high protein, low carb dog food

Christina E · 2014-06-24T18:58:09+00:00

I have a 7 year old female miniature schnauzer who recently had bladder stone removal surgery. The stone analysis showed that they were composed 100% of calcium oxalate. The vet, of course, recommended that she be put on a "prescription" diet, but I think that food is just awful! Plus, there is no guarantee that even eating that food will prevent the stones from coming back 100%, so why have her eat it? I am looking for a high protein, low carb dog food. I know that most kibble is high in carbohydrates so I want to stay away from that. I am looking for a good canned food (low oxalate) or frozen/freeze dried food commercially available. A lot of the foods seem to have sweet potatoes, which are a high oxalate food, along with carrots. Besides home cooking, which I really don't want to do since I'm not good in the kitchen, I want to make sure she gets feed a biologically complete food. Thanks!

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June 24, 2014 at 1:58 pm #45226

Christina E
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I have a 7 year old female miniature schnauzer who recently had bladder stone removal surgery. The stone analysis showed that they were composed 100% of calcium oxalate. The vet, of course, recommended that she be put on a “prescription” diet, but I think that food is just awful! Plus, there is no guarantee that even eating that food will prevent the stones from coming back 100%, so why have her eat it? I am looking for a high protein, low carb dog food. I know that most kibble is high in carbohydrates so I want to stay away from that. I am looking for a good canned food (low oxalate) or frozen/freeze dried food commercially available. A lot of the foods seem to have sweet potatoes, which are a high oxalate food, along with carrots. Besides home cooking, which I really don’t want to do since I’m not good in the kitchen, I want to make sure she gets feed a biologically complete food. Thanks!

June 25, 2014 at 4:44 pm #45314

moxie
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Simply Nourish, Weruva, or Merrick

June 25, 2014 at 4:55 pm #45315

aquariangt
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I would start with 5 star rated foods and glance through the ingredients, most of them are high in protein

June 30, 2014 at 8:16 pm #45702

Peggy T
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If you’re worried about the stones returning, you might try cranberries. They will dissolve stones, and keep them from returning. It works for people.

July 3, 2014 at 9:41 am #45945

Nancy C
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Victors makes a high protein low carb food – 17% carbs – 42% protein. Can’t remem the name. I think it’s GMO free too. go to their site, you can’t miss it. Good luck.

July 10, 2014 at 7:16 am #46541

Marietta B
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Ziwipeak air dried is high protein and low carbs and no sweet potatoes. It’s basically just meat. Dogs go nuts for it.

August 19, 2014 at 6:28 pm #49754

Johnnie W
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Have you checked out Stella and Chewy’s dog food? We have a new puppy and that is what we have her on-the dehydrated chicken.
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