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Safe way to make prescription food tastier????
Our chesapeake, Sally, is a great dog, but she's diabetic, needs
insulin shots twice a day, and eats a special prescription diabetic food, Hill's "W/D." This is made specifically for diabetic dogs, and doesn't have a lot of the sugars and other junk that regular foods do. The problem is, it's very bland-tasting, and Sally really doesn't like it. She'll usually eat most of it IF we mix in some regular canned food, but she almost never finishes it. Plus, mixing the canned food kind of cancels out the purpose of using the prescription food. The other day we ran out of W/D and I picked up some Pro Plan Senior dog, just to get through two days while the vet was closed for Christmas. She DEVOURED it, licking the bowl completely clean, every time. I've never seen her eat like that before! So we were wondering if there's SOMETHING out there we can mix in with her W/D that would make it tastier for her? We've tried liquids like chicken broth, etc. and that doesn't work, it just makes it too wet and gooey. There's a commercial "gravy" you can buy in a bottle to add to dry food, but she doesn't like that, either. Heaven knows what's in it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ron M. |
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Safe way to make prescription food tastier????
Will she eat some cooked vegetables mixed with the W/D?
"Ron M." wrote in message oups.com... Our chesapeake, Sally, is a great dog, but she's diabetic, needs insulin shots twice a day, and eats a special prescription diabetic food, Hill's "W/D." This is made specifically for diabetic dogs, and doesn't have a lot of the sugars and other junk that regular foods do. The problem is, it's very bland-tasting, and Sally really doesn't like it. She'll usually eat most of it IF we mix in some regular canned food, but she almost never finishes it. Plus, mixing the canned food kind of cancels out the purpose of using the prescription food. The other day we ran out of W/D and I picked up some Pro Plan Senior dog, just to get through two days while the vet was closed for Christmas. She DEVOURED it, licking the bowl completely clean, every time. I've never seen her eat like that before! So we were wondering if there's SOMETHING out there we can mix in with her W/D that would make it tastier for her? We've tried liquids like chicken broth, etc. and that doesn't work, it just makes it too wet and gooey. There's a commercial "gravy" you can buy in a bottle to add to dry food, but she doesn't like that, either. Heaven knows what's in it. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ron M. |
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Safe way to make prescription food tastier????
Marie - we really don't have time to mess with cooked vegs, especially
since she must eat on a strict schedule. I did get a tip from a friend of mine whose dog had the exact same problem. He poured a capful of vegetable oil over his dog's W/D, and the dog ate it instantly. I tried it, and it worked!! She cleaned the bowl. I need to check with the vet, though, to see if it's OK to do this on a long-term basis. Seems like it wouldn't be harmful. It's vegetable oil, not animal fat or anything. |
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Safe way to make prescription food tastier????
Have you tried adding a little water to the food and warming it slightly in
the microwave?? ... From experience at work I know that some of the Hills foods can be very bland tasting and it does seem to make them a little more appetising if they are warmed up. Good luck Nik "Ron M." wrote in message oups.com... Marie - we really don't have time to mess with cooked vegs, especially since she must eat on a strict schedule. I did get a tip from a friend of mine whose dog had the exact same problem. He poured a capful of vegetable oil over his dog's W/D, and the dog ate it instantly. I tried it, and it worked!! She cleaned the bowl. I need to check with the vet, though, to see if it's OK to do this on a long-term basis. Seems like it wouldn't be harmful. It's vegetable oil, not animal fat or anything. |
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Safe way to make prescription food tastier????
Ron M. wrote: Marie - we really don't have time to mess with cooked vegs, especially since she must eat on a strict schedule. I did get a tip from a friend of mine whose dog had the exact same problem. He poured a capful of vegetable oil over his dog's W/D, and the dog ate it instantly. I tried it, and it worked!! She cleaned the bowl. I need to check with the vet, though, to see if it's OK to do this on a long-term basis. Seems like it wouldn't be harmful. It's vegetable oil, not animal fat or anything. A "capful" of vegetable oil may be OK, but of course it depends upon the size of the "cap". Typically adding anything to a Prescription Diet is a bad idea. There is a company called FlavorX than produces a number of different flavorings which can be sprayed on the food without interfering with the diet in any way. They were predominantly a human medicine flavoring company but have branched out to pet flavors a couple years ago. http://www.flavorx.com/flavors.html Grilled Tuna Chicken Pot Pie Red Angus Beef Fish Chowder Crispy Bacon Scrumptious Peanut Butter Cheesie Cheddar Roasted Lamb Chopped Liver Salmon Steak Whitefish Salad Shrimp Cocktail Sardine Splendor Mother's Milk Gooey Molasses Mom's Banana Bread |
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Ron, my lab mix, female of 7 yrs was diagnosed with diabetes. We have spoiled them with table scraps. I asked the vet about cooking some venison with garlic to put over her dry food. He said that would be okay as long as we did it every day. Perhaps you have access to lean meat that would do as well.
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