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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  If the dog is drinking excessive water, there may be other problems such as diabetes. I do not believe a healthy dog will "over drink" just because his food is dry. He'll drink the water he needs. I know you don't like dry kibble, but I think it's misleading when you say this. |
Feeding dogs kibble with grain is probably not going to cause them to over drink. In fact, my concern with dogs on kibble with grain is that they will under drink. Grain free kibble usually has excess protein which shouldn't be a big deal for most dogs but there have been a couple reports of dogs eating this kind of food over drinking to an extreme and unhealthy level. The kidneys need extra moisture to metabolize this much protein and that is okay too but how much water drinking is too much? I think the links to two threads below are examples of what can happen and why grain free or high protein kibble can't be used for every dog. Most dogs could probably do well on all different kinds of foods but some don't.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...rain-food.html http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ly-not-us.html