# Anybody NOT feed their dog wet dog food? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201 "2011-07-16T00:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/61 "2011-07-16T22:53:07Z")
I only feed my dogs raw meat, bones, and organs. They never get the runs (although there is definitely a tricky adjustment period if you are switching them onto this type of diet!). I know a lot of people who only feed their dogs dry kibble. It’s not a big deal. Eating the same plain food every day isn’t a barrel of laughs, but it never hurt anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/62 "2011-07-16T22:57:29Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Wow. Thanks for the responses guys. I don’t feel so guilty any more. I’ll try switching to kibble and see how that works. Just an FYI but you should gradually introduce new dog food. There can be bouts of the runs when switching dog food, but of course that may not be an issue for you :D. ---
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/63 "2011-07-16T23:43:30Z")
I very seldom switch dog foods except puppy chow to ALS at 4 months. I did switch one puppy from Iams to Purina 1. I drug the switch out over a week. It still took a month for her stools to firm up. They were formed, just softer. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/64 "2011-07-17T00:00:30Z")
> [@Fed up](#): > > I rescued a little Chihuahua mix that was very skinny and would not eat the > food that came with him. I got about 20 different kinds of dry kibble samples and through trial and error he will only eat Orijen which is a 6 on that scale uptread. It costs about $3 per pound. :smack: > > Anything for Lucky Louie. No wet dog food but we do cook chicken for him on occasion. My mother’s dog needs to be fed his food by hand. But it IS kibble. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/65 "2011-07-17T00:07:08Z")
Huddy also gets the occasional dinosaur bone for his teeth and to keep him happy. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/66 "2011-07-17T02:03:43Z")
The chihuahua gets 1/4 C Eukanuba in the morning and another in the afternoon. She has never seen wet food, so she can’t miss what she has never had, I guess. If I changed her diet I guess she could sulk, but when she got hungry enough she would eat. She loves her food and does a twirling happy dance when she sees me pick up her bowl. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/67 "2011-07-17T06:08:09Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > None of the dogs I’ve had has ever gotten wet dog food. They get the dry kibble with a tiny bit of water. None of that canned stuff. My Shi Tzu/Westie sisters are named after you because they look like eyebrows when they get loose and run along together. I add more OOOOOOOs to the Doom. Had a Cocker so adept at climbing into the twins’ high chairs and eating what was on their trays without them noticing that I bought one bag of kibble in two years. As an American Indian guy (emphasis probably on the “guy,” but this was the late 60s) told my wife, “A hunting dog that won’t steal food is no damned good.” Didn’t hunt her, but I usually made a target before she did. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/68 "2011-07-22T04:38:46Z")
I feed my dog dry food only, but some of his treats (for training) are kind of mushy. He does have other things to look forward to. There’s the walks. The chasing of the balls. The stealing of the cats’ food (also dry). And of course learning stuff. LOTS of things to look forward to. It’s Blue Buffalo puppy food, I think lamb flavor (well, not just flavor, there’s actual meat in there). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/69 "2011-07-22T18:56:03Z")
We only serve our Dobie dry Nature’s Plan, but she gets at least some of everything we eat, plus treats. Plus unidentified things she finds outdoors. We used to give her Blue Buffalo, which coincided with her having some “accidents” in our bed. I doubt the dog food had anything to do with it, but we switched just to be on the safe (and dry) side. But not before we posted her baby picture at the Blue Buffalo site: [http://www.bluebufftradingcards.com/PetAlbum-Inside.aspx?PTID=1&BID=59&SID=11&PNS=lilith&AIX=0](http://www.bluebufftradingcards.com/PetAlbum-Inside.aspx?PTID=1&BID=59&SID=11&PNS=lilith&AIX=0) ---
**Author:** ![RoeCocoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@RoeCocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoeCocoa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201/70 "2011-07-22T19:09:01Z")
My parents’ dog has always had stomach problems. She’s been on Science Diet Adult Sensitive Stomach dry food for most of her life and is a healthy, happy, slightly demented 13-year-old. When she has a flare-up despite the special diet, or refuses to eat the dry stuff, my parents give her white rice (the vet said it was okay). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-not-feed-their-dog-wet-dog-food/589201.md?page=3)