Poor Ellie! I thought Snickers had a lot of problems, but sounds like you really have your hands full!
After we got the diagnosis of the clostridial overgrowth, it seemed like that had really been the thing that was causing the symptoms. The specialist basically said that his symptoms were not caused by MVD, but probably had exacerbated the digestive problems caused by the clostridial overgrowth. I'm not sure if the food added to him being sick before or not....I suppose it could have. We did try a lot of different things over several months and he'd just keep getting these episodes of fever, vomiting and diarrhea every couple of weeks which seems to have been the clostridial overgrowth. I'm not sure that we would have done the all the testing that lead to the discovery of MVD if he hadn't had all the chronic digestive problems. He wasn't really showing the typical signs of liver disease. Does that make sense? I'm not sure that I am explaining what I am trying to say very well...
So, while I wanting for a food that will keep him healthy today, which the l/d is doing, I'm also concerned about the food that will best keep him healthy for long-term and help him live longer and healthier than he might otherwise....why I'm thinking of home cooking.
You just hear so many stories of dogs that do really well on it....then you hear so many stories of dogs that live perfectly long and healthy lives on the most terrible commercial food ever. I wish there was a clear cut answer. It's hard enough to find a food that works for a healthy dog sometimes, but this whole sick dog thing makes it even more difficult to know what to do!
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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Yorkieluv, a member of YT who hasn't been here in awhile, has an extremely liver compromised dog (Miko). All dog food made him very, very sick. He does very well on homecooked. She can use the ingredients that work best fo rhim.
My dog, Ellie, has a compromised liver, pancreas issues, intestinal issues, malabsorption issues, and food allergies. Homecooking has worked somewhat. She really doesn't do well on any food. After a recipe was formulated for her, her bile acids did not really go down. I would not consider homecooking an answer to bringing bile acids into normal range.
I used to think that way too. You want to know you've done everything you could... But if something is working, esp. for a major medical issue, it probably isn't worth it to change.
I would stick with what is working. Wouldn't even attempt to changeit... You should be able to add a few green beans, some pieces of sweet potato, etc. in though. |