Too soft?

[howangcturtle]

Okay i realised my dog could not take in foood that's too soft.Like canned food for example,she ends up having super soft diareah
Is there anyway you could make/cook them to harden them?

 

[Charliesmommy]

Why not just switch to kibble if you think that's the problem?

 

[Lilavati]

Canned food is overpriced and bad for your dog's teeth . . . switch to kibble.

 

[Melissa_W]

You can mix the canned with kibble and gradually use more canned and less kibble.

 

[Sher]

Canned food is overpriced and bad for your dog's teeth . . . switch to kibble.

From everything I have read on here, canned food is no more bad for a dog's teeth, than kibble is good for their teeth.... at least that is what I have been reading on here since I have been here... I do agree it is probably overpriced..

 

[Lilavati]

The official view seems to change on that . . . I have always been told canned food is bad for animal's teeth, and frankly, it makes sense to me . . . it does nothing to scrape off plaque (which kibble doesn't do much of) and seems more likely to get stuck between the teeth . . . but the more expensive, and more smelly, and taking up more room . . . those are all inarguable.

 

[LoveNewfies]

Honestly, kibble does nothing for a dogs teeth. One is no worse than the other unless you are feeding a very carb and sugar laden low quality canned food.

In most cases, canned food is far healthier for our dogs than kibble.

 

[showpug]

Canned food is healthier for your dog's kidneys due to it's high water content. It also contains more protein than kibble on a dry matter basis and doesn't due to the "damage" to teeth that people seem to think. If I could feed strictly canned I would, but I can't afford it!

 

[howangcturtle]

She was fed to kibble the whole time, but the thing is she LIKES canned, so i was planning to give her both (right quantity of course). so i plan to give both once in awhile,since that's what MY DOG wanted
except none of you answered me how to make the food harder.......

 

[fillyone]

You can't make canned food harder.

 

[Whisper]

The answer is that you can't make it harder.

 

[ACooper]

I would do as someone already suggested, mix a bit of the canned IN with kibble.

 

[ozzie72]

Spread a can or multiple cans of food out in a cookie tray,and bake in the oven on low until the desired consistency.

 

[howangcturtle]

Yeah as ozzie72 said i think im going to bake them. i saw it on TV today with people baking canned do food so .Thought i was going to contribute but ozzie already pointed that out ^^. After i try it i'll tell you guys how it goes

 

[Fran27]

What brand is it? It might just be a problem with the brand.

 

[ihartgonzo]

You might want to try a higher quality canned food, before cooking your current food.

It doesn't seem like the consistency of the food should really have that much affect on her? It sounds more like a reaction to the ingredients.

 

[LoveNewfies]

I agree that it is likely the food itself, not the fact that it is canned. If any of my animals eat just canned, we have no problems, but, they only get NV Instinct or Evo canned foods.

Keep in mind, too, that canned foods do tend to be higher in fat and that can be part of the problem - it's more likely higher fat content and/or poor ingredients are causing the problem.

Try introducing a different brand, but, do so slowly.

In regards to baking the food, the heat of doing such will destroy some of the nutritional content of the food.