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KIDNEY PROBLEMS
Here are a few things Dawg's Biscuits have got together.
Legal statement:
This is for information only and in no way should be taken as Dawg’s
advice, expert or otherwise. For any animal medical problem you
should seek professional advice.
First: The best link:
http://www.dogaware.com/kidney.html#diet
(Loads of info. It
is 48 pages and contains nearly everything you might want to know,
and then some…, read a bit at a time to take it in otherwise you’ll
overload.
Great info.)
You can download a copy below, but it's best to go to the link above as Mary Straus of www.dogaware.com, whose article it is, updates regularly. Many thanks to Mary for sharing an incredibly useful source of information, and for the huge amount of work she has put in.
If you want a pdf
of this Click Here
if you want this
as a Word document Click Here
University of Columbia Animal Hospital
We also
recommend B-complex and vitamin C to help the well being of your dog
and also replenish the vitamins lost due to the inability of the
kidneys to recycle and retain the nutrients in the body properly.
Sodium bicarbonate may also be of use to aid in controlling the
changes in the acidity of the blood. If hypertension or heart
failure are present, we avoid the use of this medication.
PEDIGREE PET
FOOD ADVICE FOR RENAL DISEASE
- If your dog
has been prescribed drugs, administer them exactly as advised.
- If your dog
has been prescribed a low phosphorus diet, feed it to him
exactly as advised. Avoid feeding extra snacks.*
- Feed your dog
small meals, often, rather than giving him one or two large
meals in a day.
- Offer fresh
food at each feeding.
- Make sure your
dog always has access to clean, fresh water.
- Sometimes,
dogs that have chronic kidney failure don’t feel like eating.
For them, it may help to warm food to just below body
temperature, and to try hand feeding for the first few days of a
new diet.
*Dawg thinks this is
right but if your dog is eating very little, or nothing at all, a
few treats are better than nothing.
*Recipe*
http://www.naturalpetcare.co.uk/nutrition/dogrecipe.html
(Scroll to the
bottom of the page for the recipe)
http://www.2ndchance.info/renaldisease.htm
(general info, and
a recipe in the text, paragraph 2 in ‘Diet’ section)
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