurant pops on, some dude with a butcher's knife is slicing up a beef tenderloin..looked good to..medium rare..yummy.

    Anywho, then the camera pans over to a small white terrier looking intently at the beef and I knew what it was:

    A "Gourmet" Dog Food commercial for "Chef Michaels" brand of dog food.

    Complete with peas and carrots and little chunks of faux beef.

    What the heck are people thinking? Do dogs normally eat peas and carrots?

    Hmm...Fido has his choice of:

    -Rotessire Chicken/w carrots and corn garnishings
    -Filet Mignon/w peas and potato garnishings
    -Pork tenderloin/w potato and barley garnishings

    It looks good enough to serve to guests whom one does not like, just microwave it and turn down the lights..Bon Apetite jerky...

    Keep in mind, little Fido will happily eat another dog's crap and then try to lick your face afterwards, what the hell are people thinking when they buy "Gourmet Dog Food"?

    I have a dog that I'm rather fond of, however unless a truck load of this stuff spills on the freeway and they offer it for free, my little pooch is going to have to make do with good ol' fashioned Alpo...
     
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  2. m ino

    m ino New Member

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    lmao,i saw a similar if not the same commercial 2 nights ago and turned to my wife and ask how many wild/domesticated dogs she has seen foriging for peas and carrots.i'm sure farmers everywhere have to keep watch for coyotes ganging up to take out a lone cabbage ripping it to shreds with their teeth.
     
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  3. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    Two of my three dogs love raw carrots, and they all eat cooked carrots.
     
  4. MikeHoncho

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    Parsnips.
     
  5. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Exactly, what next microwavable Doggie Gourmet Pizzas with artichoke hearts?

    Fido wouldn't eat a pea or a carrot, make it look like beef stew and all of the sudden Dog Owners think it is a good idea..
     
  6. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    Again, what exactly makes you think this?
     
  7. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Because I've yet to see a dog use a paring knife perhaps?

    I'll grant dogs are omnivorous, however peas and carrots would not be on their menu..unless of course they were attempting to regurgitate something their owner fed them...

    [​IMG]

    See, Fido dug the carrot out of the ground, washed it, cleaned it, and handed it to their owner so they can beg for it, you are absolutely correct Stitch, what was I thinking...:D
     
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    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    So dogs won't eat peas or carrots simply because they can't use a knife?


    Wonder why carrot and pea baby food is so popular? Because I've sure as hell never seen an infant us a paring knife either, or dig a carrot out of the ground, or wash one, or clean it. Oh, the babies must only like to eat it when they want to regurgitate something else their parents gave them. :rolleyes:
     
  9. padre31

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    Among other reasons.

    Oh I see, so the doggie is going to chew through the pea pod, or swallow it whole and uncooked, so tell me their Stitches how do you think that will turnout for Mr. Fido?

    As for the baby food..are you being obtuse?
     
  10. Stitches

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    I should ask you the same question in general.

    Your reasoning for dogs not liking carrots or peas is stupid. Just because they can't clean or acquire something on their own doesn't mean they won't enjoy it if it is cleaned or cooked for them.

    I even said my dogs like cooked carrots, and two of them like raw carrots. They all eat cooked peas as well, I never tried giving them raw peas. I sure as hell don't eat raw peas. But obviously some dogs do like peas and carrots, just like some people like peas and carrots.

    Guess dogs won't like cooked chicken because they can't de-feather the chicken or cook it themselves? How ******ed.
     
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    GridIronKing34 Silently Judging You

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    Move to the Midwest and I'll show you that dogs will eat anything, even when it comes to tablescraps.
     
  12. padre31

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    Hmm..Arugula?

    "..tender prime cuts of filet mignon with fresh faux arugula, your dog will think he is eating at a fine dinning restuarant..."

    That'll sell.
     
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    Oh sure, that is not what I'm getting at, this "Gourmet Dog Food" doesn't contain real carrots or peas, they are little bits of some meat by product put there because Dog Owners apparently think if Fido is going to be fed "pork roast" it has to include faux peas and carrots because that is what the Dog Owner thinks should be a side dish with "pork roast".

    The other point that in the wild, a dog wouldn't seek out peas and carrots..only people bother with peeling and the other things that go along with them to feed them to their dogs..

    A Vegan will feed their dog veggie dog food, a Meat Eating dog owner will expect them to be included in their Gourmet Dog Food because that is how "they" eat their pork roast.
     
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    mine has eaten a piece of carrot yes but the commercial makes it seem like peas n carrots are dog's top choice of food.i garuntee if i put down a steak on one plate and a carrot/pea on another my dog will eat the steak first everytime.
     
  15. maynard

    maynard Who, whom?

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    my cats will eat corn off the cob lol
     
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    My dogs eat rats (among other critters) that they hunt for. They're very good dogs, seeing as I never ever have to feed them.

    And I'd suddenly offered them this stuff, I'm afraid they might just bite my face off.
     
  17. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    One of my dogs loves watermelon.
    Another of my dogs will forgo his dog food for bread.
    One of my cats loves corn and broccoli.
    Another cat loves pasta and sauce.
     

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