I have really looked into food for Otis, and after a few months of messy raw meaty bones, I opted for nutriment minces with added goodies, which really suit Otis, he is thriving soft shiny coat, clean teeth, good firm poo, and he has stopped eating his own poo. Anyway I ran out recently (its mail order ) and rather than give him kibble, I gave him some tinned food. Okay I know one tin is different from the next, but I just think that it could be better than kibble, if you buy something decent like Lilys Kitchen ? I just think it preferable to a dry food. I look upon kibble as like giving your dog a meal replacement bar, theres good ones and bad ones, but I would prefer to give him something fresh, so give him nutriment with the odd bone now and then. Oh, no tin tonight, spoilt dog got some rather pricey sea bass ! xx
Re: Tinned food ?? I can't see how a tinned food can be viewed as fresh...and I think it's much worse for teeth than kibble (not that kibble is great...). I guess a good quality tinned food might be better than poor quality kibble, but it still seems pretty "processed" to me...
Re: Tinned food ?? Hi Julie, No, I didn't mean tinned food was fresh, but canning is just a way of preserving food, like freezing. I just think as it is wet it could be preferable to dry, if you were choosy about what you bought. I often give Otis tinned sardines, and nutriment comes frozen and you defrost it overnight. xx
Re: Tinned food ?? I have to say, Lilly's tummy is pretty robust, and she did used to get Asda Hero tins at one point - a mix of 1/3 tin with some kibble. The Lilly's kitchen tin sadly went through her a bit rapidly. We had to try it, of course, given the name. We have used the treats no problems at all though.
Re: Tinned food ?? [quote author=Maggie68 link=topic=9415.msg135331#msg135331 date=1420584301] Hi Julie, No, I didn't mean tinned food was fresh, but canning is just a way of preserving food, like freezing. I just think as it is wet it could be preferable to dry, if you were choosy about what you bought. I often give Otis tinned sardines, and nutriment comes frozen and you defrost it overnight. xx [/quote] True, but I don't think that has anything to do with the quality of the food. You can can fresh fruit in their own juice and preserve it, or you can make jam and can that - which obviously has a lot more sugar in it. Same with dog food - you could potentially cook and can just meat in gravy, or you could add all sorts of fillers (grains, ash etc), salts and sugars for flavour and can that. Dehydration is also "just a way of preserving food". I don't think you can say that wet food is inherently better than dried food. All you can be sure of is that it has a higher water content. Other than that, it's up to you to look at the ingredients and choose the food you think is superior.
Re: Tinned food ?? I try to keep mine off anything containing anything I wouldn't eat, so we home cook chicken rice and vegetables and they a have crunchy carrots to keep teeth clean. That worked for the late molliepops she never had a dental problem so will be carrying on with Elsie and Betty.
Re: Tinned food ?? Our girls are mainly fed dry food, but during the shooting season they definately lose a lot of body mass. Have done the raw, but it tends to be too labour intensive and you need large freezer space. We use 'Natures Menu' frozen blocks of meat in various flavours as a mix, handy to stack in the bottom of the freezer. Also tins of original Chappie is added to the dry food. Chappie is one of the oldest tinned foods for dogs and is often recommended by vets for dogs with dicky tums.
Re: Tinned food ?? I have an entire tray of tinned duck and tapioca left over from the battery eating scandle! Charlie drops weight very quickly when he is on it, even if I feed all the recommended amount. It seems a bit like those diet replacement shakes for him! ;D
