Hi!!! Happy Holidays to all. I'm usually on here about my cats and everyone has helped tons. But now I have a question about dogs. My mom has an overweight Min Pin...13 pounds. She's a football. She recently took her to my vet and he ran a senior wellness panel (blood, urine, etc.) and he called her back with the results, saying she might be going into kidney failure, but he'd like to run more tests on her kidneys to be sure. She also has knee misalignment issues and her legs collapse every so often. He said losing weight would definitely help her. Poor baby.
I'd like to know what food I can purchase for my mom to give to Bandit to help her lose weight and to help with warding off any possible kidney problems or preventing any further degeneration. Is the food for dogs, similar to that for cats...meaning, canned better? Obviously no harmful preservatives, garbage food...but I'm not up to date on canine nutrition at all.
My kitties are now eating canned Nutro and some treats of Solid Gold dry - can't remember the name but the bag is sparkly gold (I just found this new product they recently put out that says high protein, no grains...so I'm trying it out.)
Thank you so much for your help!!
I'd like to know what food I can purchase for my mom to give to Bandit to help her lose weight and to help with warding off any possible kidney problems or preventing any further degeneration. Is the food for dogs, similar to that for cats...meaning, canned better? Obviously no harmful preservatives, garbage food...but I'm not up to date on canine nutrition at all.
My kitties are now eating canned Nutro and some treats of Solid Gold dry - can't remember the name but the bag is sparkly gold (I just found this new product they recently put out that says high protein, no grains...so I'm trying it out.)
Thank you so much for your help!!