Nutrition to the body

[Acesaun]

I read that we should drink 1/2 hour before or after we eat reason being is that the heavy amount of fluids dilutes the nutrients that our body absorbs from the food we eat,which gives you less nutrition for the body,can this be the same For our hounds during keeps an regular feedings?

[tasoschatz]

Actually the water suppose to dilute our stomach acids and make digestion harder. Nutrients need to be broken down before absorbtion, after that, assuming that the quantities are not extreme, they get absorbed in stomach, intestine etc.
What happens after they get into blood circulation is another story depending on many variables like needs, timing, metabolic status, hormones etc.