Once you know the pluses and minuses of each, you can make the right decision for your pet — and for you.
| | | | | | Which Is Better For Your Dog, Dry Food Or Wet? | | | Once you know the pluses and minuses of each, you can make the right decision for your pet — and for you. | | | Most people feed their dogs all dry food, or almost all. This is especially the case for those with larger dogs. A single bag of dry food lasts for many meals, and the kibble is convenient to store in a bag at the bottom of the pantry and scoop out as needed. Cans or little plastic tubs of wet food last only a meal or two, so each trip to the supermarket requires the purchase of many small containers at once. And all those little metal or plastic packages then need to be rinsed and set aside for recycling or end up in landfills. The price difference stops some people cold, too. When we compared dry food to a similar wet food from the same company, we found that for every dollar spent on the dry variety, you'd get almost 1,600 calories for your dog. Every dollar spent on the canned, by contrast, would net your dog only about 250 calories. That's more than a six-fold difference in price per calorie. Even if you have a small dog weighing only 20 pounds, it comes to a considerable expenditure over time. So why would some people choose wet food over dry? Is it a health issue? | | | | | | | | | | |
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