One of the more vulgar questions from young pet ownersis about the good dieting for their dogs , and comparing wet vs teetotal dog food brands . Which type of diet is in force for canines , and what are the advantage and disadvantages of each ?
To answer this specific doubtfulness , I havePetcurean‘sDr Jennifer Adolphe , PhD in Nutrition , back on the podcast . Dr Adolphe provides a luck of helpful favourite nutrition tips , and we we also discourse the difference between wet nutrient and dry kibble , their pros and con , as well as the importance of secure packaging of pet food and how to transition your positron emission tomography onto a young diet .
mind to the instalment in the video above and rule the full podcast transcript below . For more , visit this episode ’s post on the officialTheory of Petswebsite .
Wet vs Dry Dog Food(raw podcast transcript)
INTRO : receive back for another installment of Theory of Pets . And , if you attend at the title you obviously experience that I ’m lecture to Dr. Adolphe again today from Petcurean . She has been a frequent expert on my show which is outstanding and I always appreciate that .
She is back this month because Petcurean has launched a raw line called Now Fresh . And there are a few different thing about this line that really stood out to me . So these are lather and it ’s soused food . They ’re stew and pates . So they ’re a form of cockeyed food orcanned dog food . They ’re not the traditional force out food for thought that you think about .
So she ’ll explicate a piffling moment about that . And we also are go to talk about the Tetra Pak packaging that they ’re using for this line obviously because it ’s a crocked andiron nutrient . Something that a lot of pet parents do n’t think about when they ’re buying products is the container that they ’re coming in .
I know more often than not , now we ’re visualise stiff dog foods , especially the new ones , that are come up in these small , they look like Tupperware . They ’re these small plastic containers . It ’s bully because they ’re ordinarily portion - insure for you so you do n’t have to do any of that . And it take kind of the guess work out of assign for your hotdog . But also , something that pet owners are n’t thinking about is that most of these ware are made with charge plate . And while some of them do think about the promotion , others do n’t . And there are chemical in the plastic . So , while you ’re buying an organic food that ’s supposed to be sizable for your dog , you ’re also grease one’s palms a container that is filled with toxin and chemical that can actually leak into the intellectual nourishment from the container . So it ’s something that you need to think about .
And it ’s something that Dr. Adolphe blab about today with the new Tetra Pak promotion that we ’re construe and that ’s find out in the Now refreshing line from Petcurean . But you may also find it in a few other frump solid food / pet food products now . So it ’s becoming more popular , but a draw of pet owner ’s do n’t know about it . So I require Dr. Adolph to speak to us about the Tetra Pak packaging . But also another matter that stands out about this tune is the fact that it ’s a wet intellectual nourishment . So she also is sound to talk over the differences between soused and dry kibble , the pro and flimflam of each , and how you could decide which one is going to be in force for your pet .
Interview with Dr. Jennifer Adolphe
Dr. Adolphe : Petcurean is really mad to introduce theNow Fresh Tetra Pak plastered foods for dogsand guy . And this product was just launched in the summertime of 2017 , and it ’s a new addition to our batting order .
Samantha : This has some unequalled benefits , and one of those benefits is really you guys are take care — Of course , you ’re take care at the food itself and the product but you ’re also looking at the promotional material with this one .
And you ’ve done something dissimilar there , so can you state us a short turn about the promotion that you ’re using and why it ’s so significant ?
Dr. Adolphe : Yes . So like you order , the food itself is really of import , but the parcel that it comes in is equally as crucial from an environmental and timber standpoint . So for the Now novel besotted food , we chose to use Tetra Pak cartonful which are — We ’re very intimate with them in the grocery storage , but they ’re less common in the preferent food store . So we chose Tetra Pak , because they are innovative to the preferred specialty industry , but very - well established and likewise in the human intellectual nourishment industry .
Our merchandise crop really well in the Tetra Pak format , and the great thing about the carton is that they ’re easy heap so they take up less space on the ledge , less space when they ’re being shipped to the retail store . So this means that there ’s less of an environmental impact .
Also , the cartonful themselves are a highly sustainable option . They are manufacture from forest - stewardship , council - certified paper which is made from 65 % renewable materials . Also once you ’re done with the carton , they are easily reusable . And I ’ve been using these with my own three dog-iron , and they ’re great . When you toss them into the recycling bank identification number , you’re able to to the full compact them , so they do n’t take up a lot of place .
Some of the other benefits of the Tetra Pak is that they ’re trace with a — they have a food for thought - grade polypropylene stratum , which is BPA - free , and the lining is FDA approved for food contact . So it ’s very much like what ’s used , or the same as what ’s used in the human intellectual nourishment industry .
