Cats and dogs have a much keener sense of smell than us, so why does pet food smell so awful!?

Question

Joke question, unless I am mistaken, it's to prevent us from eating it!

Answer 1

Wild, non domesticated dogs & cats will eat carrion, (rotting flesh) Just as the smell of cooked food makes us hungry (even if we're not) the smell of rotting food could trigger a sence of primal urgency (to eat) in animals.
Personaly the smell of cat food makes me chuck. :-(

Answer 2

Well it's an acquired taste I guess. My dog will eat his food but goes hyper when I BBQ anything, use cheese, or fry up eggs.

I see it as something that you like, may not be appetizing for everyone else. Lets try some examples.... in Thailand they eat scorpions and crickets, in Hong Kong they sell curry ice cream, and then we can ask something simple...how many out there eat their eggs with ketchup?

Answer 3

If you were an animal that went around smelling your own and other animals rear ends, pet food would smell good to you!

Answer 4

Have you checked what else yer pets sniff at,do you still wonder about yer pets logic ie if it smells awful to my owner I will eat it and anything else that comes my way that is called survival

Answer 5

um dogs love bad smells well smells that would seem bad to our senses hence the fact our senses are different

Answer 6

They love it, so why should we care? Personally though, I think chicken smells terrible, but it's still one of my favourite foods.

Whatever you do though, don't leave broccoli sealed in a pressure cooker overnight, and then make the mistake of opening it.

Answer 7

if you liked the smell of rancid meat and road kill then you would like the smell of the dog food to.

Answer 8

Im not really sure....My cat loves the smell of my hands after i smoke though (cigarettes) I never understood that either...

Answer 9

It does stink doesn't it? But, to a pet it will smell delicious, and that's all that matters.

Answer 10

it may smell god-awful to us but the dog may think it smells sooooooo good.