Dogs And Cats Living Together

November 18, 2006 9:23 PM

You'll find truth in advertising to a degree that wouldn't be likely today over at this huge catalog of Retro Pet Food Labels for Dog/Cat/Both. Many more pet related items in the online exhibit here.
posted by jonson (27 comments total)

Iremeber seeing a can of 'Horsemeat Cocktail' catfood on the shelf of a supermarket sometime in the late 70's/early 80's. We put some in the cat's bowl. She wasn't havin' it. Call it what you want to.
posted by jonmc at 9:29 PM on November 18, 2006

Horsemeat: if it's good enough for the French, it's good enough for your dog.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:30 PM on November 18, 2006

*feeds Jerry Lewis to his dog*
posted by jonmc at 9:33 PM on November 18, 2006

Glayvin!
posted by fleetmouse at 9:43 PM on November 18, 2006

This is great, jonson. And it reminds me of one of my favorite marketing disasters (at least I hope it was a marketing disaster), Sharables. Mmmm, fish rinds!
posted by maryh at 9:56 PM on November 18, 2006

I wouldn't be so sure that our pets aren't eating similar stuff now. Pick up a can of pet food and notice how many vague terms like "meat" and "meat by-products" you can spot.
posted by Artifice_Eternity at 9:58 PM on November 18, 2006

Tuna jerky ain't shit, maryh. My buddy Rob the Cop in Hawaii sent me some of this once. Nastiest shit I ever tasted. Just opening the bag made the whole room smell like low tide.
posted by jonmc at 10:00 PM on November 18, 2006

Good Lord, maryh! Someone actually marketed food as "eh, maybe this is for animals, maybe it's for humans, we let the customer decide?" Crazy.
posted by jonson at 10:06 PM on November 18, 2006

By the way, jonmc "clam jerky" sounds like the punchline to a dirty joke, but I can't quite put it together.
posted by jonson at 10:07 PM on November 18, 2006

Damn, jonmc... Is that a snack or a euphemism for some perverse, obscure sex act (a la the dirty sanchez)?
posted by maryh at 10:08 PM on November 18, 2006

Well, that ad copy, "For dogs, cats and you!" was probably ill-advised. But isn't it kinda funny how we draw these distinctions: food for us, and food for our pets, when in fact we're all just animals, and the things we eat (meat, for example) are essentially the same.

And making jerky from fish really isn't any weirder than making it from beef. Salmon jerky, for instance, is delicious. You can get all sorts of dried fish snacks here in Japan, many of them are very tasty. Great with beer!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:10 PM on November 18, 2006

Taste test: Catfood vs Dogfood.
posted by cenoxo at 10:19 PM on November 18, 2006

Fantastic gallery. Thanks!
posted by spacelux at 10:29 PM on November 18, 2006

By the way, jonmc "clam jerky" sounds like the punchline to a dirty joke, but I can't quite put it together.

Nothing turns me on like a punchline lacking a joke, jonson--excuse me for a few minutes while I jerk my clammy.
posted by Powerful Religious Baby at 10:31 PM on November 18, 2006

...and in somewhat better taste, here's "cat food" and "dog food" at Cartoon Bank.
posted by cenoxo at 10:38 PM on November 18, 2006

I wish this exhibit would come to Chicago!
posted by SisterHavana at 10:43 PM on November 18, 2006

I like the Forty Niner- 49% horsemeat dog food. Well hell, if it's 49% horsemeat, who cares what the other 51% is?
posted by Kronoss at 10:49 PM on November 18, 2006

Plastic surgeon grade A
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:22 PM on November 18, 2006

My life is now complete.
Oh, dear I'm drunk.
posted by bobobox at 12:34 AM on November 19, 2006

strawberryviagra: now with 70% more Rosie!
(chuckwagon tears out dog door, leaves smoking skidmarks)
posted by maryh at 1:31 AM on November 19, 2006

Hey, lay off the fish jerky! I have a Hawaiian friend who gives me some from time to time and it is pretty good, if a little different.
posted by TedW at 3:38 AM on November 19, 2006

Previously.
posted by mediareport at 4:45 AM on November 19, 2006

Actually, I think that food's much better for our pets than what they're primarily served today.
posted by dobbs at 6:33 AM on November 19, 2006

when in fact we're all just animals

STOP FORCING YOUR RELIGION ON ME YOU ARROGANT PROSLETYZING SELF-RIGHTEOUS CRETIN
posted by quonsar at 6:40 AM on November 19, 2006

I think it's pretty cool that some of them have "spice" as an ingredient. Not enough attention is paid to the pet palate these days.

This one even has onions! (Kind of a bad idea for cats, but at least they'll drop dead with a delicious taste in their mouth.)
posted by bink at 7:22 AM on November 19, 2006

jonson. most reliably good fpp'er ever.
posted by localhuman at 8:26 AM on November 19, 2006

d'oh! Sorry for the sorta double post, mediareport.
posted by jonson at 9:59 AM on November 19, 2006