I’ve had half a dozen dogs, none has been fed canned food, all of them were thrilled to hear the bowls being filled. (Except if they had been spoiled by a previous owner.)
In the words of Gary Larson: Oh boy! Dog food again!
If by wet food you mean Orijen kibble with a bit of warm water over it before I put the bowls down, then yes, that’s what my dogs get every day. If by wet you mean canned, they only get that as a special treat and never as their entire ration. (except for one dog for the first few days following dental surgery) Lots of treats and real food and sometimes a raw meal, but rarely canned food.
I’ve never fed any of my dogs wet food for precisely that reason. They get the runs. It’s always been kibble all the way. They love it, thrive on it, and I should say have been the least spoiled (in the rotten way) dogs on the planet. It is perfectly possible to feed a dog nothing but dry food and be assured you are giving it as much nutrition as it needs.
Take “their dog” out of this sentence and I can confirm this.
No but I can’t say I would be surprised in that situation.
lavenderviolet our dogs get Blue Buffalo too. They get only dry about 50% of the time, canned wet food when we have huge family meals (about twice a year) and the rest of the time I add plain white rice or pumpkin to their food.
Mojo has a sensitive stomach and a completely undiscerning palate which can result in some rather loose stool. Both pumpkin and rice seem to assist in firming things up a little and making him feel better. I now know that boxes of kleenex left on any surface 5’ high or lower are an invitation to snack. Dogs are weird.
We have two dogs, a cocker spaniel and a cocker/hound mix from the shelter, and they get dry food. At lunch, I split one of those small pouches of wet food between them, using it as a topping for their dry food. They love it. The pouches come in a box of 12, and it’s not too much, so it doesn’t mess with their stomachs. It also (allegedly) contains nutrients to help their coats (the rescue has kinda rough skin).
My dog gets raw meat, bones and veggies.
Walk through anywhere that sells dog food and look a the bags and bags of dry food. Canned food is mostly fed by indulgent owners of small dogs.
As for Dogfoodanalyis, it is one of the poorest sources of information on dog food there is. None of their opinions has the least shred of scientific backing. It is all about ingredients that sound good to people and has nothing about nutrients or the health of dogs. If you devoutly believe the more expensive something is, the better it is, then follow their advice.
I see no reason not to continue to feed dry Pedigree. Yes, it is high in corn. One of the favorite lies of those selling grain free dog foods is that dogs can’t digest corn. Well, no they can’t. People can’t even digest it straight off the ear. Ground and cooked, most of the nutrients in it are available to both humans and canines.
http://www.ddgs.umn.edu/articles-companion/2004-Hill-%20Alternative%20proteins%20in--.pdf
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/134/8/2141S#top
The only time I’ve given my dog wet food in her 11 years was after oral surgery.
I also feed kibble. Vets often recommend to since it’s better for their teeth to have something to munch on. My pup does get treats pretty regularly as well, and has access to bones to chew. I tend to buy a variety of treats and give him about one a day. Right now I have chicken jerky-wrapped biscuits, meat flavored mini cookies, and beef sticks (which I break into pieces), and I give him the odd bit of vegetable to nibble, though he usually doesn’t finish them. He loves treats, but he’s usually pretty excited about kibble too. I briefly had to feed him wet food while recovering from a stomach bug, and he liked it all right, but he wasn’t fazed at all by the return of kibble. The level of excitement was about equal. He does get fussy if the food is old or stale, though.
I think the dog’s pretty happy. I play with him frequently, talk to him a ton, exercise him, socialize him often with other dogs (who he knows by name) and take him out often. Right now, he’s passed out from a “doggie date” with my sister’s dog; I dropped him by over lunch so they could play in their fenced yard until the evening. He’ll manage to survive without wet food as a part of his diet, I think!
My dogs eat whatever shit is cheap and has minimal soy and feathers. Lately it’s been closeout biscuits.
Not that dogs won’t happily eat soy and feathers, but soy makes them fart and my wife insists they can’t properly digest feathers. Squirrel fur I knew about.
They also eat my leftovers, adding balance to their diets. They are omnivores, like people, and can digest most of what we eat. Except soy, but we don’t always do a good job of that, either.
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.
All our dogs get dry food, floated with water when we feed them. Guide Dogs set the menu for our guide puppies, and it was always dry. We gave our pet dog half a can of wet food mixed in with his dry for a treat, but that is about it. Never hurt any of them.
Same here :nodding: In the summer I sprinkle a little brewers’ yeast and garlic powder on the kibble before the water. It’s a great homemade flea/tick repellent. Neither of them have had either in years.
I’ve always been told a steady diet of wet food is bad for a dog.
I’ve never fed my dog wet dog food. She has…tummy issues… 
There’s a vitamin oil additive I sometimes give her on her food.
I feed her IAMS, or Science Diet, Eagle, that sort of thing.
I don’t feed corn to my dogs (residents, fosters and rescues) because many dogs are allergic to corn. Makes more sense for me to feed non-corn-based kibble from the start and avoid (or clear up) allergic reactions.
FWIW, symptoms of food allergy include gas and loose stools. Y dog’s MMV. Regards,
We’ve found that this is fairly true, but Simple Dog also likes to eat the kong after she chews pieces off of it. This is true for any rubber or leather that she gets her hands on, especially shoes.
Sounds about right-- Simple Dog enjoys both eating kleenex and tearing it into small pieces. She also likes to eat the fluff out of pillows if Helper Dog has opened one up for her.
Our dogs both have soy allergies, which come in the form of rashes and, in the case of Simple Dog, loose stools. It’s just easier to go grain-free to avoid the soy.
Buddy eats kibble twice a day. Plus whatever we happen to be eating.
I can’t help it!
Ooh, is this yours? It’s awesome - even my daughter laughed loads at it.
One of my dogs gets wet food due to lack of teeth, but the other gets dry food. And I always leave out extra dry food just in case when I’m not there to feed them; even my toothless dog can eat it. It just causes him pain. (But pain is better than starving.)