• andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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    8 months ago

    This reminds me of our dog, whose tastes have evolved significantly as the kids have gotten older and the food they drop has presumably improved. Cheerios, once a delicacy to be inhaled, now sit on the floor unbothered until we sweep them up ourselves.

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      8 months ago

      Idk what it is, but your comment has gotta be one of the most well crafted and funny comments I’ve ever seen. I swear it reads like poetry.

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        8 months ago

        Why thank you! I did spend a bit of time trying to paint the right picture, because it’s legitimately funny to me how the bar has raised so much over the years.

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        8 months ago

        My dog is the pickiest eater I know. The problem I have is that it is never consistent. One day nothing is good enough, another he ignores steak for kibble, the next is a cat food day, then all of a sudden it is time for steak!

        He has the forbidden knowledge that you can crave certain food at the moment, but he has no way to tell be what exactly he wants haha.

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          8 months ago

          but he has no way to tell be what exactly he wants haha

          Might it be possible to teach him to associate a picture or toy with certain foods (or food categories), and “request” foods by bringing you that toy? Something kind of like this but in reverse. I once had a neighbour whose cat (yes, cat!) would purportedly “request” his dinner from a lineup of sealed canned food.

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            8 months ago

            If he was food motivated to teach with, sure 😁

            I usually set out options and give the command to eat. I’m getting better at guessing which food he wants though.