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Low Fat Food
Hope someone can help. I have been told by the vet that I "must" get
my dog on some low fat food and the prescription stuff they sell at the vets is way too expensive for me. Has anyone else had this problem and have a brand they can suggest? I have been trying to read all the labels but really don't know what is considered "low". Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA |
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VERY VERY high triglicerides, several large fatty turmors - dog is 15
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Ah, old lady bumps....
There are all sorts of options. There are many stores that will carry "lower fat" foods, just a matter of reading the labels. The larger pet stores will have a variety. Did he say just HOW low fat? Any other problems - like her pancreas or anything else? My thoughts are a little different than the vet's. The dog is 15. Maybe she should have whatever she wants. "~Florida Girl~" wrote in message ... VERY VERY high triglicerides, several large fatty turmors - dog is 15 years old. |
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~Florida Girl~ wrote: Hope someone can help. I have been told by the vet that I "must" get my dog on some low fat food and the prescription stuff they sell at the vets is way too expensive for me. Has anyone else had this problem and have a brand they can suggest? I have been trying to read all the labels but really don't know what is considered "low". Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA TIA, You will need to look for a food with the term LIGHT, Not reduced Calorie, not Low Calorie or any other nonsense. The word LIGHT has a specific meaning under AAFCO law and proves the food contains a set number of calories. It is not at all uncommon to find foods claiming they are "reduced or low calorie" only to find out they have more calories per pound of food that some other normal adult maintenance foods. AAFCO sets a mximum calorie value per kg of food and if the food is not labelled as a LIGHT - then the food does not meet AAFCo standards for a true light food and contains too many calories. |
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"ZPL" wrote in message ... Did he say just HOW low fat? Any other problems - like her pancreas or anything else? My thoughts are a little different than the vet's. The dog is 15. Maybe she should have whatever she wants. .......amen to that! I once lived in an apt building with 3 elderly women. I always offered to pick up incidentals for them at the grocery store. One of them got a lot of pepsis and cigarettes. I told her daughter once about that, wondering if she shouldn't have them. She said - she's 90, she can have whatever she wants! ........and maybe (unless it's a breed prone to hyperlipdemia) she should get her thyroid tested too. Full panel thyroid, not just T4 and T3. buglady take out the dog before replying |
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I think the "low fat" has to do with the triglyceride level and the fatty
tumors - not girth. "Rosemary" wrote in message ... On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:22:05 -0400, (~Florida Girl~) wrote: Hope someone can help. I have been told by the vet that I "must" get my dog on some low fat food and the prescription stuff they sell at the vets is way too expensive for me. Has anyone else had this problem and have a brand they can suggest? I have been trying to read all the labels but really don't know what is considered "low". Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA I'm suprised the Vet didn't emphasise a better alternative to buying expensive low fat commercial dog food. Exercise, activity, lower fat natural foods etc. It doesn't matter what you feed your dog, if they don't get to opportunity to burn up calories they will get fat. How often do you exercise or play your dog. I have never really trusted commercial dog food as a complete diet. I like to give my dogs plenty of variety. Sometimes I feed canned food sometimes I cook for them, sometimes, if I am out working in the field with them, they eat what I eat. Calories have never been an issue because they burn it off in exercise. That's the key. Rosemary. |
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