Ok to mix raw and kibble?

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That seems weird to me....the directions I mean. But there are some dogs who can tolerate eating raw and kibble together. I personally don't think it's a good idea because they digest at such different levels. If it were me I would just fast for a day and then just switch to the raw. That's how I switched Maya to raw, but her's wasn't prepackaged.

I don't recommend feeding them at the same time because of the digestion. That said, I did have to do it for several months when switching my cat Willow over. She never had issues with both being fed at the same time.

When I switched my pups and my other kitty over to raw, I just gave them kibble for breakfast and raw for dinner and they were fine.

When I was switching Brody, I just gave him a larger kibble breakfast and a small amount of raw for dinner. But I only did that for a few days because he had no digestion issues, so I just kind of jumped in.

There have been quite a few times since I started feeding raw when Brody ate kibble at about the same time he ate raw because he was at my mom's house and my mom has kibble lying around for her dog. We've never had any digestion issues.

I really don't know how true that is about not mixing raw and kibble because of digestion rates, but I was always too afraid to experiment with Brody When I think about it, it really doesn't make much sense to me, but I have no idea.

Most people suggest raw and kibble be separated into different meals - a good idea, especially if you haven't ever fed raw before.

When I first got into raw, I fed half and half with disastrous results, but now, almost a year later, I can feed raw and kibble at the same time and the dogs are just fine. For me, it was a matter of knowing my dogs, their digestive habits, and being willing to deal with the occasional splart caused by MY overzealous actions