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Originally Posted by ladyjane  How is Miss Annabelle doing? |
I would say great, as she's been like her old self for a couple of days now, very playful and energetic. But I'm questioning a couple of small wet spots on the rug, which either means she threw up or Turner, her brother, has been lying there and obsessively licking and chewing himself--they have allergies and he does that a lot but that's another thread.
I've been giving them boiled organic skinless boneless chicken breasts and rice. The last couple of days I've added a little baby food sweet potatoes, but not much. And because I ran out of the boiled chicken last night, I've substituted some strained baby food chicken and broth, which is low fat and recommended years ago for another dog I had who had pancreatitis and kidney disease. Just to be safe, though, I'm discontinuing the baby food and getting ready to cook some more chicken to go with the rice.
Her vet says the Hills Rx I/D low fat canine digestive care canned food is back-ordered at Hills. So I'm trying to find some somewhere. They have the dry food in that Rx but I've read that a lot of dogs don't care for it, so I wanted to start her on the canned. Maybe if I got the dried and for the time being mixed it with chicken and rice? I don't know at this point.
I want to put her on a nutritionally balanced diet and Hills is what they carry (usually). I know there's another one called Royal Canin but haven't looked into that one and the vet may not be as familiar with it. And with Thanksgiving tomorrow, this is probably all going to have to wait until Friday.
I worry that currently my dogs are not on a balanced diet. We ran out of the Blue Buffalo Grain Free Kibble they used to eat--and Anna couldn't eat that now anyway--so they're both on cooked food now. I want to put them both on that same low-fat food, just to make sure Anna doesn't get into whatever higher fat food I would be feeding Turner. The vet said it would be okay for them both to eat low fat. (I could always sneak Turner some balanced doggie treats that aren't low fat from time to time.) Ultimately I'd like to put them back on self feed with some kind of kibble but also give them canned food for maybe one meal. Lots of decisions . . .