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Originally Posted by Yorkieluv kara, I have a question for you...Miko had exploratory surgery for his liver shunt, but unfortunately it was inoperable, so he has to be on meds (denosyl and lactulose) and special food for life. I was wondering what the protein content is for the food that you have to feed Matise. He is on Royal Canin Hepatic Diet (only dry food) and he seems to like it a lot, but I'm wondering if there's another food that I might be able to get for him with a lower protein content. Thanks, Yorkieluv |
These LS dogs need to be on a diet of 15% or less of protein. A STRICT diet. No deviation. Raising the protein can have unwanted, dangerous cosequences. I have heard of the royal canin. My surgeon (who was on animal planet) and has performed "more than he can count" as he said of these LS surgeries successfully prefers the dogs to be on the Hills Science Diet Prescription Diet L/D
here is the web site
http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/prod...=1137686837620
here are the ingredients of the dry
Ingredients
Brewers rice, pork fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), dried egg product, soybean meal, pasta product, soy fiber, flaxseed, pork protein isolate, chicken liver flavor, vegetable oil, powdered cellulose, glycerol monostearate, taurine, DL-methionine, L-arginine, L-carnitine, L-tryptophan, ethoxyquin (a preservative), minerals (dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, menadione dimethylypyrimidinol bisulfite ( a source of vitamin K)).
and of the can
Ingredients
Water, rice, egg product, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), soybean meal, vegetable oil, corn starch, pasta product, chicken liver flavor, soy fiber, corn gluten meal, fish oil, powdered cellulose, L-arginine, L-lysine, taurine, L-carnitine, L-tryptophan, minerals (dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), beta-carotene, vitamin (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, menadione dimethylypyrimidinol bisulfite ( a source of vitamin K)).
You can see from the ingredients that they are good ingredients. I feed Matise the can. He gets fed 1/4 can total daily broken up into breakfast, lunch and dinner. and I leave about 1/4-1/2 cup of the dry down so he can free feed on that as he chooses. I feel sad that I can't give Matise treats but he doesn't even miss them now. Instead he gets 1 new toy each week. So he always has something new since he can't have cookies. That' how I make it up to him!
Let me know if you have any questions.
Take care.