Quote Originally Posted by Biciclista View Post
ha, i'll bet.

I have two big concerns with dry food.
1/ is that it is based on carbs; wheat, rice, corn. For dogs, this is less of a problem than cats, because it is known that dogs don't need 100% meat.

2/ eating such dry food is really unnatural, in the wild, dogs and cats are eating animals, whose bodies contain a very high percentage of liquid. Your pet will eat its dry food until it is full and then drink some water. But is it really enough water to reconstitute the food, or are they fighting dehydration constantly? I think this part can be helped by wetting the food. The pet will get used to that.
I also don't believe in leaving food out all day for them, but that's another subject. Good luck.

You can find grainless foods (like the one I feed).

I believe that dehydration is more of a problem with cats than dogs. Dogs do have a thirst mechanism that makes them drink. Cats don't. They're "designed" to get most of their water from their food rather than drinking. A lot of folks make an argument that cats fed kibble are chronically dehydrated. I'm struggling with the best thing to do for my cats because of this. I like free feeding, but I don't want wet stuff that can go bad sitting out.