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JRS___B
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Jul 15, 2013

Special Diet Dog Food - Do You Make Your Own?

Our three-year old, 20 pound mini Schnauzer goes in for surgery to remove kidney/bladder stones tomorrow. She has passed dozens and dozens of these in past 2 weeks, with one almost as big as a pencil eraser. A recent X-Ray showed many more to go, with one stone about the size of a cherry tomato, and thus the surgery.

Now the vet says she will have to be on a special diet dog food forever. These are the type stones that grow out of infections.

I understand and believe what he says.

The thing I cannot figure out is why we cannot also make our own special diet food, especially since she can no longer have any dog treats of any kind, and she really does not like the special diet dog food.

Anybody make their own dog food for a dog that requires a restricted diet as a result of kidney/bladder stones?

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