My 7 y/o Rottie has chronic pancreatitis. Fortunately, I caught her acute episode very early ao she didn't spend any time in the hospital. She does extremely well as long as she's on a strict low fat diet. Currently she eats Avoderm Lite (max 9% - kibble, 5% canned). She also has pyloric stenosis so I have to be certain the food is eather small enough or moist enough to be sure she doesn't get another obstruction (I'd rather not have another $1,500 surgery). I know the moist/small part of the equation wouldn't be a problem but here's my question for your opinions:

How difficult do you think it would be to be able to regulate the fat % (ok, I know there's no way to completely tell with raw) and/or fat content of a raw diet?

Chicken is good. Beef not so good. Absolutely no pork and lamb is questionable. Fish would be questionable as well until I saw how she did with it. Too much oil of any kind would set her in to barfing bile (she is sweet enough to go to the washroom on the tile floor when she does).

I have not varied her diet at all since finding Avoderm to be one of the lowest fat contents out there and I've just kept her on it because she's done so well. It definitely kept me from having to buy any prescription food.

I've never really considered trying a raw diet with her thinking it would be an overwhelming amount of work, but since I've been contemplating changing JD to raw I'm wondering if it would work for both.

Thanks everyone!

You can indeed.

In fact, Mary Straus (and probably Lew Olson, although Olson's pancreatitis diets might be all cooked) comments on her site about homemade diets (cooked and raw) following acute pancreatitis.




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Here's where Mary Straus reviews WDJ readers' homemade diets for dogs after acute pancreatitis:
http://www.dogaware.com/articles/wdjlowfatdietsamples.html



Edited by Connie Sutherland (02/11/2011 06:00 PM)
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Thanks Ms. Big Floppy Bow, er Connie

I'll check it out!

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I knew it.


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You can indeed.

In fact, Mary Straus (and probably Lew Olson, although Olson's pancreatitis diets might be all cooked) comments on her site about homemade diets (cooked and raw) following acute pancreatitis.




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Here's where Mary Straus reviews WDJ readers' homemade diets for dogs after acute pancreatitis:
http://www.dogaware.com/articles/wdjlowfatdietsamples.html

Connie,

The diets she has say they are for after a bout with acute pancreatitis. My dilemma is that Callie has chronic pancreatitis. The ground beef would be a no-go, that I'm pretty sure of. I'm also curious, she talks about "meaty bones". Are these the chicken bones she's talking about, or are "meaty bones" beef bones? If it's the beef bones, that's a no-go, too. Most anything related to beef makes her ill.

Thanks again.