Is raw dog food the best solution? There is no one best solution. Canned foods are mostly water, essential fatty acids and enzymes are destroyed during high cooking processes. Semi-moist foods with their high shelf life, have the most amounts of additives, and preservatives. And are lacking in essential nutrients and are thus the most dangerous.
Is raw dog food better then kibble, most believe so. If you feed kibble, then it is in the best interest for you and your dog to find the best kibble out there. Stay away from extruded and go for the baked foods. Then you can always supplement it with some meat, raw bone, eggs, cottage cheese, veggies and fruits.
With raw dog food you do not have to be concerned about: by-products, beet pulp, cellulose (indigestible plant fiber - sawdust), soybean meal (which is not processed effectively by dogs or cats), fats that are unidentified, rendered or rancid, fish that is not fit for human consumption or parts of the fish which will be lacking in Omega 3 fatty acids, BHT, BHA, Ethoxyquin, artificial colors red #40 and yellow #5 and excessive grains. Stay away from these ingredients.
If your kibble says "meat", which most people prefer, that means it was weighed raw and thus after processing into meal, the percentages will be less then stated as in the raw "meat" listed first. If it is says "meal" percentages will be more accurate, but it better be made from human quality meats and not by products, beaks, feathers, feet, etc.
To upgrade from kibble there are dehydrated foods that have vitamins, minerals, enzymes and all you add is meat and other proteins sources plus veggies and fruits. Then you have raw dog food that needs to be balanced with meat, bones, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, supplements, omega fatty acids, and enzymes.
Instead of a raw dog food diet, some prefer to cook the food for their dog to make veggies more easily digestible, meats safer because of parasites and diseases. With either raw or cooked use quality meat or fish products. Do not feed cooked bone it is un-digestible and dangerous as are most commercial dog foods.
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