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Originally Posted by Ringo1  Well. My vet did not want to change her food yet because,according to him, she is a puppy and needs the protein. I had been weaning her off her Purina Puppy Chow (sent by breeder) onto TOTW. After incident, checked ingredients and removed TOTW - VERY HIGH PROTEIN food.
Now, just Purina (yes its crap) until we re-test 2 weeks.
Bought some limited ingredient Wellness for my Westie and saw that it had only 20% protein (less than the Puppy Chow at 27%). So have been adding a few Wellness kibbles to her food to try and transition.
She is doing well - no other symptoms - other than I would say a very docile dog. Of course, my Westie is the Alpha and she usually pesters him a good bit and loves to get him to play - but rarely barks, etc. Everyone says the best behaved dog. Wonder if some of that is liver symptoms when we think she is just being sweet and quiet??
Must get back to work for a few. I do think you are right. MVD and feed and supplement accordingly. That's what my gut says. We'll see after re-test. Problem will be convincing my vet who wants to send her somewhere for scintography before he spays. Now he's very nervous about the spay. Holding off on that.
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I believe there are a few good Vegetarian Kibbles (Natural Balance and one other that I can't think of right now) out there, that are probably best for her, especially since she had that episode from the Alpo.
My Roxy was a very well behaved and docile dog when she was young. she had her spay at 7 months old (no blood work), she had her teeth cleaned at 14 months (no blood work), she had bi-lateral luxating patella surgery at 2.5 yr (nothing odd on the blood work). She had a repeat LP surgery at 3 yr (nothing odd on the blood work). And at 38 months old, one more surgery to remove the pin in her knee. Everything went well. When she was 3 1/2 yr old, upon hearing about liver issues in other pups from Roxy's parents, we decided to do the BAT. And it was pre: 43 and post: 100.9
The best thing to do is research, and talk with your Vet and Specialist, bc knowing that her littermate had a LS would make me believe your pup has liver issues too (not necessarily LS though)