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jimmy85 · 03-09-2021, 03:56 PM

Charlie is my 13 year old yorkie with kidney disease.
She was diagnosed roughly 2 years ago.
She has also battled chronic pancreatitis for the past 4 years.
We have gotten numerous diet consultations/recommendations from UTCVM over the years but she has preferred a combination of the Renal Support D, KD Chicken Stew and most recently the Renal Support T.

Unfortunately in the past 10 days she had grown weary eating the RSD and KD food so we made the change to the RST.
This RST she seems to enjoy but in the past 10 days her BUN went from 46 to 69 and her CRE went from 2.2% to 2.3%. This change in bloodwork also occurred with her getting 3 subQ fluid treatments over a 10 day window.

The RST has a higher protein/fat concentration compared to the others so we’re going to try and wean her back from that and onto a pate food which compares similarly in protein/fat concentration as the RSD and KD which she’s eaten well over the past year and a half.
Her activity level has been good and after the subQ fluids her spunk level gets back to an 8 year old level.
Does anyone have anything that has helped their yorkies that have battled this problem ?

03-09-2021, 03:56 PM	#1
jimmy85 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pooler, GA , USA Posts: 43	13 year old yorkie with kidney disease Charlie is my 13 year old yorkie with kidney disease. She was diagnosed roughly 2 years ago. She has also battled chronic pancreatitis for the past 4 years. We have gotten numerous diet consultations/recommendations from UTCVM over the years but she has preferred a combination of the Renal Support D, KD Chicken Stew and most recently the Renal Support T. Unfortunately in the past 10 days she had grown weary eating the RSD and KD food so we made the change to the RST. This RST she seems to enjoy but in the past 10 days her BUN went from 46 to 69 and her CRE went from 2.2% to 2.3%. This change in bloodwork also occurred with her getting 3 subQ fluid treatments over a 10 day window. The RST has a higher protein/fat concentration compared to the others so we’re going to try and wean her back from that and onto a pate food which compares similarly in protein/fat concentration as the RSD and KD which she’s eaten well over the past year and a half. Her activity level has been good and after the subQ fluids her spunk level gets back to an 8 year old level. Does anyone have anything that has helped their yorkies that have battled this problem ?