Canned or Kibble

[BLowry]

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

Canidae kibble for us. Great teeth, great breath.

For us too! and a little canned as a treat! How do you get great breath with the Canidae and I get the stinky breath!! Something is fair here!! LOL

[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by BLowry

For us too! and a little canned as a treat! How do you get great breath with the Canidae and I get the stinky breath!! Something is fair here!! LOL

Hmmm, I also brush, though, so maybe that plays a larger role.

[MyFairLacy]

Canned definitely. I will never feed kibble again. And kibble does not benefit the teeth...the grains and carbs stick to the teeth and cause plaque and tarter just like canned food does. It would be like us eating cookies and cereal and expecting them to clean our teeth...they just don't and neither does kibble. The idea that kibble cleans teeth is a myth. The only diet that cleans the teeth is a prey-model raw diet. Canned food is less processed and overcooked, and the moisture makes it a lot closer to what a dog was designed to eat.

[alaskayorkie]

OK, uncle! Sounds like a lot of knowledgeable people prefer canned. I guess I don't understand the whole teeth thing with kibble. When I got Rusty, he was on canned. The vet on examination said his teeth were bad and he would need a teeth cleaning soon. I switched him to a high-quality kibble. Three months later, the vet told me he no longer needed a cleaning. He told me, "I don't know what you're doing, but it's working."

All I did was switch to kibble, so I assumed it was the chewing of the kibble, but maybe it's something else? Like enzymes created from a higher quality food? I honestly don't know. But I know that his flatulence is also gone, and he hasn't had a bout with diarrhea since I stopped supplementing the kibble with canned. He had terrible incontinence for a while. But those things could all be because a high-quality kibble is better than a low-quality canned. I dunno.

Also, were any of the canned proponents worried during the Menu Foods scare? I was awfully happy that I was on a kibble when that was going on because that was virtually all canned or packaged wet food.

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

OK, uncle! Sounds like a lot of knowledgeable people prefer canned. I guess I don't understand the whole teeth thing with kibble. When I got Rusty, he was on canned. The vet on examination said his teeth were bad and he would need a teeth cleaning soon. I switched him to a high-quality kibble. Three months later, the vet told me he no longer needed a cleaning. He told me, "I don't know what you're doing, but it's working."

All I did was switch to kibble, so I assumed it was the chewing of the kibble, but maybe it's something else? Like enzymes created from a higher quality food? I honestly don't know. But I know that his flatulence is also gone, and he hasn't had a bout with diarrhea since I stopped supplementing the kibble with canned. He had terrible incontinence for a while. But those things could all be because a high-quality kibble is better than a low-quality canned. I dunno.

Also, were any of the canned proponents worried during the Menu Foods scare? I was awfully happy that I was on a kibble when that was going on because that was virtually all canned or packaged wet food.

Yes, I would recommend a high-quality kibble over a low-quality canned for sure. But comparing a premium kibble with a premium canned, I'd definitely go with the canned. And I very much recommend grain-free canned.

So far as best foods to feed go, a raw diet is #1 to me. Homecooked is #2. Premium grain-free canned is #3. Premium canned (w/ grain) is #4 and then premium kibble after that.

I feed a raw diet...the only one of my pet's that gets any canned at all is one of my cats who gets some canned in the evening (and I only do this because I get a lot of the Evo grain-free canned for free...saves me a little money by feeding her the canned for one meal).

[Lexi Rae]

canned
kibble
and home cooking..
lexi's coat is very shiny , her teeth are great , and her breath is perfect

[Ellie May]

Canned
I think kibble will win on this poll though because that is what vets push.
Whatever you feed, their teeth need to be brushed.

[cariblonde]

Wellness Kibble

[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

Canned
I think kibble will win on this poll though because that is what vets push.
Whatever you feed, their teeth need to be brushed.

exactly. So many pet owners don't understand that they need to brush their dogs teeth. Their teeth are no different from ours (well except for being the teeth of a carnivore . If we didn't brush our teeth regularly, our teeth would rott out of our mouth, be stinky, and painful. Same with dogs...their teeth don't clean themselves. A prey-model raw diet with raw meaty bones does clean the teeth, but that is the only diet that does. Every other diet needs regular teeth brushing to keep them plaque and tarter free. Otherwise, the teeth get tarter on them, the start to rott, and you have major problems. Dogs and cats are living longer now that more pet owners are brushing and cleaning the teeth regularly.

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by linda44

ok, what brand of canned?

Pedigree in the pouches, not much beef though. She has been very healthy and the Vet said it was good, I mix it with Innova EVO dry.
If she gets just canned, her poop is too messy and she hates poop on her rear.

[donnarod]

OH EllieMay and MyFairLacy, don't beat me up too badly.

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by donnarod

OH EllieMay and MyFairLacy, don't beat me up too badly.

If you are comfortable with Evo and Pedigree, go for it.
I will say that I would not feed Pedigree because the ingredients are terrible and I would not feed Evo because it is WAY too high in fat for Yorkies and could set them up for pancreatitis.

[Sidney]

I feed both kibble and canned
Brand... canidae

[alaskayorkie]

So canned feeders: Is your pup's stool soft? I decided to test it out and mix it with Eddie's kibble for his birthday. The result has been a soft stool.

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

So canned feeders: Is your pup's stool soft? I decided to test it out and mix it with Eddie's kibble for his birthday. The result has been a soft stool.

That does happen to some dogs.
Some just can't handle canned and others just need the "right" kind.l

Ellie gets soft food (homecooked) all the time and her stool is usually pretty normal. I wonder if adding raw vegetables to the canned would firm up the stool.