Need help with lite dog food
I need to switch wet and dry dog foods for my senior dogs. Both wet and dry need to be low in fat. These dogs are small breed so need to have a dry food with small kernels and both wet and dry have fl...
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You can't directly compare the protein and fat percentages for wet food and dry food, because wet food contains so much more moisture. You have to convert the wet food to "dry matter basis" first.
Here's info on how to do the conversion
If you can't find a wet food right away, how about getting some cans of one of the "prescription" foods from your vet to give you more time to research? When one of my former dogs had pancreatitis the vet wanted her to eat nothing but canned Science Diet I/D for several weeks. I'm not a fan of Science Diet for normal, healthy dogs. But I do think their "prescription" foods work well. I have no idea if I/D would be appropriate for a diabetic dog, though.
Another alternative may be to use something like chunks of cooked skinless white meat chicken in place of canned food?
Here's info on how to do the conversion
If you can't find a wet food right away, how about getting some cans of one of the "prescription" foods from your vet to give you more time to research? When one of my former dogs had pancreatitis the vet wanted her to eat nothing but canned Science Diet I/D for several weeks. I'm not a fan of Science Diet for normal, healthy dogs. But I do think their "prescription" foods work well. I have no idea if I/D would be appropriate for a diabetic dog, though.
Another alternative may be to use something like chunks of cooked skinless white meat chicken in place of canned food?