Can anyone suggest a recipe that closely approximates L/D dog food?
I have an Australian Kelpie which I brought over to the United States from my homeland as a puppy, and now, at ten years of age, he's developed liver and kidney problems that have sapped him of all his usual vitality and left him constantly throwing up his food. He's lost a lot of his condition, plods around the house like a snail, and can barely muster the energy to climb up on to his favorite sofa. Measure that against a dog who, until a few weeks ago, was extremely hyperactive and spent much of his time burning off excess energy doing lap after lap of our large back yard at a near full sprint and would practically run circles around himself in excitement every time he'd see us.
I've currently got him on antibiotics, vitamin shots, and medication for liver, kidneys, and also for anemia, but the vet also suggested that he needs to go on an L/D diet permanently.
Under normal circumstances I wouldn't mind paying the $60 per 20lb bag if it means looking after my dog's health, but right at the moment we are up to our eyeballs in major debts and financial obligations (thanks in large measure to a costly legal suit involving my wife's sociopathic ex-husband) and I'm piling up everything to do with my dog on my credit card, together with a pile of other things, while we sort ourselves out and wait for this legal case to finally come to a conclusion.
It would certainly help the budget if I could cook up suitable food for my dog that matches or closely approximates what L/D dog food has to offer, and would in fact see me return to something I used to do for my dogs back home in Australia - cook up their food myself. I assume that outside of the actual food itself I'd probably have to throw in some suitable vitamins as well.
Bottom line - does anyone know where I can find a recipe that approximates L/D requirements, or if one actually exists on the net?
Thanks in advance.
I have an Australian Kelpie which I brought over to the United States from my homeland as a puppy, and now, at ten years of age, he's developed liver and kidney problems that have sapped him of all his usual vitality and left him constantly throwing up his food. He's lost a lot of his condition, plods around the house like a snail, and can barely muster the energy to climb up on to his favorite sofa. Measure that against a dog who, until a few weeks ago, was extremely hyperactive and spent much of his time burning off excess energy doing lap after lap of our large back yard at a near full sprint and would practically run circles around himself in excitement every time he'd see us.
I've currently got him on antibiotics, vitamin shots, and medication for liver, kidneys, and also for anemia, but the vet also suggested that he needs to go on an L/D diet permanently.
Under normal circumstances I wouldn't mind paying the $60 per 20lb bag if it means looking after my dog's health, but right at the moment we are up to our eyeballs in major debts and financial obligations (thanks in large measure to a costly legal suit involving my wife's sociopathic ex-husband) and I'm piling up everything to do with my dog on my credit card, together with a pile of other things, while we sort ourselves out and wait for this legal case to finally come to a conclusion.
It would certainly help the budget if I could cook up suitable food for my dog that matches or closely approximates what L/D dog food has to offer, and would in fact see me return to something I used to do for my dogs back home in Australia - cook up their food myself. I assume that outside of the actual food itself I'd probably have to throw in some suitable vitamins as well.
Bottom line - does anyone know where I can find a recipe that approximates L/D requirements, or if one actually exists on the net?
Thanks in advance.