Tom Zaremba wrote 03/13/2008 06:23 PM Raw Diet #185815 - 03/13/2008 06:23 PM
Tom Zaremba Webboard User Reg: 07-16-2006 Posts: 20 Loc: Eastern NC Offline	Hi, I was writing to ask for some help with my dog's diet. Back in August we switched our dog to a raw diet and have been thrilled with the results. However, on Sunday he started to vomit, and wouldn't eat. I thought he would get over it quickly, but Monday brought no change. Tuesday, I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with pancreatitis. Today he finally came home, but I was wondering if I am feeding him the wrong things/ratios? I have done a lot of research on your site about things to feed him, and I have also used some other sources to determine his diet (he gets chicken, ground beef, mackerel, vegetables). I'm afraid this is something that I did to make him so sick. Any suggestions about which way I should go from here? I do not want to switch back to dry dog food, and I sure don't want to go through this whole pancreatitis attack with him again. Thanks for any help you can offer. TRY IT RISK FREE! * *some risk may be involved.
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Michael_Wise wrote 03/13/2008 07:36 PM Re: Raw Diet [Re: Tom Zaremba ] #185819 - 03/13/2008 07:36 PM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	What did your vet say about possible causes? Bloodwork? Diet can cause an acute bout of pancreatitis. I would want to have chronic problems ruled out before I blamed a diet that I have had success with. Has anything in the diet changed recently?
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Tom Zaremba wrote 03/15/2008 01:16 PM Re: Raw Diet [Re: Michael_Wise ] #186035 - 03/15/2008 01:16 PM
Tom Zaremba Webboard User Reg: 07-16-2006 Posts: 20 Loc: Eastern NC Offline	I have been researching extensively and can't figure out what caused this. His diet hasn't changed, same as above. I have heard that increasing the amount of bone (ie chicken backs, etc) is maybe good versus just using thighs or legs which are more meat. Also, I have been trimming most fat off of the thighs now. The other thing I just thought of, was that I took him to do some pretty serious training a day or so before this all started. I went to a vets office near my house where they have a friendly cat that is unafraid of dogs. My dog Rocco is so insane with cats that just being in the building with this thing makes him shake and froth at the mouth. I wanted to spend some time in that environment with him to work desensitizing him. I had him sit by me in the waiting room for about a half hour, doing this shaking and whining and frothing thing. Then we left and did some exercise and ball chasing etc. to blow off steam. Has anyone ever had any experience with over-stressing a dog in a scenario like this? Thanks TRY IT RISK FREE! * *some risk may be involved.
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