*sigh*
Did anyone actually click the link in my post?
The Myths of Raw Feeding is a comprehensive, thorough set of articles written by a zoological biologist as well as a few veterinarians.
Yes, it is heavy reading.
Yes, it is canted to raw feeding.
But here's the thing... even if you are still not sold on raw feeding, you can still glean a LOT of information about the biology and physiology of carnivores.
Lola, huny, a dog's molars are NOT for CHEWING. They are NOT flat. They are pointed, and their jaws move only up and down.... their jaws are not made for chewing and grinding. A dogs jaws and molars are structured for crushing and scissoring.
And folks may look at the site and say, "But it hasn't been updated since 2007". That's because the information doesn't need to be updated. Since it is based on biology and physiology, barring some cataclysmic evolutionary event, the information is not going to change.
Please
Please take the time to go through each and every myth on that list.
Take one a day if you need to... or one a week... whatever it takes.
Now, to the wet vs. dry question.
My personal opinion is that wet food is better for dogs for many of the same reasons it is better for cats.
I don't understand the logic that says cats need wet, but dry is okay for dogs. I'm sorry, I just don't.
To my mind, just because dogs will drink water on the side, doesn't mean they need it any less in their meals.
A moisture rich meal increases bio-availability, whereas a dry meal is more difficult to digest and puts strain on all the organs.
Also, dog kibble is not made any better than cat kibble... It's still full of useless fillers, and it's still cooked beyond recognition, and they still have to add in nutrients after the fact.
"And that's all I can say about that".
.