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Also http://http://www.dogaware.com/kidney.html has terrific info on feeding real food to sick dogs.
Both sites have a number of articles on feeding real food to dogs, great primers.
Then since your dog has kidney issues check the phosphorus content by making up a recipe at nutritiondata.com and make sure there isn't too much phosphorus.
My 15.5 year old Sassy is on a home cooked kidney diet. That plus subcutaneous fluids and a daily Pepcid to help her appetite have perked her up nicely. Her home cooked food isn't replacing the K/D it is BETTER in every way.
If he is on antibiotics that messes up the intestinal flora big time. Sassy stopped eating when she was on a high powered one. A simple antacid worked wonders. She mopes around without her fluids so make sure he is getting more than enough fluid.http://http://www.mycockerspaniel.com/h2o.htm Sassy gets the amount that comes up in the calculator plus what is in her wet food AND subcutaneous fluids.
Get copies of ALL the lab work you have had done and join the yahoo group K9KidneyDiet for ways to zero in on best treatments for the dog.
Also http://http://www.dogaware.com/kidney.html has terrific info on feeding real food to sick dogs.
Both sites have a number of articles on feeding real food to dogs, great primers.
Then since your dog has kidney issues check the phosphorus content by making up a recipe at nutritiondata.com and make sure there isn't too much phosphorus.
My 15.5 year old Sassy is on a home cooked kidney diet. That plus subcutaneous fluids and a daily Pepcid to help her appetite have perked her up nicely. Her home cooked food isn't replacing the K/D it is BETTER in every way.
If he is on antibiotics that messes up the intestinal flora big time. Sassy stopped eating when she was on a high powered one. A simple antacid worked wonders. She mopes around without her fluids so make sure he is getting more than enough fluid.http://http://www.mycockerspaniel.com/h2o.htm Sassy gets the amount that comes up in the calculator plus what is in her wet food AND subcutaneous fluids.
Get copies of ALL the lab work you have had done and join the yahoo group K9KidneyDiet for ways to zero in on best treatments for the dog.