Does anyone else have "confused" pets?

My dogs just eat everything. Dog food - check Cat food- check fish food - check dirty tissues - check ( what species is supposed to eat that ?)

My pets are really confused on a larger level than just the food. My cat and dog with eat each others food and anything else. The other things they are confused about is the fact the dog thinks it is a cat. It's best friends with cats and does not like dogs. Both the dog and cat have tried to begin a romantic relationship with each other, cat is a boy and dog is a girl.

Well our dogs will eat anything, dog food, cat food, food on the counter, food in your hands, well needless to say we have 10 dogs currently so we have moved them to a pen outside so we can have food to eat. Our cats have the life of luxury, they have wet food in their special bowls and a feeder for their dry and one for their water and an automatic cat box that cleans itself, I always say when I die I want to come live at my house :)

We had this issue as well believe me. They seem to eat what they want no matter what we buy. We finally gave up fighting them. We buy dry cat food, 3 bags of it for the month. We buy 30 cans of wet dog food for the month. We have a bowl of dry down all day and night. The other bowl we mix with dry and a can for the dog, who shares it with the cats. She does great on it and seems to like it better then the dog food. She's a collie with a small beak and so many of the dog foods are too big for her to eat comfortably so she prefers the cat food. It works great for us and them so why fight it?

No, you are not alone! I have 2 daschunds who will beg and plead to eat the cat food! So, when I feed them all I have to make sure that I keep them seperated or they will eat all the cat food and not touch their own. I am not sure, but it seems like the cat food is not good for dogs to eat, so I am very dilligent about it now that I know this is what they are doing. My 2 dogs and 1 inside cat are confused about sleeping arrangements, too. They all huddle together in the dog bed under a blanket when we are not home. Everyone laughs because they believe that dogs and cats should be sworn enemies, but not my three. Now, the stray cats outside are fair game for the doggies, or so they think. As soon as they go outside they have to chase them all away from the porch and the front of the house. I don't know why they get along with one and not the others. Maybe because they have been in the house together or something.

no its not just you! my dad went out and got expensive puppy food. i mean it had everything in it that a puppy needs to grow. and we had gotten a cat around the same time. we were also feeding them in the same place and the dog was eating the cat food. so we just started feeding them in different spots and it seemed to work. maybe you can try that?

I think that you are lucky enough to collect all the whacked out animals. The foods your animals eats of each other shows that there habits haven mixed together. You should saparate them and also you self.... LOL because I have started thinking about you & yours eating... NO hard feelings... just ...

Maxxx the dog will eat anything. Hubby is always cursing at him for eating the cat food. We have at least two out of the four cats that will eat the dog food. Usually they all eat their own as we make the effort to check on them.

That is too funny- My dogs would eat anything I put in front of them within reason- even cat poo. YUK! They get that from the yard. I don’t try to let them eat cat food but they will if they can. My cat is an indoors cat and the only food she can get to is her food. She is weird though- because at times I’ll give her milk and she doesn’t really lap it up- sometimes she even turns her nose up at it- but she loves to sneak ice cream from my bowl when I’m not paying attention! Cute animals!

My cat thinks she's a people and should get human food, does that count? Last week, I was having dinner with friends and there was a spare chair at the table. She hopped up and sat there pretty as you please waiting for me to serve her a plate...and I would have too, but we were having something that was bad for her kitty tummy. As your vet to be sure, but I doubt the food mixup will hurt them too much, but do be careful about the garlic on the diet food. I think it's okay for dogs, but very unhealthy for cats. Good luck with your confused pets.

My understanding is that cat food tastes better then dog food - but I will not swear to these since i have not eaten either one. But dogs should never eat cat food. Cat food is supposed to be much richer then dog food and cause kidney / bladder problems for dogs if they eat it. If I remember correctly from when I housed multiple species? Check with your vet, but until then please keep them apart.

I had a wonderful little dog for 10 years who absolutely refused to eat dog food no matter how expensive or tasty it seemed to be. He ate cat food all the time. LIVE IN PEACE

Thanks for bringing back memories when I had my Golden Retriever and my cat, and a horse. The golden loved to eat the horse food when I would get it ready, it had molasses in it, and she perferred cat food over her own dog food. The cat ate the dog food so I guess it worked out. lol As for the horse, she was the only one that ate the right food for the species! LOL

Can you make a vegetarian animal.. ha ha ha?

I think thats too funny. Well I dont have to worry about that I have all cats.LOL I think they are just curious on what the other is eating.