I will try to make this as brief as I can. Last week our 10 year old female was diagnosed with either hemangiosarcoma or histiocytic sarcoma. Her spleen and liver are full of tumors, and they have spread to her lungs. She only has a short time left (a week or so was what her vet said). Until this, she has always been very healthy.
I naturally started researching and found the dog cancer blog by Dr. Dressler (sp?). In his blog he talks about how he believes processed pet foods are a major contributor to cancer. I was convinced once I realized humans are healthiest on an unprocessed diet so why wouldn't canines be the same? So I am following his diet recommendation for dogs with cancer (cooked, due to compromised immune system).
That leaves my almost 8-month-old male, Ruger. Obviously I want to feed him as healthy as possible, and since he is not immune compromised I planned to start him on a raw diet. Everything I read said to go cold turkey since kibble and raw are not a good combo. The majority of what I read also said to start with a chicken RMB. So that's what I did last night. I gave Ruger two chicken thighs. I held onto them while he ate to make sure he chewed and crunched up the bones. All seemed well. He loved the chicken and ate every last scrap.
Today he has major diarrhea. Like nearly liquid poo. Not just soft. Tonight he also vomited white mucus twice. This morning he got a meal of cooked chicken and rice and a little canned pumpkin after I saw the diarrhea. After he vomited tonight I decided to fast him until tomorrow morning.
I am feeling terrible that I have caused him to get sick. Did I do something wrong? I read that some dogs can get pudding poop when switching over, but I wasn't expecting liquid poop. And the vomiting really has me concerned.
What should I do at this point? Cooked chicken and rice until he is back to normal? Keep going with the chicken thighs? Something else?
He is acting pretty normal (a little less energetic than his usual crazy self). I don't want him to get worse, though. And really don't want to have to clean up dog diarrhea from my floors in the middle of the night.
Thanks for any help you can give.
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I naturally started researching and found the dog cancer blog by Dr. Dressler (sp?). In his blog he talks about how he believes processed pet foods are a major contributor to cancer. I was convinced once I realized humans are healthiest on an unprocessed diet so why wouldn't canines be the same? So I am following his diet recommendation for dogs with cancer (cooked, due to compromised immune system).
That leaves my almost 8-month-old male, Ruger. Obviously I want to feed him as healthy as possible, and since he is not immune compromised I planned to start him on a raw diet. Everything I read said to go cold turkey since kibble and raw are not a good combo. The majority of what I read also said to start with a chicken RMB. So that's what I did last night. I gave Ruger two chicken thighs. I held onto them while he ate to make sure he chewed and crunched up the bones. All seemed well. He loved the chicken and ate every last scrap.
Today he has major diarrhea. Like nearly liquid poo. Not just soft. Tonight he also vomited white mucus twice. This morning he got a meal of cooked chicken and rice and a little canned pumpkin after I saw the diarrhea. After he vomited tonight I decided to fast him until tomorrow morning.
I am feeling terrible that I have caused him to get sick. Did I do something wrong? I read that some dogs can get pudding poop when switching over, but I wasn't expecting liquid poop. And the vomiting really has me concerned.
What should I do at this point? Cooked chicken and rice until he is back to normal? Keep going with the chicken thighs? Something else?
He is acting pretty normal (a little less energetic than his usual crazy self). I don't want him to get worse, though. And really don't want to have to clean up dog diarrhea from my floors in the middle of the night.
Thanks for any help you can give.
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