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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. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```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":"2026-10-01T09:02:21.337Z","description":"Isn't it every pet's dream to be able to eat at the dining room table alongside humans? 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