I should probably have mentioned: I live in Nepal. We don’t have Veterinary Internal Medicine Specialists, we are lucky to have a couple of vets who are passionate about looking after our dogs but their training is equivalent to a vet tech in the US, at most.
there is one vet who does blood work (most vets here are trained to think they should know what is wrong with an animal by looking at them… they don’t do any differential diagnosis), and he has tested Kosi… his Liver and kidney stats aren’t great, but they are okay. He’s been on medicine for both, but since it makes him even less likely to eat (local veterinary medications are generally herbal, and in liquid form, which he obviously refuses on food), it doesn’t help with the acid reflux!
What I’m really hoping to get are suggestions of foods or feeding rotation techniques that have worked for other people with picky dogs, so I can at least get him to eat a little bit through out the day and stave off the acid reflux. I gave all the details since the “normal” stuff (canned food, dehydrated food, people food, etc.) don’t work. Heck, I’d let him eat cat food, if I thought he’d eat it! (actually I’ve tried… he won’t)
Thanks!!
