Re: Raw Food Diet
The percentages in raw food analysis are 'as fed'. Kibble is also 'as fed' but raw is 80% ish moisture and kibble is 3%. So, if you want to really compare them nutritionally, you'd need to remove the moisture component from raw and get a dry matter analysis. Some raw food formulas include vegetable matter which would count as carbs but none compare to the amount of carbs in kibble. Definitely, higher protein and fat than the average kibble and because it isn't extruded under high heat, it's more bio-available and more easily processed by the dogs kidneys.
For those that can't afford to feed a strictly raw diet or don't want to for some reason, yes, you can mix kibble and raw. The old myth that goes round about not mixing them was what the kibble companies used to say to discourage people from feeding any raw food (and cutting into their market). Some of the most elite athletes in the canine world (racing sled dogs) are regular fed a mix of raw food and kibble. Dogs are physiologically designed to handle variety and no two items that they eat are going to digest at exactly the same rate, that is not an issue.
~Erin Lynes & the Eromit Labs