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Originally Posted by mom2twins  My Yorkie recently got dx with a liver shunt. She had alot of the symptoms of your Yorkie.
Her liver ezymes (sp?) were very high. Had a bile acid test done. It was abnormal. Vet indicated she may have a liver shunt. Took her to a Board Certified Radiologist, who did an ultrasound. He confirm a liver shunt.
Fortunately, the type of liver shunt she had, can be corrected by surgery. We just can not afford it right now. In the meantime, she is on a low protein diet. Hills K/D.
Sorry i didn't read all the replies. Have you had your vet do a bile acid test? That is the first step of liver shunt.
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I'm sorry about your little girl.
She is on supplement until surgery can be done, right?
Low protein is a good idea but the type of protein is also very important.
K/D contains the wrong kind of protein (pork).
Both K/D and L/D dry contain ethoxyquin.
I wouldn't give either.
As Nicole said, L/D canned and Royal Canin LS 14 are the best.
Royal Canin tends to make Yorkies itchy.
I would try the L/D canned first.
A lot of vets don't know much about dietary management of LS evidently because they grab the K/D (probably because they see it is low protein) without studying the ingredients.