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A Balanced Bland Diet - For temporary use until digestive problem is resolved.

Most vets tell you to use cottage cheese/rice or meat/rice mixture for a bland diet, but it is severely lacking in nutrients and unbalanced in calcium/phosphorus levels. For a puppy this can throw them into HOD, a Developmental Orthopedic Disease and on and older dog, a severe nutritional deficiency like this can can be life threatening causing muscle/heart cramping. So I offer his Balanced Bland Diet for temporary use.

I recommend using:

• FILLING N THE WHOLES -is a great basic vitamin/mineral supplement that should fill in the holes in your pet’s daily diet through usable “functional” foods. This unique product provides vitamin, minerals, trace minerals, probiotics, digestive enzymes, dietary enzymes, l-carnitine,"first milking" colostrum, phytonutrients, antioxidants, amino acids. The addition of Filling N The Wholes* replicates the living components found in diets in the wild and helps to support digestive, heart, joint and immune function.
  

• Canine Bulk Recipe Diet (12 cups)
  

  • 12 cups cooked white & brown rice 50/50

  • 1 teaspoon iodized salt

  • Dash of garlic - optional

  • 3 1/2 cups steamed lean hamburger or minced/ground chicken breast
    
    (Note: if the dog needs to be on a low fat diet for pancreas issues, make sure it is the leanest meat you can get - otherwise use a moderately fat meat source)

  • 3 Eggs Cooked and chopped (or 4 Egg Whites, no yolk, if on low fat diet)

   

  • 3000 mg calcium citrate - ground to a powder and mixed in this batch. By adding the calcium citrate this brings up your calcium level to a better ratio.

  • 1000 mg of magnesium citrate - ground into a powder and added
  • OPTIONAL - diced steamed veggies - melon balls or berries for treats.
    

Make sure there is NO PHOSPHORUS in the calcium product you purchase.

For variety you can substitute:

• 1/2 cup of fatty meat for - 3/4 cup of cottage cheese + 1 teaspoon olive oil
• For a low fat diet - substitute 1/2 cup of meat for 3/4 cup 1% low fat cottage cheese

 

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Joint Support Supplement

For a good joint support summpelement: Liquid Health Glucosamine and HA