Something that I personally love about the Tetra Pak cartons is that there is no acuate edge . They ’re passing easy to open . It ’s just a perforated teardrop top , so you just rip that off , open it up . I actually was address with a colleague and she said that she will apply it with her dog as a preparation treat . It ’s super tasty nutritive food , and when she goes to reward her pup , she just allow the frank lick a little bit out of the container and super high reward time value .
Samantha : Oh neat . That ’s a great , that ’s another unlike way of life to use it that most people believably would n’t think of . That ’s coolheaded .
Dr. Adolphe : Yes , totally . I thought that was a really modern idea . So yes , so the packaging , the promotional material is really , really fantastic and forward-looking .
Samantha : And I suppose that ’s something that a lot of pet parents will really think about when they are purchase food . A caboodle of , particularly wet nutrient diets will arrive in plastic containers . And sometimes those are n’t made with high - quality constituent , and the chemicals in those credit card can in reality leak out into the food . So while they might be mayhap see at an organic all - natural , really healthy unspoilt timber intellectual nourishment , it actually does have exposure to chemicals through the publicity , and that ’s something that a lot of masses do n’t really think about .
Dr. Adolphe : Yes . So then Now tonic wet foods offer 100 % fresh ingredients . All of the ingredients are human - grade and it ’s manufactured in a human - grade facility . None of the fixings are genetically engineer , so non - GMO . arrest no render ingredients and no grain or gluten , and one of the other fixings in the foods is bomb off-white stock , which is a gravid meaty flavor that dogs and computerized tomography really love .
And because the food for thought is cooked and in the cartonful , it ’s free of preservative and it cooks right in there so there is no risk of infection of hybrid contaminant .
Samantha : Oh , so the food for thought in reality falsify flop in the promotion .
Dr. Adolphe : That ’s right . So once the intellectual nourishment is cooked , it ’s sealed right in the packaging while it ’s cooking so there is no risk of any pathogens or bacterium sire into the container so it is really high timber from a food safety perspective .
Samantha : Yeah that ’s rattling .
Most multitude feed a kibble diet , it ’s the most popular mostly because it ’s the most inexpensive . It ’s also really easy to run , all you have to do is outdo it out , measure it , and put it in the bowl , and it ’s , like I said , the most inexpensive .
While it might be a small more expensive to feed a cockeyed diet , can you secern us about the benefits of feeding your pet a wet food over dry kibble ?
Dr. Adolphe : Yeah for certain .
Kibble is great , like you said ; it has many advantages for feeding pets , it ’s economical , good , commodious , and level-headed option .
But there are two main benefits to feeding a wet diet , and those are the wet contentedness , and the roof of the mouth - ability . So if you cerebrate about it , water is really the most significant nutrient for favorite because we really can not sustain life without water , and it ’s crucial for animation for many important character — in circulation , digestion , waste removal .
So it ’s important that pets continually get a source of moisture . Some people guess that pant in andiron is a signboard of desiccation , but actually it ’s not . It helps dogs regulate their body temperature , and cool themselves down . But it is of import to verify that pets , both dogs and cats , get enough moisture from their food and boozing body of water .
Cats in particular are not natural water drinkers , so get water from their food is authoritative . computed axial tomography that only eat juiceless kibble may be at increase risk of infection of urinary track stones because the lack of water causes their urine to be too concentrate which may increase the surroundings for the developing of stones .
So feeding a wet food for thought like the Now Fresh Tetra Pak options are a great way to add water into your computerized tomography dieting . You could also sum up water to your cat ’s kibble to help increase fluid in paper . You have to call back that once you lend water it becomes like a brisk food , and the food necessitate to be refrigerate if it ’s not rapidly run through .
Wet foods run to be passing toothsome for both blackguard and cats . So , wet foods can be used as an addition to feeding kibble to add sort and improve acceptance of the food . If you have a pet that is a picky eater , sum up some squiffy food for thought into the mix can be a great assist .
Samantha : You talked about it just briefly , but are there some pets who can do good from a blotto diet more than others ? I bonk you mentioned the pets with urinary tract or kidney issue , but are there other deary that could benefit more from a slopped diet ?
Dr. Adolphe : So when you ’re choosing a food for your pet , it ’s important to believe the individual need of your pet . Thinking about your positron emission tomography ’s health position , long time , stock and life-style . And it ’s really the overall nutritive penning that ’s typically more important than the food format per se , whether it ’s smashed versus dry .
But wet nutrient , because of the formatting , they can be high in blubber and or protein , so something to remember is that fat is a very Energy Department - dense food , and so these formula can help oneself dogs who are under free weight to gain some weight , and also because the solid food are very palatable , they can help to boost weight profit in positron emission tomography that are scraggy .
