Do you share food with your pets?

poll by twiigs.com

Comments

[Philip]

Occasionally if it's something that I won't feel guilty about giving them and they are practically begging. OMG, I remember I was eating pizza once and my cat must've been unbelievably hungry because he grabbed the piece in his mouth off my plate and ran away with it! I was like "Since when do you eat pizza?!" lol

[Jorge Rodrigues]

My cat loves to steal ham when I'm making a sandwich. It's utterly irresistible and adorable.

[Travis]

"Share" implies consent. Our dog has been nicknamed The Baked-Good Bandit.

[caroline]

My dog eats literally everything. My mother had a theory that she (my dog) is willing to eat anything that she sees humans eat; a hypothesis that has proven true most of the time. My dog actually likes fruit and will be picky about watermelon (tasteless parts close to the rind = no-no). She also once stole an entire ball of raw cookie dough from the kitchen table and had terrible indigestion afterwards.

[Greg]

Not so much "eww, no" but just "no" since I have 2 very large dogs and I've trained them not to beg for food. It makes dinner parties awkward if they're waiting around to get scraps from guests (even though all my friends want to anyway and I tell them they can't.) They get free run of my home so I'd rather they not become food pests and it keeps their weight in check so they'll live longer.

Anyway, half the time they eat better than I do (they're raw fed lamb, venison, duck, etc. while I eat chicken breast)