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We feed our cat only dry food. DH grew up with cats (I didn't) and that's what his family fed their cats. It's worked for our cat for the past 8 years.

we give our dogs dry food only. we always pour water (sometimes beef stock if we happen to be using it to cook, for dinner) and mix it with their dry food.

our cat eats both. i just figured out a schedule seems to work for him: he eats wet food (half a 3oz can) when he wakes me up, late morning he has dry food with his liquid supplements, then he has the same dry with supplements in the evening, then wet food again before i go to bed (half a 3oz can). he was waking me multiple time each night to eat, but if i can get to eat more during the day, he sleeps longer at night, the dry food seems to keep him full longer.

Our cats get all dry with the exception of the very rare can of tuna when they've been either particularly good or ignored.

@Mrs. Bee: we do pretty much what you're thinking of switching to -- our cat gets a scant 1/3 cup of a grain-free, premium dry food in the morning and 1/2 can of wet food (usually Wellness) for dinner. It seems to work well for us. He generally picks at the dry food throughout the day but is always primed for the good stuff in the evening

Our cat gets all dry food on a daily basis, but we give her wet food as a special treat.

I've never fed my dog canned food...when she's very sick I'll give her rice with water or broth. I think I could only do non-dry food if I did a raw diet supplementing with raw bones.

I struggle to get mine to eat enough on their dry food diet - but I stick to it because it's best for their teeth. I supplement with raw meat (bought frozen from the pet shop) about once a week and table scraps but we wont mention that!!!

In the am our dog gets a wet/dry combo of vet wet food for his tummy issues, plus a probiotic powder.

In the pm he gets his dry food soaked in water, because he eats his food too fast and doesn't chew it (lol), so this slows him down a little (a little..!)

We've only ever done dry food for our dog.

I have a dog and she only eats dry food and treats only b/c cleaning her teeth costs $500 each time. Now that we are in Asia teeth cleaning is $84! Not kidding! But I will still stick with dry food and treats only b/c it's healthier for her and I hope she lives a long time. She will be 13 soon...