The natural diet of dogs is made up of 70 percent water which means moisture content is missing in
a mainly dry food diet.
Moisture content — Moisture content is another problem inherent in
a mainly dry food diet.
Not exact matches
Dogs whose
diet consists
mainly on
dry food (kibbles) are likely to drink more than those who are on canned or wet
food feed.
Make
dry food available to your pet, especially if he eats a
diet of
mainly canned
food.
While wet
food does provide different benefits than
dry, Yorkies should
mainly eat a
dry food diet as, like most small breeds, they have dental issues.
Because a dog's natural
diet requires at least 70 % water so eating
mainly a
dry kibble would require his body to provide the needed moisture to reconstitute the
food in his digestive tract thus placing an excessive strain on his kidneys.
Before the second raw
diet attempt, she was eating Wervua, human grade dog
food (very little amounts of vegetables,
mainly meat) & I always kept Natures Variety
dry kibble available (though she rarely ate any).