Cats are unusual that way (because I do not know about the eating habits of dogs), in that, if you give them really expensive, and good food, then that is what they will demand from you. I made the mistake of starting my kittens on some canned food, and now it is a problem getting them to eat only dry food. Perhaps one of the way to get them to change "downward" is to not feed them much of anything excpet the dry food. Also, that if they get hungry enough, they will eat most any kind of food. They will nibble dry food, but all of them will ususally "starve themselves", knowing that later on in the day that I will serve them a mixture of canned and dry.

..........wayne