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  • in reply to: Recipe for Royal Canine SO #71240 Report Abuse
    karen k
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    All such good suggestions! I have been making their treats for some time, I may as well do some of the food as well. Even the “good” food only has about 17% protein, and it should be higher for these urinary issues.

    I feel blessed to have found this forum, great folks and wisdom. But that is how us dog and kitty owners are!

    in reply to: Recipe for Royal Canine SO #71234 Report Abuse
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    I am new to all this, but now will be adding water and broth to all feedings. All commercial dog food and treats are very expensive here in Mexico, as it is all imported, so I have not used canned food. I know some folks that feed their dogs meat, as it is less expensive than bagged food. I also think the water we use is very alkaline and may be a factor. It is well water but we have a reverse osmosis system for our and the doggies drinking, so it is purified but still may be very alkaline, as it is all limestone here. Distilled water is about $1 a liter, not good.

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    I will talk with our vet about these tabs, thanks so much for the link. If he does not know how to get them, I can order and get a friend to bring them, lots of expats here going back and forth. I believe I read not to use the special diet food and the supplements at the same time, that way I could try some home made food and the supplements, and track the frequency of the episodes as I have been doing.

    in reply to: Recipe for Royal Canine SO #71223 Report Abuse
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    I agree, I think it could not hurt to test him again for an infection. The first two episodes Doc had, I was certain he had a urinary trac infection due to those behaviors. He went on antibiotics twice. Before going on the special diet food, our vet also mentioned using a herbal approach, with the down side that there is a lot of guessing regarding dosage. I think we should take Doc in and ask to give that a try, try and increase the water consumption. The Royal CanineSO has helped him with that.

    Thanks so much for your support, it just breaks my heart to see him like that, like he needs help and I wont do anything for him.

    in reply to: Recipe for Royal Canine SO #71215 Report Abuse
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    Thanks for the info. My dog, Doc, had every test they had to offer, urinalysis, blood work, ultrasound, xray, catheter under anesthesia. Nothing showed up. He has done better with the Royal Canine SO, with these episodes less often. I would not hesitate to have him go through all the testing again if our vet thinks it would find anything this time. He is okay now, sleeping it off, like with the other episodes. Likely there is a stone or crystal that cannot be found through the testing, and it may eventually come to surgery I suppose.

    On a kind of separate note, we have the most excellent vet here, as with medical care for humans, very affordable, modern with caring providers. We just have fewer or more expensive access to certain things that have to be imported, like special diet food. I cannot order any medication whether human or animal, or supplement . Mexico immigration as well as most countries will not allow.

    in reply to: Recipe for Royal Canine SO #71212 Report Abuse
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    I returned home today and my dog is having major pain and wanting to pee constantly, he has not had an episode for a couple of months. Living in Mexico, I do not have access to a lot of different kinds of special prescription dog foods, which is why I was searching for home made http://dogcathomeprepareddiet.com/diet_and_urinary_tract_stone_and.htmld
    There are recipes for dealing with the crystals. However, my vet could not confirm that there were stones or crystals. I did read on this forum about science diet to get rid of the crystals, I will see if I can locate it. If not, I fear we might have to go the exploratory surgery route, which I really hate to do. If the episodes are a few months apart, I guess we all can live through it, but more often, I am not so sure.

    I also am sure cranberry supplements are not available here, maybe when I return to visit the US I can try and pick some up, or maybe there is a health food store that might have something like that.

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