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Originally Posted by tabs
Well this is a redux of my Airedale Misty. Saturday morning the new little dog threw up and you could tell as the day wore on that she was in increasing pain. So this morning I took her in to the ER Vet. The diagnoses is that she has Pancreatitis. Hopefully she will stabilize and I will get her back. I have had her for 3 weeks, and only in the last week did she start getting any fatty food. I have a hard time believing that the onset of Pancreatitis is anything so sudden?
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Tabs,
Pancreatitis is very common in some breeds of small dogs. (Schnauzers etc.) Low-grade pancreatitis can usually be completely managed with a good low-fat dog food. We use Hills Prescription diet t/d – for our little guy who has had low grade pancreatitis all of his life and who does very well with it. But you absolutely must avoid giving him fatty table scraps (sausages etc) because that will kill him very quickly.
We also give him boiled chicken breast, and boiled salmon and halibut - which he loves and which have none of the bad fats.
Let me know if I can help with this. We have spent a small fortune on vets talking about the pancreatitis issue, and now have a fairly good handle on it. Bottom line: this can usually be brought under control with a strict low-fat diet.