But , I intend , most of the favorite universe tends to be on the heavy side , not on the lighter side . So it ’s something to think about for pets that may call for to mislay a few hammering , and high fat , high-pitched juicy diet may not be recommended .
For picky eaters , the enhanced palate - ability of wet intellectual nourishment is great . Wet intellectual nourishment are also soft , so they can be leisurely to chew for dogs with few or no teeth .
Samantha : And are there some dogs who should n’t exhaust wet food for thought ? Is there any health headache or anything like that that maybe they should stay forth from a stiff food diet ?
Dr. Adolphe : Again you need to take the nutrient content , and since some pissed foods are very high in protein or fatty , again a dog that need to shed a few pounds may not be suited for a higher fat diet . A eminent fat diet is also not recommend for Canis familiaris who are recovering from pancreatitis , so it ’s important to retrieve about the nutrient composing of the food when you ’re choosing what to eat your pet .
Samantha : So let ’s say an owner has maybe always feast their dog kibble his integral life , and now he ’s becoming a fourth-year , he ’s lose some teeth , he ’s got some dental wellness troubles , and they ’re looking to switch to a wet diet . So , of course , obviously , they need to blab to a canine dietician or their veterinary to recover the wet solid food that ’s going to be suitable for their hot dog ’s penury .
Once they find that , do you have any guideline or tips for switching the firedog from the kibble to the cockeyed intellectual nourishment ?
Dr. Adolphe : Oh . We have some great resourcefulness on our website on Petcurean.com that peach about transitioning . We even have a footling video to help you out .
But the most important affair to remember is that transitioning to a new intellectual nourishment should be done slowly and with forethought . So you call for to allow your deary a hazard to adapt to the change to obviate any digestive upset .
So the passage period should be a minimum of about 10 Clarence Day and could take as farseeing as two weeks or more depend on your pet ’s sensitivity to change . And if your pet does have any kind of digestive disturbed during this meter or is being a scrap fussy , seek slowing down the process to let them set to the new food . So what I mean by slowing down the process is — do n’t add as much of the raw intellectual nourishment to your dearie ’s one-time food so that you could innovate the new food more slowly .
So what we advocate is on the first day that you sum up the new food , add about 10 % of the new food , about 90 % of the sure-enough food , so they just kind of getting a taste of the young food . And then lento increase that each daylight until your pet is fully on the Modern food .
Different deary react otherwise to diet changes . My own heel are quite bouncy . I can change their food over just a few days . Or as I have friends with pets who take much longer .
Some vomiting and diarrhea can be a normal part of introducing new food as the digestive changes take office and the by nature occurring bacteria readjust . But if there ’s any significant problems , if you ’re concerned , of course , speak with your veterinary . And also , again , back off and do that transition slowly .
Samantha : Those are some great tips , I love . And it ’s really good too , not needs from kibble to wet food , but kibble to kibble even if you ’re just change over the brand . That gradual transition is really key to that , so thanks for sharing that .
So we ’ve talk a little flake about Now Fresh and some of the welfare that that new formula ’s going to offer over others , as well as those unparalleled Tetra Pak carton , which are really unique . As well , like you said , you’re able to find them in the pet nutrient industry . But certainly not nearly as unwashed as in the human solid food industry .
Is there anything else that we should know about know about Now sassy that you have n’t spoken about already ?
Dr. Adolphe : We have the raw Now novel succus and pates . We have four options for cats and two tone options for dogs . They make a bully summation to your dearie ’s diet .
Samantha : Would they also make a good addition if you are feed a wry kibble dieting and you wanted just to summate a footling mo for a topper or if you have a picky eater and seek to get him to eat , just add those as a dress hat as well ? Or are they more — should they be more used for a complete dieting ?
Dr. Adolphe : Using them as a topper is smashing alternative to add some flavour , extra flavor , and variety into your pets diet . That ’s a great theme and a cracking employment for the new Now Fresh Tetra Pak dieting .
Samantha : A crowing thanks again for Dr. Adolphe for being on the shower . She is a frequent visitor here and we really appreciate her stimulation every time she comes . This was some heavy info about the differences between tight and dry foods and which one might be appropriate for your dog .
If you have any additional inquiry on your pet ’s dieting , on wet versus juiceless kibble , whatever the font may be , sense free to skip over on our site , Theoryofpets.com . you’re able to either record your question and institutionalize it to me and I might apply it on a future podcast to aid out other preferred parents that might be inquire the same thing . Or you could just send me an east - mail and I can either that question myself or if I am unsure of the solution , I will fleet on it to Doctor Adolphe and see if I can get you guys an result to any doubt that you might have that she could facilitate with as well .
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