Hi, I've just joined up here, I've been looking around the internet to find out more about pancreatitis and I found this forum.
Anyway, I have a 11 year old Blue Healer (Mack) who has suffered from pancreatitis since he was very young, he can't eat hardly any fat at all or he gets really sick. I once dropped a very thin slice of kabana on the ground, he beat me to it, and he was up panting all night, he has been on the drip at the local vets several times and atleast three of those times the vet didn't think he'd make it.
He hasn't suffered any major bouts in a couple of years now, he can't eat bones at all (they nearly killed him one time) he can't eat pasta, I don't know why, and all he ever eats is advanced light dry food and when I can affored it (rarely) skinless chicken breast fillet steamed mixed with rice and a bit of packet gravy. The thing is I've been too scared to try him on different foods since the last time he was sick and I want to know what other people feed their dogs with pancreatitis. Mack no longer seems to enjoy the advanced light and has trouble going to the toilet while on the dry food. I have recently found a food called Chunkers and they have a turkey variety with only 6% fat, would anyone else try their dog on this? Really I just want to give him a change of diet to give him a bit of variety so any ideas (including home cooked recipes) would be a help. Thanks.
Belinda
