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05-23-2012, 04:29 AM | #1 |
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| Home cooking question Hi Everyone, So I just got back from the vet and have been given the blessing/information to add homecook stuff to Harley's current diet. He's on an elimination diet using only K9 Naturals Lamb Supreme. Over the past two months I've added other lamb products with no reaction so now it's time to start slowly adding more. The food he's on is a complete diet; however, I'm finding it very hard to keep weight on him. He's usually 4lbs barely and yesterday he was 3.6lb. He's eating the recommended amount for an 11lb dog . I wish I had his metabolism. So here's my question. I've been instructed to only give one new ingredient every week, and this week I'm thinking potatoes (add some weight on him, plus it should mix well with his food. I can't remember if I'm supposed to cook the veggies or give them raw... I will call them later once their open to confirm, but I thought I'd ask here too to get some more information. The recipes I have for eventual meals say boil in the skin, but the list of random veggies I'm allowed to try doesn't say anything and I know that carrots and peppers were supposed to be raw. Some of the recipes I have are from Hilary's Blend. www.completeandbalanced.com
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05-23-2012, 04:35 AM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member | Hi, I usually wash, peel and cube the potatoes and then boil until tender. For flavor I may add a dash of butter but that is rare. For veggies - broccoli and carrots - I feed those raw as Romeo loves the crunch!
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05-23-2012, 04:47 AM | #3 |
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| Hey Kendra. Are you planning on eventually going completely with home cooking? I do complete home cooking with Rosie and I am so pleased with it. I don't use potatoes with her so not much advice there. But I do use rice and sweet potatoes and both of them are cooked. I would definitively call your vet just to be safe. Good luck with it!!!
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05-23-2012, 05:08 AM | #4 | |
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Plus I'm not working right now for the summer, so I actually have the time to learn how to do it and develop a system so that I can work on it before I get busy in September.
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05-23-2012, 05:10 AM | #5 | |
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05-23-2012, 05:12 AM | #6 |
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| hahahah... so clearly I didn't "do" it right.... at least according to Harley, he ate all his food and totally left all the potatoe. He's a picky little bugger. Maybe until I have an actual cooked meal I'll have to give them to him as treats mid-day rather than with his meal. lol
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05-23-2012, 05:14 AM | #7 | |
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05-23-2012, 05:29 AM | #8 |
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| Yeah maybe that'll work, I don't have any on hand so that'll be next week's experiment. I'm going to try preparing the potatoes a few different ways and see what he thinks. I may have under-cooked them this time, I think if they were really mashed up soft and mushy they'd soak in some of the lamb juicy water from the food. lol. Man our dogs are spoiled.
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05-23-2012, 05:31 AM | #9 |
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| Hi I run most of the food through a food processor. Remy will not eat greenbeans if I don't If you cook the potatoes and mash them into the raw food it should work. I don't add butter or anything and my guys still love them. Peas would be a good food to try .. they are high in startches like potatoes. Also, I cook dry beans.. like lentils and add to their food.. they love them
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05-23-2012, 01:38 PM | #10 |
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| To get a "healthy" weight on him, give him salmon, mackerel, sardines. Potatoes just turn to sugar, and isn't a healthy way to gain weight. This is what I'm doing now with my Jilli Ann. She will be 9 !/2 months Sunday and too thin yet to have spayed, so we are giving her a high calorie diet.
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05-23-2012, 03:06 PM | #11 |
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| Potatoes are fine. Pasta is fine. Rice is fine. It really depends on what carbohydrate you want to go with. I use peas, sweet potatoes or rice most of the time. I wouldn't use mackerel salmon or other various fatty fish to put weight on since yorkies are prone to pancreatitis. I'd just balance the diet and increase overall volume to add calories. Good luck!
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05-23-2012, 03:20 PM | #12 |
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| My Cookie was put on a diet of tilapia and sweet potatoes by a vet nutritionist in December after being diagnosed with lymphangectasia. She was losing protein, and her levels were devastatingly low. That diet has completely turned her around! Her protein levels immediately started to rise and are stable...have been for months now. I also use sweet potatoes now as treats for my other pups...they love them!
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05-23-2012, 05:29 PM | #13 |
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| I seemed to be followed around and contradicted. Anyway, I suppose some folks know more than the specialist when it comes to food. Maybe we all should stop asking for help/questions and go straight to the pros in this case. I do hope you find what works for your baby though.
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