>>47358658Because it’s meant to invoke the image of a dog eating food. It’s pretty telling when even Pokémon that can use utensils end up eating their food with their hands because that would be too human like. Your poke waifu eats dog food with her paws like an animal, sit on that.
And these imagery doesn’t stop there. I think it’s fairly clear that they want people to think of Pokémon as pets more than your spouse. There’s no other reason as to why have Pokémon eat literal dog food out of a doggy bowl