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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  With all due respect, you said, "Yikes", and said specifically that the things I suggested would cause pancreatitis. I was trying to offer things with low fat and low protein. If you operate on the assumption that literally anything can cause pancreatitis, that would suggest you should never feed your animal anything at all.
For a frozen kong, you could also put in sweet vegetables like carrots or oatmeal, along with some chicken. |
No, I did not say they could specifically cause pancreatitis. I said it was not a good idea to feed these items to a dog with pancreatitis. Yes, I said yikes because I found your advice to be alarming for Jackson. However, I think some of your ideas for treats are wonderful such as carrots or oatmeal in a kong (not pig parts or raw stuff or cream cheese) but these are not items I'd feed to a dog who is currenly experiencing unresolved pancreatitis and I would not do this for many months following the event to make sure the pancreas isn't tipped off.
As to the rest of your comments about assumptions, I do not operate on the assumption that anything can cause pancreatitis and have stated that over and over. But we are dealing with a breed predisposed to pancreatitis so being aware is a good thing. However, it is not worth the risk for a dog with a KNOWN history of pancreatitis when it is UNKNOWN all things that could tip him off. Just as a reminder, pancreatitis can become a life threatening illness and each pancreatitis event is usually more severe than the one before. I would hate to come on here some day and see that Jackson is back in the hospital with a hemorrhaging pancreas knocking on death's door for something as silly as a treat! That was a little dramatic but I take this stuff extremely seriously.
With all that said, Brit has to make the choices here and I respect that of course. I know what I would do if this was my dog, I've shared that on the thread and with Brit herself.