Hi Jean, what medications is your dog on for acid reflux? since putting Patch on Losec (Omeprazole) a stronger ant-acid medication Patch has improved heaps nilly 100% it all
depends on what he’s eating now….
When he eats his “Taste Of The Wild” Sierra Mountain, Roasted Lamb, he does real well,
no swallowing or grinding his teeth, he grinds his teeth I’d say when the hydrochloric
acid comes up into his mouth, then he grinds that yucky taste away then he swallows & swallows..
I’ve notice when I feed him a high carb diet over 40% in a dry kibble especially the vet diets that are for Intestinal health he grinds the most & when I looked most vet diets are 50-60% in carbs……also kibbles with rice, oats, barley, beet pulp makes his acid worse they’re soluble fibers they sit & ferment in the stomach…
Change your dogs diet, change a few things around, feed something else for breakfast & then watch him, is he better or worse..
I cant feed wet tin food he starts grinding his teeth, even the wet tin Vet Diet foods &
some are only 1.7%max in fat so it must be the carbs, fish oils & beet pulp in the vet diets causing the swallowing grinding from the acid reflux coming up…cause when I make his meal lean pork & sweet potatoes he’s fine…. Patch can’t have any fish or salmon oils in a dry kibble or wet tin foods….the Australian made Taste Of The Wild has no Salmon oil we have Canola oil instead, probably cause fish & salmon oils go rancid quicker when the bag is opened & the oxygen hits the kibble…..
