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thanks so much do any of your dogs have any health issues? I am going to add that as well right now as that will help us too
QUOTE (MyFairLacy @ Jun 14 2009, 11:23 PM)
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I feed a combination of Homecooked with Ziwi Peak dehydrated raw. The nutritionist I consulted said that if I feed homecooked along with raw, I won't need to supplement anything. They get a portion of ziwi peak and homecooked at each meal. Our homecooked recipe is very low in fat and moderate protein and ziwi peak is high protein/high fat so the total diet equals out to be moderate-high protein and moderate fat.
Our homecooked diet contains salmon, whitefish (tilapia or cod), sweet potatos, and green beans. I bake the fish in the oven and shred it. Bake sweet potatos in oven, remove from skin and mash up. I use the frozen green beans, steam them and then puree in blender. And then I portion out everything and mix meals together[/B]
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Rylie has never had any health issues. Lacy didn't either until this year. Last fall she had days about once every two weeks where she wouldn't eat and would throw up or have diarrhea. In January she went in for a checkup and full bloodwork...her bile acids were a little high for pre and post (around 50). She had an ultrasound and then a liver biopsy. She ended up having Hepatic Lipidosis. We also did GI bloodwork and her folate and cobalamine levels were low. We never got a difinitive diagnosis with the GI issues because we would have had to do an intestinal biopsy but our main thought was Inflammatory Bowel Disease....there have been cases where humans have had IBD and fatty liver developed secondarily so it would make sense. Before this she was eating all raw (nature's variety). We then went to strictly homecooked for almost 3 months for her along with tylan, a probiotic and vitamin B injections. She was doing so well and hadn't been sick since the switch so we then added some ziwi peak into her diet. So far so good...no more GI upset and hoping it continues. She gets a couple more vitamin B injections and then in August we will redo bloodwork again to see how everything is looking with her.