Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
If you had the opportunity to observe my bulldog who enthusiastically greets his twice daily meal of exactly the same thing, dried food, you would not be so dismissive of it. He loves it and is always excited about meal time And when he gets little extra treats of people food, he’s over the moon happy. “Chimken” is his favorite people treat.

My tiny cat is a chow hound and does not get fat but hangs around the kitchen counters for people food and as result she does get more than the other cat who is much better behaved.
Animal food manufacturers are apparently as good at engineering hyper-palatability into their food as human ones.