--- title: Cat and Dogs Eating With Human Hands: Video description: Isn't it every pet's dream to be able to eat at the dining room table alongside humans? This ad for pet food company Freshpet replaces... canonical: https://time.com/3641958/freshpet-ad-pets-eating-with-human-hands-terrifying/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-19T19:19:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:29.216Z og:title: Cat and Dogs Eating With Human Hands: Video og:description: Isn't it every pet's dream to be able to eat at the dining room table alongside humans? This ad for pet food company Freshpet replaces... og:url: https://time.com/3641958/freshpet-ad-pets-eating-with-human-hands-terrifying/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd8a942a4c79726/69877017e20a8763ffa8427e/screen-shot-2014-12-19-at-10-36-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-12-19 at 10.36.23 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cat and Dogs Eating With Human Hands: Video twitter:description: Isn't it every pet's dream to be able to eat at the dining room table alongside humans? This ad for pet food company Freshpet replaces... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd8a942a4c79726/69877017e20a8763ffa8427e/screen-shot-2014-12-19-at-10-36-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Ad Featuring Pets Eating With Human Hands Is Terrifying  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 19, 2014 7:19 PM UTC   by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 19, 2014 7:19 PM UTC Isn’t it every pet’s dream to be able to eat at the dining room table alongside humans? This ad for pet food company [Freshpet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhg7Xm4FXAY) replaces the heads of 14 humans sitting around the dining room table with the heads of 13 dogs and one cat. The animals use their human hands to do what many humans do at dinner, play with their iPhones at the table or sneak a sip of booze from a flask underneath the table. The one thing they do not do is talk. Frankly, people watching this spot who have to have dinner with chatty relatives over the holidays might envy that part. Cat and Dogs Eating With Human Hands: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3641958/freshpet-ad-pets-eating-with-human-hands-terrifying/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3641958/freshpet-ad-pets-eating-with-human-hands-terrifying/"},"headline":"This Ad Featuring Pets Eating With Human Hands Is Terrifying","datePublished":"2014-12-19T19:19:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:29.216Z","description":"Isn't it every pet's dream to be able to eat at the dining room table alongside humans? This ad for pet food company Freshpet replaces...","url":"https://time.com/3641958/freshpet-ad-pets-eating-with-human-hands-terrifying/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd8a942a4c79726/69877017e20a8763ffa8427e/screen-shot-2014-12-19-at-10-36-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd8a942a4c79726/69877017e20a8763ffa8427e/screen-shot-2014-12-19-at-10-36-23-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-12-19 at 10.36.23 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3641958/freshpet-ad-pets-eating-with-human-hands-terrifying/","name":"This Ad Featuring Pets Eating With Human Hands Is Terrifying"}}]}] ```