Our next-door neighbor left some cans of cat food on our stoop with a note saying her cat didn’t like them. Our cat does like some of them—we recognized the cans as ones she likes.
BUT there was a second box of a brand I did not recognize. Upon further inspection, I discovered why our neighbor's cat didn’t like that stuff: It was dog food. I told her about it and she burst out laughing. It seems her father bought it for her as a favor and must not have read the label. (I gave it to another neighbor who has a dog.)
I've had cats that didn't mind eating from the dog's bowl and dogs that were happy to eat cat food. Most of them seem to be a case of 'does your pet like this?' rather than 'Is this the food that was manufactured with them in mind?' Usually cats won't eat if they aren't hungry but we had couldn't leave the dog's dry food out and about because the cat would just wait for a chance, swoop in, and eat all he could stomach.
