my dogs food?

Question

my friends dog only likes to eat the expensive wet food but no the dry shes about 8 they brush her teeth all the time but what should they do.

Answer 1

tell her to give it dry food and no wet. the dog wont starve itself it will eat eventually

Answer 2

There is absolutely nothing wrong with her eating wet food. As long as she is doing well on it there is no need to try to change to a dry food.

It is a common misconception even still among some vets that wet food isn't good for a dogs teeth and that dry food helps clean teeth...it is simply false.

A dog that has tooth issues will have them regardless of food fed..it is a predisposition to the problem.Some breeds/mixes are more prone to problems then others.

Wet food also contains far more meat protein and less carbs then dry food which is a good thing...more natural for a dog.If feeding a good quality wet food such as Wellness, Innova, Canidae, Chicken Soup all of the mositure comes from the meat itself and not the addition of extra water.

Answer 3

If she won't eat the dry, they can try mixing the canned and dry together. Also, to aid in removing the plaque on her teeth, they can give her bones to chew on. If they brush the teeth atleast twice weekly, then it shouldn't be a problem.

Answer 4

What do you mean what should they do? Wet food is not good for dogs, even when they are brushing her teeth; and you should convince them to switch over to hard food. I had a dog that wouldn't eat hard food, so what we found is soaking it in water for a couple hours works good, becasue it is still wet.

Answer 5

You force us to guess at your meaning. My guess is that by "wet food" you mean canned stuff - yep that's an expensive way of buying slightly enriched water.
And my guess is that by "dry food" you mean kibbles.

I don't regard either as FOOD.

Canids originated as carnivores, with a digestive system suited to eating carrion plus fresh-killed animal proteins (mammals, eggs, insects, reptiles). During domestication there has been a small degree of evolution so that most can now cope with - even THRIVE on - cooked table scraps.

Kibble manufacturers pour out very effective "spin", listing a variety of healthy-sounding ingredients regardless of whether those ingredients are available to a dog's digestive system. Because dogs ARE so adaptable, most cope with kibbles, although some have shortened life spans due to inclusion of "wrong" ingredients that provoke such as kidney diseases or allergies.
"Spin" is the art of stating truths in such a way that the gullible recipients fill in the gaps between what you said, and thus create the favourable-to-you lies you wanted them to believe. Of course, some people do tell actual lies, relying upon the likelihood that by the time you can gather evidence to prove the "spin" a lie it will be too late. (WMDs, anyone? Tobacco?)
If kibbles were as good as the manufacturers imply, full of health-promoting high-quality ingredients, how come they cost less than REAL food does, despite the manufacturers having to cover the cost of equipment and energy not used by producers of REAL food?

Everyone using kibble should study the articles at http://www.vet.purdue.edu/epi/bloat.htm. I think it is the third one that states a period which, if you calculate it back to its start, perfectly matches the period during which kibbles went from being effectively unheard-of to being almost-universal. During that period the incidence of GDV-bloat rose by about 18,000% !!!!!
I can think of only 2 other changes relevant to dogs that occurred during that period - improvements in veterinary treatments, and the arrival of parvovirus. Of those 3 changes, which do YOU believe could explain that increase?

Even if dogs had a digestive tract long enough for plant materials to be digested, dogs do not possess the enzymes necessary to break through cellulose cell walls. Plant materials must be pre-digested before being presented to dogs. One way is to macerate them in a blender then pour on the necessary enzymes and wait hours & hours for those enzymes to do their work. The other is to crush the grains/fruits and cook them. Cooking is more convenient, but denatures some important vitamins, so for dogs that need the special "Florida" diet that delays the progress of some nerve damage the blender+enzymes course has to be taken.
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_F...
"In GSDs" as of 1967

Answer 6

???? im guessing give her some dry food mixed inside of it but what are you trying to say anyways?

Answer 7

ur question isnt making sense
what do u mean???
(but no the dry)