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Originally Posted by Ellie May  LOL you're welcome. Some vets are so test happy that they forget what they are testing for. 
Probably the only way I would do a liver biopsy is by opening the dog up and taking a sample. Several samples is best... An actual large liver shunt doesn't show on a biopsy. MVD (multiple small shunting does). You have to do a scintography or portogram to rule out a large shunt... MVD is usually spread thorughout the liver, so one sample SHOULD be good enough, but I think vets are finding now that MVD could be focal (localized), so more than one sample is best.
I don't know where I would be without the internet either. Ellie just went to a specialist and I am certainly glad I knew enough to not go along with one of her ideas/thoughts. It could've made Ellie's liver worse. 
If you are talking about the regular Innova canned, it is VERY high in protein AND fat. The Wellness though is way too high in protein and high oxlate foods. |
It is Innova senior and it has turkey, potatoes and yes carrots but the orange carrots stand out and they are big enough to see so i pick them out. but it has 4.4 % protein (wellness has 8 %) and crude fat 3.2 %
samie literally only gets the smallest dab. Like the size of a pea. I give her the soloxine with her dog food. But that darn Demarin will not hold the food. I have a small about of dog food that i wet real good and refrigerated. i am going to try to use it again when I give her the demarin. If you come across a canned food you think would work for this then i am open to one :-) I have been researching food for months and especially in the canned I cannot find nothing. However the way i ended up with the Innova senior again is i compared it to the pres hills canned L/D and the innova was actually lower in protein than the hills pres.
The first batch of treats i made didn't go to waste either. i have been snacking on them LOL!!!!! :-) too funny! they really are good! The rye flour is very sweet and nutty tasting. haha!