The Secret of How Dogs Judge Tasty Food

1 The Secret of How Dogs Judge Tasty Food

In a dog’s eyes, the world’s colors are black and white, so they can’t judge food by color; a dog’s taste is very poor relative to humans — dogs have only about 1700 taste cells, humans about 10000, so dogs can’t taste delicate flavors, food is usually swallowed directly, so telling your dog ‘eat slowly, you can’t taste like this’ is futile.

Then how does a dog judge if food is tasty?

The answer is — smell! Although a dog’s taste is dull,

their smell is beyond human reach; one sniff tells good from bad, maybe even smells the various ingredients!

So for dogs, smell matters more than taste; even if food tastes so-so, if it smells good, they’ll eat with relish.

If your dog is picky, try giving more meat, dairy — they are especially fond of these foods;

if you don’t want to give too much, mix a little into the kibble, also helps!

In closing:

Now you know, what you find tasty the dog may not like; they care more about smell.

The other common pet, cats, are worse — cat taste is even poorer than dogs, seems they’ll never taste deliciousness.