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I have a dog , it's a Labrador. It's almost no interest in the dry food even though i' ve tried many times , i don' t have a lot of experience with pets , someone can tell me where to buy wet dog food

You might get better answers if you asked in a local forum, most of us are not familiar with Vietnamese shops.

I'm a life-long dog owner, let me just add something from my experience: I feed my dogs a good quality dry kibble, one that's balanced for their age & activity level. To make it more palatable I add things to it, to make it moist & taste better. My dogs are healthy with good appetites. The "moist" foods sold (like in cans) are often not balanced nutrition, have very little fiber (so they aren't "filling") plus you're actually paying more for low quality* ingredients ("byproducts") & water. While most dogs enjoy the taste of canned dog food, I've also noticed that if you refrigerate any left-over, it gets super-unappealing & appears to spoil quickly*. Bleah!

Example: it's cheaper for me to buy some ground turkey ("human food") & cook it up, adding just a little to their dry kibble, along with a little water mixed in- they love it, & it's better nutrition than canned dog food. Eggs are another good addition- must be cooked, either hard-boiled or scrambled- but my dogs even like some cooked vegetables (like carrots & broccoli). I often add the cooking water from my veggies to moisten their food, it adds nutrients & flavors they love. *Not all dogs like the same things, & never add things that aren't good for them (such as chocolate, raisins, avocado...). When I cook chicken (for me) I mix some scraps &/or broth with their kibble.

I don't know if you can get it in Vietnam but Chicken Soup for the Soul for dogs is a 4 star food (rated by dogfoodadvisor.com) and very reasonably priced in USA. Many of the 5 star foods you see are not only very pricey but more geared to very active or working dogs. I feed my Boxers this food and they do great. Boxers have sensitive stomachs but they digest both kibble and canned from from Chicken Soup for the Soul and they love it.

Thank for all comment. While i' m asking on this forum , i' ve also consulted some veterinary specialists. They gave me very good advice and introduced me to a wonderful food place for dogs. Maybe it' ll help you REMOVED LINK

I don't think in general that wet food only is good for adult dogs, I'm surprised you found a 'veterinary specialist' that advised this.

Originally Posted by Jackelyn Baum66

I have a dog , it's a Labrador. It's almost no interest in the dry food even though i' ve tried many times ,

Surprising for a Lab. Labs and beagles (I've had both) are very serious about eating, and mine never turned down anything. Is your dog well?

Originally Posted by hotlips

I'm a life-long dog owner, let me just add something from my experience: I feed my dogs a good quality dry kibble, one that's balanced for their age & activity level. To make it more palatable I add things to it, to make it moist & taste better. My dogs are healthy with appetites.

Example: it's cheaper for me to buy some ground turkey ("human food") & cook it up, adding just a little to their dry kibble, along with a little water mixed in- they love it, & it's better nutrition than canned dog food. Eggs are another good addition- .

I do the same. I feed Orijen Regional Red kibble, and mix in cooked ground turkey or burger, and sometimes scrambled eggs, or canned green beans. My dogs are healthy, and have nice soft coats. Orijen is very expensive ($100 for 25-lb. bag), but one of my dogs is diabetic, and this brand is basically all meat, not by-products or fillers.

Originally Posted by Lucille

I don't think in general that wet food only is good for adult dogs, I'm surprised you found a 'veterinary specialist' that advised this.

I don't either. Even dogs that have lost teeth can still eat dry food. You didn't mention this, but you see it all the time, in marketing for wet food. Our now-deceased rat terrier only had two molars remaining, and she still ate small-size kibble. Many dogs swallow their food without chewing anyway.

I've spent nearly 10 years of my life matching customers with the right food for their dog, and I will also weigh in and say that an all wet food diet is not right for them. However, there is nothing wrong with mixing a high-quality wet food in with a high-quality kibble to make it the most palatable. Personally, however, if you can afford it, I most highly recommend a frozen raw diet such as Nature's Variety.

I am not, however, surprised that a vet recommended a less than ideal diet. I've had numerous customers tell me that their vet recommended a low-end diet filled with unnecessary grains and meat by-products.

Originally Posted by elena

... I most highly recommend a frozen raw diet such as Nature's Variety.

I don't personally feel comfortable with any of the raw diets & have no relevant data about the one you recommend either way, but I hope that everyone who feeds a dog ANY sort of commercial food (wet or dry, raw or cooked) including treats, will sign up & stay signed up for www.dogfoodadvisor.com reviews and especially, their alerts for recalled products. It's free! You'd be surprised at how many are recalled, many with unsafe levels of salmonella & other nasty pathogens, but also some with dangerous levels of euthanasia drugs or other contaminating chemicals that may harm your pets. Seriously...such drugs get into pet food when animals have been euthanized & then are added to pet food production anyway. Beware. And I have seen a number of raw diets recalled, but don't remember which brands, since I'd never buy them.