She smell checks almost every ingredient and never tastes. Best cat. Then she smells the end product and we’re both like ‘that’s that done, then’.

  • Taybur@lemmy.world
    70·
    2 years ago

    My cat doesn’t care for people food, but she does paw at my arm until she gets to smell my breath when I’m eating. Our routine is for me to take a bite, open my mouth and breathe at her, and then she sniffs and walks away.

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
    45·
    2 years ago

    My dog all of the time. Anything I think he’ll find interesting. But especially if he’s been curiously watching me with the item. Dogs love inspecting new things.

    • The Barto@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 years ago

      I do the same, but I’ll tell her what it is and what it’s used for so she’s got all the information about it.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I got a package today and I had to practically pry one of my dogs off of it because he was so interested in it. It wasn’t for him.

  • Wodge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 years ago

    I have to show my cats all sorts of stuff, bolts, tools, gamepads, pens. They’re incredibly nosy, not curious, as that kills cats, just nosy and inquisitive.

  • Rambi@lemm.ee
    29·
    2 years ago

    Every time I’m holding something and my dog thinks it’s food I let her smell it and then she’s like “oh ok I’m not interested then”

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    Pretty much all the time. Whenever my cat is staring at me and I have something in my hands, if he’s close enough to sniff, I hold it where he can sniff. Doesn’t matter what it is.

    If it’s food, and maybe the food is something he is interested in, I can see his expression/posture change, and I pull back and and separate a small, cat-sized bite for him to try, being careful to only give him cat friendly morsels, like a piece of meat or something.

    Usually he doesn’t have any interest in what I’m eating, so that’s rare. Most of the time he sniffs, then retreats to a safe distance, uninterested in what I’m having… I just think he’s not sure until he gets a good whiff; so I give him one.

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
    17·
    2 years ago

    My cat likes to watch me prep, she’s only interested in smelling after we’re done cooking. We’ve started to look for her approval lol it’s her highest mark if she licks her lips

  • Sindralyn@infosec.pubEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    My cat immediately tries to eat anything I show him. Feathers, pinecones… he’s not the brightest.

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Meanwhile, one of my parents cats refuses to eat wet food and will taste test it by dipping her paw into it and tasting what is on her paw, then usually decides it isn’t what she likes and yeows for something else. She pretty much only eats Temptations Cat Treats.

  • ooterness@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    My cat insists on it. With almost any new thing, she will meow until she gets to sniff it.

  • Countess425@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 years ago

    My cat has to sniff the can of cat food after I dump it out in her bowl so she can decide if it’s worth the 4 steps it’ll take to get to the bowl. She’s a cat, she can smell the food in her bowl from less than a foot away. But if she doesn’t get to sniff the can, it might as well be poison for all she knows.

    • PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbtEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      As far as the cat knows, that can is a dead animal. Wouldn’t you want to check if the animal is diseased before you eat its guts?

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      My parents have 4 cats, three of them willingly eat the wet food as soon as we put it down. Also, there 3 generations of cats (we started out with a brother and sister as kittens, my parents didn’t get them fixed in time, the brother impregnated the sister, we kept one of the offspring, my dad had a heart attack and we didn’t get to spay her in time and she also had kittens from an unknown suitor). The original female we started with is very picky, when we put down wet food for her and half the time she’s like “fuck this”. Occasionally she’ll dip her paw into it and then taste what’s on her paw to see if it’s worth eating. Cracks me up every time I see it.