What is better canned dog food or dry dog food?

Answer 1

Both can be very good if you are using a good brand of dog food.

Some dogs do not take in enough water and need more wet food than dry, whereas some dogs do fine on a mostly dry diet. It really depends on the quality of food: The best foods are ones without ingredients such as Grain, Corn, Wheat Gluten, Cereals and Various Sugars, as these ingredients have very little or no nutritional value for dogs. Such ingredients can cause food Allergies, weight gain and other health problems in the long term.

These fillers are used instead of meat because, compared to meat, it is less costly, and helps to hold the kibble together. However, some high quality dry food brands such as Orijen, Innova and Applaws are free of grains and cereals.

The notion that dry food cleans a dog's teeth has not been proven. Kibble is hard and brittle, so it shatters at the tips of the teeth - providing little or no cleaning friction. Dental issues usually start at or under the gum line, so kibble is usually ineffective. Dry food should not be fed for the sole notion that it keeps an animal's teeth clean. Instead, the type of food fed should benefit the whole animal, not just one part of it.

Wet food is easier to find with no grains or other fillers, and has a high moisture content which keeps the dog hydrated.

Answer 2

Both- The canned is outrageous so use only occasionally as a treat or mix in. If you use the canned too much, they will never eat the dry stuff. But if you feed the dog wet canned food, sometimes the dog will get an upset stomach. I would go with the dry food though.

Answer 3

Normally they like both. Sometimes it depends on the dog.

Answer 4

dry food is much better for the dog as it contians more nutritional ingrediantas then wet dog food. However dogs do prefere the wet food

Answer 5

dry food has a chance of your dog choking but can last longer but wet food if it sits to long if is meat there Will be maggots other things wet will probably attract roaches or ants

Answer 6

A puppy should be fed a good name brand of puppy dry food as the dry food has more calories in it. The canned food has a lot of water in it not as much nutritional value....

Answer 7

Can they eat a mixture of wet food and dry food