When purchasing food for your four legged companion, do you purchase what sounds good to you?
I just had the strangest experience…I was trying to buy dog food online, and everything I selected (because it sounded good to me) was sold out; I ended up having to buy the least ‘tasty sounding’ How strange, LOL!
One of my cats would be super unhappy if I don’t buy her food. Meaning the food she has been eating for many years now. 
chewy.com is backlogged. I just placed an order and got this email:
“Things are a little backed up on our end with many pet parents ordering food and supplies. Rest assured, we’re working hard to deliver your order as soon as possible, while caring for the health and safety of our team members.
We expect most orders to be delivered within the next 5-8 days. You’ll automatically receive a tracking link as soon as your order ships. Nothing to do on your part. We’re taking care of it.
Thank you for understanding. We hope all our pet parents and their beloved pets stay safe.”
And like @BunsenBurner woe betide me should the kibble not be up to standard around here!
What humans may think is “good” may not necessarily be what cats or dogs want. For example, some cats go crazy over liver, but most humans do not buy liver cat food for them.
We were at the vet this morning, so I bought the best puppy food they had.
@HouseChatte
I just placed an order with them a couple of days ago and it still arrived in quick chewy fashion! I received that same email when I placed my order so maybe they are trying to under promise and over deliver?
My 4 cats are on an ungodly expensive Rx urinary food by Hills. Only one of our 4 needs it, but they all eat from the same dish so they all get it. It keeps crystals from forming so I just try to look at is a preventive medicine for the other 3.
Thanks for the reminder. Our small dog eats Fromm so I went to our usual vendor to check it out. She likes all the varieties so I could order anything. All the 5 lb bags were sold out and most of the 15 lb were as well. I ordered two 15 lb bags quickly before I had to go with a 30 or 60lb bag. She is all set for about a year.
Checking back to say that Chewy came through to keep me off my dogs’ ahem list! I’m in northern New England, and what usually takes one or two days took a week, but the kibble has arrived. Takes us about two weeks to go through a 15lb bag. These things can eat.
Although I have not done so recently, I check to see which dog food brands have the most recalls & I avoid them. Surprisingly, it seems like the most expensive upscale brands are recalled the most often (Blue Buffalo comes to mind). Surprised at how often the expensive dog food sold exclusively by veternarians has been recalled.
I buy different varieties of PurinaOne. Also, buy MilkBones. My dogs will not eat any treat other than Milk Bones.
Also, my dogs love to be hand-fed fresh cooked chicken. (I have an alternate definition of “chicken fingers” so I prefer to place the fresh cooked and separated chicken in their bowls.)
Also, love fresh cooked salmon. They prefer “wild caught”, but will eat farm-raised as well.
P.S. Also like to buy “Hickory Smoked Tuna” packets. Divide one pouch between two bowl fulls of PurinaOne dry dog food as a topping.
P.P.S. Also buy PurinaOne canned “wet” dog food. Chicken & duck as well as turkey & venison combos.
@Publisher I would totally eat like one of your dogs! Mine really love Kongs stuffed with a mix of kibble and single-ingredient meat baby food that’s been frozen. I don’t use bowls for meals or they’d love toppers. Instead we scatter dry kibble on separate areas of the kitchen floor so they can forage and practice scent work. My lil suburban hunter-gatherers.
@HouseChatte : Interesting that you scatter dry kibble. One of my dogs occasionally spills dry kibble on the floor prior to eating. Now I understand why.
My kitty eats only one kind of kibble. And it wouldn’t be fun to run out. We have about 20 pounds…hoping that lasts a while.
He also doesn’t like stale food!
My pet store is only doing curb side pickup (or delivery on orders of $50 or more.) You just call with your order, drive over, call and tell them you are there - pop the trunk and they bring it out. When you call they take your CC# so no contact at all.
I’ve had a standing, subscribe-and-save order with Amazon forever for a bag of dry dog food large enough for a month’s supply… for ages. I look at the ingredients and buy grain-free because one of my dogs has skin allergies and the grain-free seems to help. Beyond that I really go for the least expensive.
My pet store let me in, no one else, and the saleswoman brought me what I asked for, with the choices. One could not shop. After I paid, they let me out, and another customer could enter.
@bookworm chain or indie?
Pet supermarket
I need to look it up. Ok at least 3 in our county
I am a fan of Chewy for pet needs. My Chewy delivery arrived (not the typical 2 days, but 4 days, as they warned). If anyone thinks I hoard cat litter… tough life. We have 3, and baby kid has 2 cats. - all with healthy metabolism, ?. I order litter for them all!