When my Gouda got liver damage from her chemo treatments her appetite was off. I joined a canine liver disease yahoo group and learned a wealth of information especially on diets. The easiest thing for a dog to digest for a protien source is fish. Dr Dodds DVM diet was highly recommended in this yahoo group. Of course not every dog mentioned here has liver disease but one can get the idea of ingredients dogs need in their diets if you choose to make your own
http://www.monicasegal.com/aboutus/yahoo017.php
Recipe
Per Week:
42 oz cod, baked
35 oz potato
42 oz sweet potato
21 oz zucchini
42 oz green beans
5 capsules, vitamin E 100 IU
25 mg vitamin B compound
250 mg Ester-C
1 ½ eggshells
7 tsp. canola oil (not to be used for dogs that have seizures)
40 mg zinc citrate or gluconate
1 ¼ tsp di-calcium phosphate
3 capsules, Multimineral Complex
As far as commercial food I feed Gouda Taste Of The Wild. Not cheap at all but I just love the ingredients in it and it has made a huge difference in her coat. Here is a link to the list of ingredients
http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com...s/ingredients/
Here is also a link with some info and other links about canine diabetes diets
http://www.caninediabetes.org/pdorg/diet.htm
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Originally Posted by Dude
back to her bratty self ,thank you
also I was wondering if you know the name of the drug your dog is on?
This girl is a very picky eater, which doesn't help matters.We have been
giving her chicken because it's the only thing she will consistently eat.
We also have been giving her a midnight feeding.
We would like to ( if it's diabetes or hypoglycemia) control this thru diet
or supplements of some kind.
If any one knows of some healthier things she might eat in addition to her
chicken that would be great.
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