canned vs dry

[tem_sat]

You can also just get meat on sale at your store like ground beef or ground turkey (whatever you find cheap) and cook it up and add it to the kibble. When you compare the price of a 10-13 ounce can of food to 16 ounces of real meat that you pick up on sale or clearance at the store, the meat is usually as cheap or cheaper. I pick up whatever I find with the yellow clearance tags on them in the meat bins and it's cheaper then canned dog food.

I couldn't agree more but I wouldn't cook it and I wouldn't feed ground. I fed Acana Wild Prairie and added in raw boneless meats. Your pet may differ, however, I would feed 75% Acana and 25% varied boneless proteins. For example: chicken, beef heart, a bit of liver mixed with boneless, a bit of kidney mixed with boneless, turkey, etc. The fiber in the Acana made for no loose stools at that percentage. I would also pick a few days of the week and feed bone-in raw exclusively (turkey necks, chicken wings, chicken drums) without any Acana to assist with dental cleaning.

I far prefer feeding fresh meats as opposed to canned.

[shellbeme]

You are all giving me some really good ideas, I apriciate the feedback :)

[PDXdogmom]

I agree that not feeding 100% kibble for a meal is the way to go. There is a certain convenience to canned, but you often sacrifice either quality of ingredients and/or pay a high price.

At one point I used to add EVO canned at 25% to my dogs' kibble. That's been a few years ago. Now, I prefer to to purchase regionally-raised meat and cook it myself to add to kibble. If I were traveling though, I'd certainly consider canned.

[bridget246]

I have checked a few places online but by the time I add in the shipping it is the same cost or more than I can get local. Maybe you have some suggestions for sites I havent visited though? :)

Check out amazon. They don't always have the cheapest prices but they are way better than 4 dollars a can. http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Soup-L...398798&sr=1-14

Unosmom is the online queen, you'll have to wait for her to speak up....Sorry!

Hmm... I was unaware that I had a queen. J/king

[chowder]

I agree that not feeding 100% kibble for a meal is the way to go. There is a certain convenience to canned, but you often sacrifice either quality of ingredients and/or pay a high price.

At one point I used to add EVO canned at 25% to my dogs' kibble. That's been a few years ago. Now, I prefer to to purchase regionally-raised meat and cook it myself to add to kibble. If I were traveling though, I'd certainly consider canned.

When we were traveling in the motor home, we kept cases of 100% and 95% meats in the underbed storage area's since we had such a small freezer area and used that for feeding the dogs. Most of the places we were at (like Devils Tower and the Grand Canyon) had limited or EXORBITANT meat prices so it was a lot more convenient to know that we had cases of meat food stored away for the dogs. It's a whole lot easier now that I have a garage with two freezers in it!

In fact, in those places, we didn't even feed the HUMANS hardly any meat!!

[Unosmom]

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