Hi there
It has taken me ages to get here again, but I have done it and now I am here.
My cockerpoo , girl, is 9 And on and off during most of her life, she has had bouts of what the vet has said is pancreatitus.
I have always fed her raw, first Natural Instinct and then I went with them to Nutriment. I have fed our dog low,fat, low,purine, etc raw food, always talking to the wonderful Nutriment team. But, vet has always maintained that it was the raw diet , bugs, ecoli etc, that our dog has from eating raw. But I researched very very carefully, spoke to Nutriment and am, was, very happy. 6 months ago pooch was very poorly and our vet referred her to a Dog hospital, where she went in Sept and bacterial cholangitus and cholecystitus was diagnosed … and when I was asked what I fed her , you can imagine what was said about the raw feeding …I was asked to stop immediately and to feed her Royal Canine low fat vet prescription dry food, with a little of the wet food, to the required weight if I wished So of course I stopped the raw, too scared to continue. ( have to say that the hospital took extremely good, if expensive care of our dog. They were brilliant.) anyway, she has been on the vet diet for nearly 6 months now, and has been on antibiotics and Destolit, because her bilirubin was v v high and so was her liver blood count. Happily is is now back to normal, more or less, and she has to come off the antibiotics for 3 weeks and then another blood test to see what is happening … but she has started “praying” again …sometimes … I have told the hospital , they said keep an eye on her, she has just had another scan, a few days ago … but I did not mention this praying when she was there, hubbie said “she was lying down on walks cos she didn’t want to go home!!!) and I was fussing !!!, hmmm. Anyway I have been told that she can now stop the royal canine, and to buy a good quality, lowish fat dried … but not , not to go back to raw. And much as I want to, I won’t. ISO …my question is, after this very long winded post, what should I feed her?? I have spent many a “happy” hour here, looking at different dog food and I must admit , after a visit to a Pet Shop, like the sound of Tribal For Seniors/light. It is the next best thing, they said, to Raw?? I was wondering if I am allowed to ask for advice please? She is actually happily munching her way through the Royal Canine, but I am not happy!! And when it has gone, I don’t want to buy again. She is very well I. Herself, loves walks, is a scavenger, very active, I give her various supplements from Dorwest Herbs (;can rec the Milk Thistle if the liver needs support) I have decided to stick with low fat if poss, which help with the pancreatic prob if she really has one, I know that the gall bladder, liver, pancreas are all very close and connected …so … if you stuck with this very long post a huge THANK YOU. Maggie. Ps this is a wonderful site. Thank you to all of you for it. X