Knowledge Needed Please!

[Booboo'smommy]

Originally Posted by Yorkieluv

Milk thistle, you can purchase anywhere that sells vitamins and supplements, like a GNC, vitamin world, or even a regular drug store. Generally, the dose for a dog is 1/4 of the human dose. The canned food, I'm assuming your vet has Booboo on l/d?? You should be able to order it from online or any petsmart that has a Banfield should carry it. The homemade diets....I don't know if I'm allowed to post it here, but if you join the liver shunt/mvd group on yahoo pet groups, you should be able to find it there. There's the Sunny Mae liver diet and Dr. Dodd's liver cleansing diet. Dr. Dodd's "revised diet" is what I use most of the time but instead of cod, I use eggs or cottage cheese because Miko also has bladder issues, and cod or any type of fish is not good for a dog with urate stones.
As far as protein, eggs, nonfat yogurt, nonfat cottage cheese, vegetable protein, rolled oats, plain noodles all have "safe" protein for dogs with liver problems, but you have to monitor how much protein your dog can have in one day. Your vet should be able to tell you how many grams of protein your dog can have in one day. No red meat though.

YorkieLuv

Thanks again, you really do know your stuff. I am already a member of yahoo groups for liver shunt and MVD but I find it so hard to navigate.
Could u send the homemade diets receipe in a PM? I would really appreciate it. Thank you again. It's nice to have someone around that knows what you're going through. Thanks

[Booboo'smommy]

Originally Posted by Dan & Corinne

I'm so happy you are getting so much important information from YorkieLuv. YT is so wonderful is this way.

My prayers for all your babies quick and full recovery!

Thanks Dan & Corinne,

Yeah you're right YT is so wonderfull. People like this make this such a great comunity to be a part of. Thanks for your prayers. They mean a lot.

Maria

[Dan & Corinne]

When Jewel was first diagnosed with her illness, I started my research by emailing various veterinary hospitals. Each school has a bio of their doctors and what their specialties are along with wether they are involved in research study for a particular illness.

I had several replies and finally started to work with one doctor via phone & email. She actually contacted our vet and worked together to help Jewel.

The research to find the right doctor/school took time but for me it was definitely worth it.