Wednesday, August 1, 2012

My dog has CHD(heart disease)and needs to be on a low sodium diet. Any recommendations other than hill science

My dog has CHD(heart disease)and needs to be on a low sodium diet. Any recommendations other than hill science?
My dog doesn't seem to like Science Diet because it's too mushy, any other recommendations for a low sodium canned food. Anyone know anything about wellness dog food and if any of them have low sodium? He refuses to eat dry food so canned is my only option and preferably something I can buy at Petco or Petsmart. Oh and he is a 12 1/2 year old Lhasa Apso male. I guess I left out some essential details but he was diagnosed with circulatory heart failure exactly one week ago and he underwent a couple of x-rays and tests and he has been put on two medications one for his heart and lasix for the fluid build up in his lungs and it's because of the way the lasix medication takes toll on his kidneys that I have to have him on a low sodium diet. Besides the CHF he is a very happy and joyful dog and I want to make sure I get him the right food so he can stay as healthy as possible and thanks for all the answers so far :)!
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I don't know if Wellness is low sodium, but I used to work at a high end pet store and wellness was one of the most recommended brands. Science diet is crap. It's pushed by vet's because Hills makes all of the vet school literature so they pretty much brainwash vets into thinking it's so great. Consider the raw food diet.
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I had a dog with kidney disease I used to cook for. She loved it! I cooked once a week & froze it in single servings. My recipes came from Dr. Pitcairns book Natural Health for Dogs and Cats but I'm sure if you check the library there's lots more info/ diets available. Good luck! >^..^<
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if he has lived that long with chd then I would let him eat what he wants and the vet could give him water pills. My dog was so bad with his chd that he was put on water pills, he died when he was only 7. Check at petsmart with the "Blue" foods, they are excellent, I do not know about the sodium, check out their website and read up about it, it is an excellent food for sure. okay, so he is already on the water pills, good. Blue probably has a line with low sodium, I havent checked on that. Good luck, Im glad you are taking such good care. whomever gave the thumbs down had no reason, that was ignorant edit: I found a low sodium recipet for you for dogs Ingredients Â¼ lb. ground round or other lean beef 2 cups cooked white rice without salt 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 teaspoons dicalcium phosphate Directions Balanced supplement which fulfills the canine MDR for all vitamins and trace minerals. Cook beef in skillet, retaining fat, stirring until lightly browned. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Keep covered in the refrigerator. Yield: 1lb. Nutritional Analysis Protein - 6.3% Fat - 5.5% Carbohydrate - 17.6% Moisture - 68.5% *Sodium - 0.1% Metabolizable Energy - 660 kCal/lb. *This diet contains approximately 50 mg. sodium/100 gm. dry diet.
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You need to do your homework,pick some good to excellent foods,then email for the sodium content in the food.My chf dog was on wellness senior kibble,it is lower sodium but I didnot check their canned food

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