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 ...
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Our Gyp had bladder surgery at least 5 years ago; she had struvite and oxalate stones. Our vet frequently will provide homemade diet recipes for dogs that have had bladder stones of one type. He was not confident that a homemade diet would prevent reoccurrence in Gyp's case because she had 2 types of stones. Gyp's diet needs to control multiple things (urine pH, calcium, phosphate, magnesium, and ammonium) to prevent formation of stones. Since surgery she only gets Royal Canin Urinary SO for food and treats with the occasional chew hooves. Gyp having to deal with her new diet (and us with the cost) is a small price to pay to prevent additional surgeries.
