Kim Winsor Webboard User Reg: 07-28-2012
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Hoping for feeding advice. Have had sick great dane. He has recovered somewhat, is on doxycycline and metacam until later this week. Did not eat for a week but has started eating small amounts of canned food every few hours. Still has a cough. Am now suspicious of congestive heart failure given
his advanced age. Cannot get in to see a vet this week but wonder about feeding--keep doing the same? offer kibble? (his last weight was around 74 kg. but is probably less now)--the canned food
advises 1 can/9 kg. weight which would equal 7 cans/day--is this reasonable?)
Also, he is slightly less lethargic and I'm wondering about walks. He has been house and yard bound
for the past week. Do I risk a half block walk or keep him quiet until I can get veterinary advice?
I would stay away from kibble at this time - it takes a lot of energy for a dog to digest kibble and they don't get too much out of it. If he's eating the canned food, let him stay with that. As for amounts, I would do small amounts frequently - he probably won't get up to 7 cans/ day for quite some time - you don't want to overwhelm the system that was just recently shut down.
If you are suspecting heart related issues, I would probably keep him quiet. If you want to walk him, take him up or down the driveway. I wouldn't want to get him a half block away and have him collapse with no way to get him back. He's not eaten much in a week or so, so we don't want to tire him out too much - he will need energy to get better. Think of a time when you had the flu or a bad cold, and how long it took for you to come back to normal - it's like that for dogs too.
Best of luck! Glad to hear he's finally eating a bit
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I would stay away from kibble at this time - it takes a lot of energy for a dog to digest kibble and they don't get too much out of it.
If he's eating the canned food, let him stay with that.
As for amounts, I would do small amounts frequently - he probably won't get up to 7 cans/ day for quite some time - you don't want to overwhelm the system that was just recently shut down.
If you are suspecting heart related issues, I would probably keep him quiet.
If you want to walk him, take him up or down the driveway.
I wouldn't want to get him a half block away and have him collapse with no way to get him back.
He's not eaten much in a week or so, so we don't want to tire him out too much - he will need energy to get better. Think of a time when you had the flu or a bad cold, and how long it took for you to come back to normal - it's like that for dogs too.
Best of luck! Glad to hear he's finally eating a bit
You're getting GREAT and Heart-Felt advice here, Kim.
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