Has anyone elses dog suffered with pancreatitis

lizziebabe

Hi, hope your dog recovers quickly.

My lovely cat had pancreatitis and survived. The vet wanted to operate, I asked for him to have rest, IV fluids and pain relief as it is a medical condition.
Just watch, as a year later he developed diabetes. I took him to the Vets and told them he had diabetes. I am a Nurse. The blood tests confirmed it and he was on Insulin twice a day, I injected him and he was as good as gold. He was well controlled for 4 years after that.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Well 3rd visit to the vets today. He said my dog looked a 100% better than when he last saw him.

Now I just have to get his bowel movements back to normal. He's still quite loose. At present I'm feeding him Burns kibble with Wainwrights low fat meat as a topper. I feed him smaller amounts 3 times a day. For a treat, he gets a couple of tablespoons of low fat natural live yogurt twice a day & a small portion of steamed diced chicken.

It's just going to be trial and error I guess.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Still can't get his bowel movements to improve. I bought a bag of Wainwrights grain free kibble and still feeding him Wainwrights low fat wet food. Have slowly added the new kibble as I had some Burns left. Now getting upset because I just can't seem to get his diet right.

If anyone can offer advice, it would be appreciated. I don't want to start feeding a raw diet, but am unsure whether just feeding him wet food would be the way forward.

mtbbuxton

It might be the yoghurt causing the loose bowel movements - dogs can't digest lactose and some don't cope as well as others with the effects. Try cutting it out for a few days and see if there's any improvement. If that doesn't work, drop the chicken - my lurcher can't eat any amount of chicken in any form without it really upsetting him.
After her bad attack of pancreatitis, my whippet developed irritable bowel, so what suited your boy before may not suit him now. It may not even be an individual food, but a combination he can't tolerate. It's just a matter of trial and error really and so long as he's eating and not losing too much weight I'd try not worry. I always say to folks that where dog poo is concerned I'm more worried by frequency than consistency.

M x

dawnie1972

My dog has been hospitalised with Pancreatitis today - am shell shocked. She started being sick through the night on Monday, wouldn't eat anything yesterday and last night was sicking frothy stuff. Took her to vets this morning and two of her blood readings were off the scale, vet said a dog with those blood readings is normally collapsed on the floor - my dog was as bright as normal and had I not explained how poorly she'd been the last 2 days he would never have associated those blood results with hers. My vet is amazing but will do lots of research into the food etc.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

dawnie1972 wrote: »

My dog has been hospitalised with Pancreatitis today - am shell shocked. She started being sick through the night on Monday, wouldn't eat anything yesterday and last night was sicking frothy stuff. Took her to vets this morning and two of her blood readings were off the scale, vet said a dog with those blood readings is normally collapsed on the floor - my dog was as bright as normal and had I not explained how poorly she'd been the last 2 days he would never have associated those blood results with hers. My vet is amazing but will do lots of research into the food etc.

My vet recommended Wainwrights. I was feeding him that anyway, but I was also giving him loads of treats too. I've now been feeding him 2 different flavoured Wainwrights kibble for variety and mixing in Wainwrights low fat wet food. I now give him more wet food than kibble, so the kibble has really turned into a topper. As for treats, I still give him a joint care bar and a dentistick, but have cut out all other treats. However, I do give him a small amount of steamed chicken which I think he appreciates far more than any of the Pedigree treats I was giving him before.

The only thing I've noticed is he does seem more hungry than he did before and I'm not sure whether it's due to the low fat content. However, the big bonus is his bowel movements are a ton better.

dawnie1972

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

My vet recommended Wainwrights. I was feeding him that anyway, but I was also giving him loads of treats too. I've now been feeding him 2 different flavoured Wainwrights kibble for variety and mixing in Wainwrights low fat wet food. I now give him more wet food than kibble, so the kibble has really turned into a topper. As for treats, I still give him a joint care bar and a dentistick, but have cut out all other treats. However, I do give him a small amount of steamed chicken which I think he appreciates far more than any of the Pedigree treats I was giving him before.

The only thing I've noticed is he does seem more hungry than he did before and I'm not sure whether it's due to the low fat content. However, the big bonus is his bowel movements are a ton better.

Mentioned the chappie and wainwrights to my vet, and I trust his opinion totally, but am going to try and get her on one of the prescription diets for now due to the severity of her high blood results. Hills Prescription, Royal Canin & Purina do them and they are all available from Fetch at a lower cost than most places. Gonna be very expensive as am going to have to put both dogs on it to avoid the risk of Dolly eating some of Tia's food.

Dare2dream

Hi, My dog has pancreatitis and I started off feeding him the wet royal canin low fat gastro tins. Once he had settled down I moved him onto wet chappie as it is considerably cheaper. he is managing fine on Chappie. I have another dog and I feed her dry chappie with a small amount of the wet chappie mixed in so that if my dog with pancreatitis ever gets hold of it, it won't be an issue.
I feed him a small amount of the dried chappie or royal canin low fat treats as treats. So far this is working well.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

That's it..you have to find a food that works for your dog.

Personally I don't like prescription foods, I think they are a con and very expensive.

dawnie1972

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

That's it..you have to find a food that works for your dog.

Personally I don't like prescription foods, I think they are a con and very expensive.

They may be a con and very expensive but if its the difference between my dog living and not then so be it. At the moment I'm not taking any risks, in time maybe that will change as would like to find a food both dogs can eat.