Top quality canned meat dog food with added supplements in a keep???

[CYJ]

Ditto EWO. This may be a good way to safely reduce a dog to it's best show weight. I pulled up the nutritional info on this dog canned food called Natural Balance L.I.D. ingredients. This brand is based on Chicken/Chicken Livers and Sweet Potato. Sure there are some much better ones that can be bought. The L.I.D. stands for limited ingredient diets. Was no soy/corn/wheat/dyes etc. in this formula.

The nutrition info on this Natural Balance (L.I.D.) did not give the total caloric per can. Seems I have seen listings of 300 to 400 calories a can on canned dog food from years back.

The crude protein is 5.5% min/fat is 3.5% min/crude fiber is 1.5% max and 78% moisture on this particular brand of canned dog food. Now if the moisture was reduced to 12%. The protein/fat values etc. may show much higher. Use to know this stuff, knowledge long forgotten. LOL

It is a known fact that to increase the endurance of a dog by up to 75%. You have to increase the water to enable the dog to burn more fat. Dogs work cooler and longer off a proper fat energy than excessive carbs. Sometimes people get confused on the water issue from those older dog keeps from the past. To deny or restrict a dog's water intake except around the last 24 to 12 hours IMHO is not a wise thing to do. Especially if dog is on weight.

Where we live maybe a canned dog feed keep may work the best in the hot weather months and a more meat/kibble in the cold months. At the time I saw Rowell using canned dog food, it was in the hot weather months.

Times keep a changing. When I first got into the dog game, many believed Horse meat was the best choice of meat to use. Today we know whole chicken works the over all best with the skin and fat intact. Cheers