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Reply To: Need help with food for an 11 y.o. Mini Schnauzer with severe gastritis

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Susan
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Hi Cheryl, when she has Endoscope make sure you have biopies done, Patch had an Endoscope done about 1 month ago when vet looked he found nothing everything looked good oh there was some salvia in his stomach, he took 2 biopies & 5 days later rung with results Patch has Chronic to Moderate Lymphocytic Gastritis with associated spiral bacteria infection (Helicobacter)he was put on a 2 set of antibiotics & Zantac they are suppose to have Losec but losec gives him very sloppy green poo..
he kept swallowing regurgitating & swallowing about 1am 3am of a morning I knew it was acid I thought ulcers but it was the Helicobacter infection causing his acid reflux..
Patch last year was vomiting up his food undigested when he was put on the Royal Canine
Hypoallergenic kibble this kibble was to hard to digest & was toooo high in fat..

I’d be looking at low fat diets Low residue foods that are easy to digest..
I feed 5 smaller meals thru the day
I give cooked meal for breakfast then I give kibble for lunch & dinner that way if the breakfast meal isn’t balanced he’s getting everything in his kibble,

My boy is on vet diet as he has IBD & I’ve tried premium kibbles with no luck…
I cant rotate foods as this irratates his bowel so I just give foods for breakfast that I know wont cause any problems….He eats the Eukanuba Intestinal vet diet this has different ingredient to the Iams Intestinal.. the Eukanuba Intestinal kibble is a low residue kibble & breaks up real easy so easier to digest & less work on his stomach & bowel, google low residue foods, here’s 1 site that has what foods are recommended its for humans I cant find one for dogs but you’ll get an idea, until you have the Endoscope done for a proper diagnoses..
http://www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au/services/sgog/LowResidueDiet.html

I just bring to boil chicken breast & 1 tablespoon pumkin I was adding 1/2 a boiled egg but the I thought the yoke had too much fat cause after eating breakfast Patch would start his licking mouth, when I looked up egg on this site egg isn’t a low residue food, so no wonder he’d start his swallowing & licking after he’d eat his chicken pumkin mixed with the boiled egg..
I also give mash banana as a treat & water melon mashed when hot as we are in Summer at the moment & Patch doesn’t like drinking water it must make him feel sick..
I hope some of this info will help but remember less is best when dealing with dogs with GI problems…well that’s what I have learnt