Our pets get a little bit of dry and a little bit of canned, sometimes some (non-garlic, non-onion) added broth, sometimes some canned meat instead of the canned pet food.
Discussion
yeah, i'm very inclined to go with the real food
250g of shucked shellfish frozen is 2.2 eur and is good for a day, his usual food somewhere between 1.5 and 2.4 depending on which i get, but none of these foods have chewy bits in them, and actually, i think he would get more chew action if i gave him chunks of spit roasted beef, 200g of that for a day i bet he'd basically not be hungry most of the rest of the day
i'm gonna explore it... there is also cod fish there, which is also quite cheap
i am on an island, and there is a huge fishing industry here... i'm pretty sure that most of the time the lights i see out in the ocean are from fishing vessels mostly long lines... the ocean fool is very far down very quickly around here, so we have cod and other deep sea stuff right on our doorstep
but yeah seriously, boiled meats are not conducive to good dental exercise, fried is the best, and big pieces, they need to have to tear it apart to really get the right exercise
If he's not used to chewy things it may take a bit for him to accept them as food. I had one cat that dove into a whole chicken wing with joyous fierce growls while his brother looked at me piteously and wouldn't even try to eat until I gave him chicken cut up in little bites.
Dry food is full of so much crap, some of it not even food. I agree the canned mush can't be good for their teeth and jaws.