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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  No, Marcel didn't have any yellowy poop at all, it was more like what I described above.
This is all interesting bc so many of the specialists I've known recommend potatoes and I've not heard of issues. I think about 20 folks here use Susan Davis, and almost all of those dogs are on potatoes (some on sweet potatoes). I actually prefer white potato over white rice for sick dogs too, they seem to snap right back and like the potato better than the rice (taste, I mean).
I still don't understand how potato, or a "carb/glucose" (when it comes down to it) would inflame the intestine. I could maybe understand an interaction during pancreatitis if the pancreas was spilling amylase, but otherwise the physiology doesn't make sense to me yet. I'll have to look into this more. |
LOL check it out i saw it in my 3 dogs so i know it is true and had read about it alot. I am on an ibd dog group as well as several nutrition groups on yahoogroups. It has come up alot. Sweet potato is better. I know several of the girls that consult susan davis and had considered in past and have heard good things but a couple things did not sit well with me and a few of them their dogs have relapsed quite a few times into pancreatitis under her care so it concerned me - not due to potato but switching a dog that was doing good to a diff food - if it is not broke do not fix it or you could borrow more trouble. Another dog saying salmon oil was ok when the dog had a history of pancreatitis - NO FATTY ACIDS FOR PANCREATITIS DOGS so that was another red flag. I also am not that impressed with ucdavis diets on
Welcome to the Balance IT® Web Site as a client of mine paid $150 for a diet and they wanted her dog on 5 tums a day for calcium carbonate so she was furious and bought bonemeal and has home cooked for 3 years as she tweaked their diet to what she was comfortable with and the dog is perfectly normal but was very sick with ibd prior to that and cost her thousands of dollars. All of this has made me very nervous of home cooking and figure if it is not broke i am not fixing it and sticking to what works as i think many jump around all over the place and then borrow more trouble and after dealing with health issues in my yorkies for years just not willing to take any chances anymore unless absolutely necessary and two days ago was a reminder when dex got so sick on a teeny piece of yam and I almost had to take him in for sub qs or iv fluids. I screwed up thinking he has been better now for 3 years well guess what he is not and this purina ha has been a life saver. The body is so complicated
