When it comes to the decision between feeding your dog complete dry dog food or canned wet food there may not be an obvious winner but each has its own pros and cons.
Through our research its seems like most studies are sponsored by the dog food manufacturers making it hard to gain an unbiased opinion, however through digging deeper we've found that most independent dog food analysts sway towards wet, canned dog food over dry or suggest feeding a mixture of the two.
One of the main advantages of wet dog food is the fact that due to its adaptable attributes it makes it very easy for manufacturers to create a variety of deliciously tasty flavours that your will dog probably find far more appealing that a dry kibble.
Wet food also seems to contain higher values of vitamins, proteins and moisture than its dry alternative, it's also processed less and has the advantage of their being no need to use as many chemical preservatives than that of dry food making it seemingly the healthier option.
However dry complete dog food also has its advantages, not only for the dog owner as its normally a lot cheaper than canned food, but also for your dog in the fact that by eating a dry kibble it exercises the dogs jaw muscle therefore satisfying its natural chewing instinct and also helps to keep your dogs teeth clean by removing tartar build up and plaque.
Dry food also has a longer shelf life that its wet alternative which once opened goes off very quickly, making it a lot easier to bulk buy.
After weighing up the options it seems generally, as the experts recommend, the best option it to feed your dog a mixture of both foods therefore giving them the advantages of each.
By alternating the feeding habits perhaps by feeding complete dry food as the morning meal and wet canned food at night your dog gets the best of both worlds avoids the problem of them becoming a finicky eater whereby they will only eat one type of food.