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iwannalollipop2 · 05-06-2008, 05:24 PM

Well, if you're asking me, like I said Lacy has no symptoms whatsoever.

For people struggling with finding diets for liver-compromised yorkies, I would recommend wholeheartedly making your dog's food yourself. Actually, I would recommend that for any dog of any breed. I'm not being an organic freak or anything, and I don't think that much about the processed food that I eat. But have you ever really thought about dog food--really? It didn't even exist until the 1960s or 1970s in heavily manufactured form. It's made for profits, not health. Even the better brands are made with fillers like ground up chicken by-products and corn. I loveeeee "Dog and Cat Diets" by Donald R. Strombeck, DVM, PhD. We took it out to show the veterinary internist and she got all excited, "Ohhh we love that book--we have photocopies for every patient for diet management!" He includes regular diets for healthy dogs, along with a selection of special diets for hepatic disorders, renal disorders, weight management, heart diseasew, all kinds of stuff. And it's all really wholesome and easy to make: usually some form of protein (beef, chicken, or tofu or eggs for shunt dogs), carbs (white rice, cooked potatoes, pasta), vitamins, etc.

What we do is make a big batch of a recipe and freeze it into little yorkie-sized muffin tins, then take one or two out and thaw them in the microwave for every meal (which are 4 times a day now).

Here's one of the hepatic disorder diets that we give Lacy all the time:
"Cottage cheese, tofu, and rice diet (moderate sodium):
1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 percent fat
1/3 cup tofu, raw firm
1 1/2 cups rice, long-grain white, cooked
1 tablespoon chicken fat
1/4 teaspoon salt substitute (KCl)
3 bonemeal tablets (10-grain or equivalent)
1 multiple vitamin tablet
Provides 651 calories, 36.9 grams protein, 21.8 grams fat, .28% sodium. Two to 3 ounces or ore can be added to increase bowel movement frequency." Once you get the tricky-to-find ingredients in large quantities, it's really easy to just make up a batch and freeze it to feed your dog for a week or two. No chemicals, no preservatives, and quality sources of protein and carbohydrates for shunt dogs.

05-06-2008, 05:24 PM	#23
iwannalollipop2 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 28	Well, if you're asking me, like I said Lacy has no symptoms whatsoever. For people struggling with finding diets for liver-compromised yorkies, I would recommend wholeheartedly making your dog's food yourself. Actually, I would recommend that for any dog of any breed. I'm not being an organic freak or anything, and I don't think that much about the processed food that I eat. But have you ever really thought about dog food--really? It didn't even exist until the 1960s or 1970s in heavily manufactured form. It's made for profits, not health. Even the better brands are made with fillers like ground up chicken by-products and corn. I loveeeee "Dog and Cat Diets" by Donald R. Strombeck, DVM, PhD. We took it out to show the veterinary internist and she got all excited, "Ohhh we love that book--we have photocopies for every patient for diet management!" He includes regular diets for healthy dogs, along with a selection of special diets for hepatic disorders, renal disorders, weight management, heart diseasew, all kinds of stuff. And it's all really wholesome and easy to make: usually some form of protein (beef, chicken, or tofu or eggs for shunt dogs), carbs (white rice, cooked potatoes, pasta), vitamins, etc. What we do is make a big batch of a recipe and freeze it into little yorkie-sized muffin tins, then take one or two out and thaw them in the microwave for every meal (which are 4 times a day now). Here's one of the hepatic disorder diets that we give Lacy all the time: "Cottage cheese, tofu, and rice diet (moderate sodium): 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 percent fat 1/3 cup tofu, raw firm 1 1/2 cups rice, long-grain white, cooked 1 tablespoon chicken fat 1/4 teaspoon salt substitute (KCl) 3 bonemeal tablets (10-grain or equivalent) 1 multiple vitamin tablet Provides 651 calories, 36.9 grams protein, 21.8 grams fat, .28% sodium. Two to 3 ounces or ore can be added to increase bowel movement frequency." Once you get the tricky-to-find ingredients in large quantities, it's really easy to just make up a batch and freeze it to feed your dog for a week or two. No chemicals, no preservatives, and quality sources of protein and carbohydrates for shunt dogs.