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Hi
Soaking kibble for several minutes is all part of preparing a meal. You just got to get any mindset away from treating "convenience food and feeding" as gospel. I am the cook at home during the weekdays when my wife is at work and nearly all the meals I cook are made from scratch ie fresh. So preparing Taylor's dinner is no big deal.
I would absolutely give puppies and pregnant females extra calcium - either in tablet or powder form as an additive, but premium kibble, top quality dog rolls and fresh meat and raw or very lightly boiled veges - suitable for dogs - and fruit should contain all the vitamins a dog needs. Anything extra is surplus to reqirements.
A typical dog roll in NZ, weighs 2 kilograms, is completely sealed with a plastic cover - just like a large salami is when purchased from a butcher. And it will last up til two months. The brand I buy needs not be refrigerated. But I do. One simply slices pieces of it like they would do to a uncut loaf of bread and then cut that portion into pieces. It's a wet and much more meaty form of food than is kibble. But there are some very dodgy dog rolls on the market which have a lot of fat content and third rate meat and other contents.
Cheers, Michael
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