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06-03-2010, 10:58 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Missouri
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| Best treats for liver disease In January our Yorkie was diagnosed with liver disease (no shunt) and our vet started her on the dry L/D Science Diet. She loved it and improved so much and gained weight. He re-tested her blood and, after antibiotics, her numbers came down to normal. She then decided she didn't like her dry food anymore, so we re-tested her, #'s were up, another round of antibiotics, and I started mixing L/D canned with the dry and she be-grudgingly eats it (only because our Sheltie stands right there after he's gobbled his food down, to maybe get one of her left-over morsels). We did have her blood re-tested in May and her numbers were back up, but she's acting pretty good. Just wonder what else I could be doing to impove her liver problems and what "treats" others out there feed their Yorkies with liver disease. There is so much offered on the market, but I know a lot of those bones and treats are not good for them. Any help would be greatly appreciated! |
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06-03-2010, 11:07 AM | #2 |
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| I try to feed natural treats and nothing that is meat based. I feed the fruit or veggie treats from here, as well as the PB bones and the apple pie bones: wwwwebstartscomFurBabiesPetPlace the sweet potato chews are my kids favorites. I also feed fresh fruits and veggies for treats. I feed yorkie yummies from chattiesmom in the carrot and banana flavors. I sometimes will give zukes minis in PB flavor, or the buddy biscuit soft chews in PB... but I rarely give these, I prefer the things made by YT members because I think they care more about my dogs health then some big corporation and I know they arent sticking anything bad in them.
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06-03-2010, 12:04 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Missouri
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| Thank you, I will definitely check out that website. If anyone else has other suggestions for improving her liver function, I'd appreciate hearing from you. I'm reading a lot on this forum, but sometimes I can't keep up-to-date with new ideas. |
06-03-2010, 12:17 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: pennsylvania
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| Jax is diabetic but green beans are a favorite here.
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06-03-2010, 01:51 PM | #5 |
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06-03-2010, 03:58 PM | #6 |
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| Lucy loves cooked carrots mixed in with her food. I also found some yogurt treats; but she seems to have grown tired of them. Right now, she is eating a Vegetarian kibble . . but she hates it and I worry that she is not eating enough. Doesn't seem to matter what I mix it with. One dry food she always loved and did well on . .. PURINA PUPPY CHOW. I know that is not a good food; but she never had any problems on it . . I didn't have to mix it with meat/veggies/potato . . whatever . . to get her to eat it. She likes cheerios for a treat and sometimes apple. |
06-04-2010, 09:16 AM | #7 |
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| QUOTE=Ringo1;3151502]Lucy loves cooked carrots mixed in with her food. I also found some yogurt treats; but she seems to have grown tired of them. Right now, she is eating a Vegetarian kibble . . but she hates it and I worry that she is not eating enough. Doesn't seem to matter what I mix it with. One dry food she always loved and did well on . .. PURINA PUPPY CHOW. I know that is not a good food; but she never had any problems on it . . I didn't have to mix it with meat/veggies/potato . . whatever . . to get her to eat it. She likes cheerios for a treat and sometimes apple.[/QUOTE] Thanks for the suggestions; these little ones are just so picky; about the time you think you have them figured out, they change their eating habits! I do have good luck with a couple spoolfuls of low fat cottage cheese at night her her "treat" while we have our treats. She loves it, but doesn't like it mixed with her food - just on its own. |
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06-04-2010, 09:31 AM | #9 | |
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06-04-2010, 07:27 PM | #10 |
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06-05-2010, 11:50 AM | #11 |
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06-05-2010, 07:00 PM | #12 |
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| I completely understand what you're going through Becca. We had the same problem with Kozmo. We were so worried he had a liver shunt because his numbers kept coming back high. Our vet put him on the canned science diet as well because he is so small we were afraid the dry food was too big. They told me to get the science diet treats for him. He wasn't crazy about the food or the treats,but we didn't have much of a choice. After a bunch of retesting we finally had an ultrasound and that proved he was fine. The food made his levels go down and now he is back to his normal Eukenuba. As to what caused his levels to go up in the first place is still a mystery.
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