# Are dogs and other animals fooled by Impossible and Beyond Meat burgers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 16, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330 "2019-09-16T18:19:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/21 "2019-09-17T06:34:19Z")
Ha, I just remembered, in an obedience course my dog took some years ago (he needs a refresher BTW) one of the things he had to do was walk by a hot dog. It was a hot dog made of rubber and while it looked just exactly like a hot dog, as far as I can recall it smelled like rubber. Of course he can smell 10,000 times better than I can, so… Anyway, he had a really hard time passing that hot dog. Another dog in the class actually grabbed the rubber hot dog and ran! A bull terrier. She ate about a third of it before her owner got it away from her. I think she did not get a diploma from that class. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/22 "2019-09-17T07:05:31Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Anyway, he had a really hard time passing that hot dog. I had to read your post a second time before realizing you (probably?) just meant the dog had a hard time _walking by_ the fake hot dog. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/23 "2019-09-17T12:40:06Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Except Labradors\*. Labs will eat things a goat wouldn’t touch. & [faster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYTSS14SFY0), too. > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > > [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > > > Anyway, he had a really hard time passing that hot dog. > > I had to read your post a second time before realizing you (probably?) just meant the dog had a hard time _walking by_ the fake hot dog. **Hilarity N. Suze** ’s dog realized that ‘hot’ dog was a bitch. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/24 "2019-09-17T17:56:02Z")
Our pit bull & pit mix will eat anything they think we eat. They are currently especially fond of kale ribs, purple cabbage and bananas. Our friend has two picky Siberian Huskies. They ignore a lot of the foods he has offered. Recently he’s been feeding them Impossible Burgers, which they eat with gusto. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/25 "2019-09-17T18:00:36Z")
My dog eats litter covered cat poop. Not sure what that means in answering the question, but a discerning palate she has not. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/26 "2019-09-17T19:49:13Z")
**Sailboat** , I was just about to mention that my mom’s current dog’s favorite treat is kale stems, too. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/27 "2019-09-17T20:15:25Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Anyway, he had a really hard time passing that hot dog. Another dog in the class actually grabbed the rubber hot dog and ran!. IIRC the rule of thumb is dogs sense of smell is about as powerful as our daylight visual perception. Obviously some dogs don’t know how to use it though. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/28 "2019-09-17T21:19:47Z")
Here’s a cat’s reaction… [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvj3xxqWy2M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvj3xxqWy2M) ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/29 "2019-09-18T00:40:37Z")
A lot of dogs are fans of peanut butter, no? So it’s not strictly a meat thing. Yeah, a lot of dogs are eat first, then seconds and whatever is left. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330/30 "2019-09-18T01:44:05Z")
In my extended family, while we are all gathered at table for some holiday meal, the conversation at some point will turn to the most disgusting thing their dog ever ate. My family is rather competitive, so there is an inexorable escalation. At the last family gathering, I remember someone crying, “my dog would eat the shit out of a corpse!” A respectful silence briefly followed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-and-other-animals-fooled-by-impossible-and-beyond-meat-burgers/840330.md?page=1)