"Robatoy" wrote

Oh sure.... throw the 'smoking things' variable in there. What doesn't
taste better smoked? Hell, a dog turd probably tastes okay smoked. We
buy smoked bones for Moxie and some of those smell so good I feel like
lying down on the floor beside her and beg for a few gnaws.

My wife and I were in a line at the pet big box store. The guy behind us had
a few smoked pig ears in his hand. Our little girl got all excited when she
smelled them. We thought it was cute until she growled and attacked the pig
ears and took one. She made it very clear that anyone who took that thing
away from her was gonna die.

She weighed all of 12 lbs. and was all territorial and businesslike.
Everybody thought it was pretty funny. My wife was embarrassed by the whole
thing.

So it is true. Dogs like smoked meat too. Must be genetic. From hanging
around all those fires for thousands of years. Come to think of it, that
must apply to us as well. We hung around those same campfires. Is there a
smoked meat or barbecue gene?