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magsmom · 02-02-2009, 09:24 AM

I first started mixing canned to get my picky eater to EAT. I have recently found out that this had even greater benefits than just that. Dogs bodies are made primarily of water, just like ours! Many tire of the same thing every day/every meal, just like us! (They also vary just like us. My husband can eat the same thing over and over, I cannot.) Dogs naturally, typically do not drink enough water. So, by adding a HIGH QUALITY canned dog food you are giving them FRESH food with water in it. You are providing them with the moisture that their bodies demand. You are also helping them clean their mouths as they eat. Rarely do dogs stop eating a bowl of food and take drinks between bites as they eat. And, if you dog one spoonful of one flavor in the am and a different flavor in the pm, you are adding variety which they love. Think about how you would feel if you ate the best cereal out there (Total or Special K or whatever) that had 100% of the vitamins you "need" DRY with only water to drink FOR EVERY MEAL. You would lose all the benefits of fresh foods, your mouth would get dry while eating, you would probably tire of your food. So, IMHO, supplementing dry with canned is WONDERFUL. I feed Innova dry and Innova Flex canned (chicken in the am and beef in the pm).

02-02-2009, 09:24 AM	#2
magsmom Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: okc, ok, usa Posts: 269	I do that I first started mixing canned to get my picky eater to EAT. I have recently found out that this had even greater benefits than just that. Dogs bodies are made primarily of water, just like ours! Many tire of the same thing every day/every meal, just like us! (They also vary just like us. My husband can eat the same thing over and over, I cannot.) Dogs naturally, typically do not drink enough water. So, by adding a HIGH QUALITY canned dog food you are giving them FRESH food with water in it. You are providing them with the moisture that their bodies demand. You are also helping them clean their mouths as they eat. Rarely do dogs stop eating a bowl of food and take drinks between bites as they eat. And, if you dog one spoonful of one flavor in the am and a different flavor in the pm, you are adding variety which they love. Think about how you would feel if you ate the best cereal out there (Total or Special K or whatever) that had 100% of the vitamins you "need" DRY with only water to drink FOR EVERY MEAL. You would lose all the benefits of fresh foods, your mouth would get dry while eating, you would probably tire of your food. So, IMHO, supplementing dry with canned is WONDERFUL. I feed Innova dry and Innova Flex canned (chicken in the am and beef in the pm).