How often should you feed your dog canned food?

Question

I have a 6 month old lab mix puppy. We normally feed her Canidae dry food, which she seems to like. Every two weeks or so we'll give her Canidae canned food, and she LOVES this. How often should we be feeding her canned food? I know it's higher in water content, so we shouldn't feed her canned food too often. Thanks!

Answer 1

There is no reason not to give your puppy some canned food every day mixed with her dry. Canned food actually has a higher meat content and less carbohydrates then dry. It has a lot of nutrition in it. A good quality canned food such as Canidae doesn't have that high a water content..the moisture pretty much is obtained from the meat content and very little water.
Contrary to popular belief (even among some vets) canned food doesn't cause tooth problems (nor does dry food prevent them).Dogs do not chew their food the way humans do.Food doesn't stay in the mouth long enough to cause tooth issues. Dogs also will not get diarreha from canned food any more readily then they will dry as long as the food is introduced gradually over a period of time and also is of good quality.

Canidae canned/dry is an excellant quality food..with terrific quality meat based ingredients...a wonderful choice. :)

I feed my Danes and German Shorthaired Pointer Canidae both wet and dry daily. :) My 8 month old Dane eats 5 cups plus one can of Canidae daily. (he's my show boy), my GSP (NAVDHA dog) eats a tad over 1 cup dry and 2 tablespoons of Canidae daily. My Adult Dane gets @ the same as my pup only 4 cups instead of 5 (she's my retired show girl)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

I wouldn't give it to her to often, if she gets to used to that she will stop eating the dry food. Usually dogs get the runs if the eat canned food. What you should do is wait until she is at least a year and then treat her with it once a week, choose the same day every week. This way if you wait her stomach won't be as sensitive and she won't get to the point where she only wants to eat the canned food. If you really want to give it to her now, mix half a can in with her dry food.

Answer 5

Well, I feed my dog dry food in the morning, and dry and canned food at night. So you could probably do the same thing. Well, then again...it also depends on what kind of dog you have. big dogs need to eat more. if you need anymore advise, e-mail me at [e-mail]

Answer 6

I only feed my dogs a tablespoon full of canned food only on weekends. Once on Saturday and Once on Sunday with one of their meals. They eat twice a day. Too much is not good for their teeth seeing that it doesn't scrub and clean the teeth like dry kibble does. Also the extra calories\protein can make the dog fat. Dog have no need for all those extra calories just like humans.

Answer 7

My dog only eats now canned food. She hates dry food and I think dry food has been invented for the lazy people. Easy to pour from the bag into the bowl, doesn't smell etc...

All my other dog friends feed dry food mixed with canned food.

I asked my Vet to see if only canned food is ok and YES, it is...
our dog is very healthy, her fur is nice and shiny...
Ask your Vet the next time.
Who would like to eat just dry stuff all the time???

Answer 8

I never feed my dogs canned food, switching food can upset their stomachs, and hard dog food is better for their teeth and mouth :)

Answer 9

Don't give it to her very much. Too much canned food can do a lot of damage to your puppy's teeth. Try mixing a LITTLE canned food in her dry food once or twice a week to keep her happy. :)

Answer 10

I stopped feeding my dogs canned food. My wife's friend works for her dad who is a vet and she said that canned food doesn't have much nutritional value. Plus it is a major cause of gingivitis and tooth decay in dogs.