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lukes · 12-09-2009, 08:22 PM

I sat down a holistic vet before with friends who dogs had calcium oxalate bladder stones. The holistic vet said first thing first, get rid of the bags and cans of "Purina NF" their other vet prescribed. That just masks the problem and doesn't address the root cause of the issue.

Then instructed them to put the dogs on pre-packaged "Raw" (Saying it's not the level of protein that's causes the issues, it's the digestibility of the protein). Meat proteins are way more digestible then proteins derived from corn. He said, I'm not going to say your dog will never develop stones again, but I will say, that I seen dogs develop stones while eating those special diet.

If you have the ability, the only additional thing I will suggest is don't feed your dog one time a day, break it up, in case he does have a liver/kidney issue, you don't want to overwork it.

There's a lot of different opinions out their, but keep in mind many paths can lead to the same endpoint.

12-09-2009, 08:22 PM	#14
lukes Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 142	I sat down a holistic vet before with friends who dogs had calcium oxalate bladder stones. The holistic vet said first thing first, get rid of the bags and cans of "Purina NF" their other vet prescribed. That just masks the problem and doesn't address the root cause of the issue. Then instructed them to put the dogs on pre-packaged "Raw" (Saying it's not the level of protein that's causes the issues, it's the digestibility of the protein). Meat proteins are way more digestible then proteins derived from corn. He said, I'm not going to say your dog will never develop stones again, but I will say, that I seen dogs develop stones while eating those special diet. If you have the ability, the only additional thing I will suggest is don't feed your dog one time a day, break it up, in case he does have a liver/kidney issue, you don't want to overwork it. There's a lot of different opinions out their, but keep in mind many paths can lead to the same endpoint.