Stupid Guest Tricks

techie-13 wrote:Does she have a water bowl near the kitchen? And will she drink when you wash your hands or run water in the sink? For some reason the minute that Hubby or I start to wash our hands in the sink, our dog will decide it's time to drink from his bowl. (He's a messy drinker that we usually have to wipe after, so we tend to pay attention to when he goes to have a drink.) We've had to use the hand washing trick a couple times when it was really warm and we worried he wasn't drinking enough.

We'll give it a shot. Thanks!

hobie16 wrote:We'll give it a shot. Thanks!

Why not put some yummy flavor in her water, just like Mom and Dad? I know diabetics that use it and it is low fat, no sugar, etc etc etc

Could be an alternative?

mapo

hobie16 wrote:The doc sent us home with some canned food.

Hills Science Diet L/D (Liver Diet)? I grew up with a dog with a totally nerfed liver (birth defect) and she lived to a ripe old age on that stuff.

8^)

Mayonnaise wrote:Hills Science Diet L/D (Liver Diet)? I grew up with a dog with a totally nerfed liver (birth defect) and she lived to a ripe old age on that stuff.

8^)

He sent us home with Hill's Prescription Diet W/D. It's designed for weight reduction. She's on it for the low fat so her liver gets a break.

The latest good news is Scooter's kidneys are fully functional. The doc told us the liver takes longer to recover so it's probably weekly blood tests for a few months.

She must be feeling better as she attacked one of her stuffed animals late yesterday.

I looked up the L/D. Here's the description:

Prescription Diet®
l/d® Canine Hepatic Health

Liver Health
The liver is your dog's largest internal organ with many functions, including the digestion and conversion of nutrients, the removal of toxic substances from the blood and the storage of vitamins and minerals. The liver has an amazing ability to repair and regenerate itself, and nutrition plays a vital role in this process.
At Hill's, nutritionists and veterinarians have developed clinical nutrition especially formulated to help support your dog's liver function during its healing process.

Key Benefits
Prescription Diet® l/d® is formulated with the following benefits:

* High quality and highly digestible protein in moderate quantities to help reduce liver workload and helps maintain liver function
* Added L-Carnitine to help maintain normal fat metabolism in the liver
* Added antioxidant nutrients like vitamin E and C to control cell oxidation and promote a healthy immune system
* Reduced in sodium to help maintain normal blood pressure

I guess we will get to see if that old adage is correct. You know, "You can lead a pooch to water, but can't make 'em drink."?

Yup.

Horse + Water <> Drinking

Just as true as:

Florida + Water = Gators

We took Scooter in for another blood draw earlier today. Just got a call from the vet with the initial results. Her liver function is improving to the extent that he wants to wait two weeks before the next test.

We need to keep her on the low fat pooch food and filtered water but, all in all, she continues to improve.

Hobie, sorry...been off SGT for awhile. I was sorry to read about Scooter, but am glad everything seems to be functioning well again. Hopefully, Scoot can start keeping you warm again at night.

We got the results of Scooter's latest blood test yesterday. The doc says her liver function is back to normal.

He did say that she's got thicker than normal blood. This appears to be unrelated to her eating the snail bait. He wants to do one more fasting blood test. Regardless of the results it looks like she'll be on a low fat diet with no people food so she'll have a long life.

All in all it's very good news.

Hooray! for good liver test :) Hope thick blood is not an issue or can be easily remedied......

I think my MD would like to put ME on a low-fat ,no people food diet