If variety is indeed the spice of life, then that truth doesn’t just apply to humans. Our dogs also love different kinds of foods and can get bored with the same thing over and over again. Providing your puppy with both wet and dry foods while they’re young and growing gives them the opportunity to see what they like, which can be useful information for Pet Lovers as their dog makes their way to adulthood.
There are several ORIJEN™ puppy food diets available in both wet and dry forms, and Pet Lovers should take advantage of this to determine what their dog’s preferences are early on.
Why Should Puppies Eat Both Wet and Dry Food?
When it comes to puppies, everything is a chance to try something new, and food should be a part of this process. If puppies only eat one type of food while growing, there’s a greater chance that will be the only kind of food they eat as an adult. The goal is for adult dogs to be welcoming of a variety of food types, so they don’t grow bored with their daily meals, and so they get the nutrient variety and hydration they need to thrive. This starts with access to both wet and dry foods while they’re young. These different types of food will help give your dog a more robust digestive system early on.
Both wet and dry foods provide different and necessary benefits to dogs of all ages. For example:
- Wet food gives dogs additional hydration, diet variety and is easier to chew. Dogs are also driven by their sense of smell, and wet food more readily appeals to this sense.
- Dry food provides the crunch factor that helps keep the underlying bone structure of your dog’s mouth healthy, extending to their gums and teeth.
What Should You Feed Your Puppy?
Puppies need support while they’re growing, and a balanced macronutrient content plays a critical role in this process. You want food that will assist in the development of their muscles and brain function, as well as support their digestive health. That’s why we recommend ORIJEN™ diets, which are high in the WholePrey animal ingredients that dogs crave.
For dry food, try our ORIJEN™ Puppy diet (Canada Recipe) or ORIJEN AMAZING GRAINS™ Puppy diet. These diets are packed with premium animal ingredients and WholePrey inclusions, like nutrient-dense organs from sources like free-run1 chicken and turkey and wild-caught fish.
The ORIJENTM Puppy diet is packed with animal ingredients and nutrients that help support your puppy’s brain development, muscle and bone development, and digestive health. It is also made without any grain ingredients2.
Meanwhile, the ORIJEN AMAZING GRAINS™ Puppy diet features a high-quality grain blend, hand-selected to provide a balanced fiber ratio that helps support your puppy’s digestive health. It also includes DHA and EPA from mackerel, herring, salmon and pollock oil to help support skin and coat health and immunity.
When it comes to wet food, we recommend hydrating ORIJEN™ Puppy Poultry & Fish Pâté diet (Canada Recipe). It’s made with 95% animal ingredients3 and succulent WholePrey inclusions like liver to add give your puppy the nutrients they need to help support their development. This pâté can be served on its own or incorporated into ORIJENTM dry foods for a nutritious and hydrating addition at mealtime.
By exposing your puppy to both dry and wet foods, you’re taking a great first step to ensuring they have all the variety they need to enjoy nourishing food for the rest of their lives.
1 Our free-run chickens and turkeys are not housed in cages and are able to move in a barn without outdoor access. 2 Produced in a facility that also processes grains. 3 Approximate values and exclusive of water.
Our included ingredients are delivered refrigerated, and our included raw ingredients are delivered frozen.