Special Diet Dog Food - Do You Make Your Own?

JRS & B wrote:
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?

First I think you need to ask your vet to be more explicit on what type of stones and why not treating the infections also. IMHO< JMHO< IMHO just putting them on the 'special' diet food sold in the vets clinic is not an end all be all. Some vets just tell the client buy this and nothing more.

Here is a VERY thorough explanation of kidney/bladder stones. Read thru it and then ask your vet WHICH type of stones your dog has. The Vet CAN determine this when they are extracted. If you have a vet that you have a good re pore with he will sit down with you and go over the article and explain which problem you pet is presenting with.
http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/13_6/features/Kidney-Stones-Bladder-Stones_16231-1.html

THEN you can make a better decision on what type of diet to make and/or buy for your pet. Hope this helps! :C