Chihuahua diet for colitis?

Question

My Chi was diagnosed with colitis. She was eating Royal Canin Chihuahua Special Breed food from Petco since 6 months old. Since this colitis problem, my vet changed her to Eukanuba Low residual diet and she just throws it up. As my last effort, I decided to cook for her is the best thing. I don't want to deal with pet food since the recall. The diet I give her consists of ground beef, rice and baby food vegetables. Her stool is still sometimes watery and I dont know what to do. What should I feed my dog for her problem? Also, what about a vitamin supplement?

I can always substitute ground chicken or lamb in place of the beef. This cannot be bad, its the main ingredients in any dog food. Would this better for her?

Answer 1

You really should call your vet back and clear this with him/her. No one here is really qualified. Some vitamins could actually hurt her.

Answer 2

Please ask your vet for another dietary recommendation. Just because the first attempt didn't work doesn't mean they don't know what they're doing!

When a dog has a sensitive digestive system it can be hard to find the right diet to suit the individual. I recommend Hills i/d - this is prescription diet formulated specially for digestive disorders and sensitivity, particularly including colitis. I find it has great results. Hills has not been affected by the recall - their m/d was voluntarily recalled before hysterical people could start attacking the company - they had to be seen to be taking some sort of action.

I don't think her current homemade diet is going to provide her with enough nutrients. I could be wrong, but it doesn't sound quite right - I don't think beef is good for sensitive colons, it's not bland enough. It's always best to go with a 'complete' dog food so you can be sure your pet isn't missing out on anything.

Chalice

Answer 3

For dogs with colitis anything that contains much fat is out.
Meat scraps may be way to rich and ground beef contains far to much fat for a dogs regular diet.
You need to get a nice low fat dry kibble and get her eating that on a regular basis. It will help to frim up her stools and give her all the nutrition she needs.
Or look at BARF diet but you are going to have to be careful with the colitis as fat is a big issue for dogs with it.

Answer 4

Many dogs that are switched to a grain-free raw diet do very well, often better than they have in their entire lives. In general, you want to stay away from all grains and other starchy foods that take a long time to digest, such as potatoes and corn, limit the amount of fiber (from vegetables), and avoid dairy.

Alot of people suggest fasting dogs one day per week.

I work at a Petco and Royal Canin is loaded with Corn. I've had my own personal share of intestinal inflamations myself, but How I cured them might seem hard to do with a dog. Especially since smaller dogs are kinda picky.

Things that take a whle do digest and stay in the system the longest irritate the large intestine. The way I've been able to cure myself of these problems is letting my intestines rest so it can heal.

I know it may seem "harsh" but maybe just feeding you dog homemade chicken broth for a few days with no sediment and lots of water. I know Homemade vegetable juices can help a great deal as well(if you have a juicer).
Unfortunately meats and carbs (like grains/rice) are not good to combine togather because they can make the body to acidic and cause problems like candida and bacteria. There are such things as dogs going "vegetarian" for awhile. cooked veggies have little nutritional value in them though.

Taking enzymes with food also help alot with breaking down foods (dog enzyms are the same as people ones).

though research about intestinal problems lead me to find out that a sluggish liver is to blame. If you do end up healing the colitis through natural remedies, then I think it would be good to support the liver with potassium/magnesium/calcium rich foods.
Also beet/dandelion/milkthistle/ and Artichoke /juices(the best) or suppliments have helped me tremendeously with my sluggish liver.

this is a great page about food combining: http://home.bluegrass.net/~jclark/alkaline_foods.htm
After learning about food combining I can see why so many doge/cats get these problems. Almost Every petfood has a meat/carb combo....

my favorite food would be in the "natural" section of our stores like Hund N Flokken(solid Gold) I hear that they make there food themselves. Also Natures Recipie is good and Natural Balance(though they did have a recall with there rice)

Working with animals for years has made me relize that animals are JUST like us. They get the same maladies and can be cured the same.

In the wild carnivors do get a good amount of vegetable matter because they ate the stomaches of there prey as well as eating it on there own.

Just don't let anyone tell you it can't be cured including vets. Most Vets are just like modern doctors IMO, they only know medicine and surgery.

Answer 5

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/dupnI

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 6

Fruits are identified as ripened flower ovaries which produce seeds.

Answer 7

Hey Babe! I fed my little Chi Beniful and he had the same thing (this was before the food poisening scare) we took him off and went to Pedigree and its been six months, no problems. If this continues, I would get that baby back to the vet.

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