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Anyone know a homemade diet for urate stone prone bulldog that is nutritionally viable on it's own?

Our bulldog, Angus, is prone to urate stones, the kind that is developed because of purines in the food. We've switched him to a lower purine blend of commercial food that, of course, contains no wheat, corn, soy, preservatives, sugar, fillers, etc, but I'd really like to start feeding him homemade meals, as the lower purine blend really isn't low enough in purines to make a difference. Anyone have suggestions for us?


Asked by Angus on Jan 16th 2009 Tagged food, homemadefood, purines, urate, uratestones, bulldog, stones in Homemade Food
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Zackintosh CJ

You can't just feed one recipe to a dog day in and day out.
Dogs need variety just like people, too much or too little of one thing adds up after a while and isn't good for them.
Go to www.dogaware.com and www.barfworld.com
for more info about homemade/raw diets.
Read a few books about it before you start, that will help a lot too.
If you want, you could ask a holistic vet about what to do other than switching food, look for one in your area at www.ahvma.org
Good luck!


Zackintosh CJ answered on 1/16/09. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


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Hi, There are science diets available from vets that are nutritionally complete and low in purine. I would ask your vet what he advises.
There is a home made low purine recipe as follows (this was found in The Hills Small Animal Clinical Nutrition Book by Lewis et al).
440g Cooked Rice
28ml Vegetable Oil
1/4 Tsp (1.25g) Calcium Carbonate
1/4 Tsp Potassium Chloride
1 Large egg (50g)
Plus a balanced supplement that meets the canine MDR for vitamins and minerals (SA37 available from vets is good).
The recipe does not sound particularly palatable so a science canned food is likely to be a better option. Recent studies hae found that dietary purine has a lower effect on urate formation than once thought. Increased fluid intake and avoiding sudden weight loss is more important.
Best Wishes, Nicola Walpole, Registerd Dietitian and Qualified Veterinary Nurse with a Certificate in Animal Nutrition.


Member 805356 answered on 2/17/09. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


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I have a 10 year old neutered male jack russell. He had two bladder surgeries in 2002 to remove urate stones, then 1 urohydropropulsion for a xanthine stone due to overmedication of allopurinol. Then he was on canned and kibble UD by Hills Science diet. Just a month ago, 7 years to the date almost, routine ultrasound found another stone-2.5mm. Was able to have that hydropropulsed out also-no surgery. I was in the process of having UCDavis make up a diet for him. But will wait for stone analysis to see if it is the same. Royal Canin has a food-Urinary UC 18 which is good for the stoneformers who need the low purine lower protein. Naturally preserved too. I have a website of a lady who made a diet for my jr and will send it to you if you want to check it out. It cost because it was tailormade with supplements added etc....


Member 820484 answered on 3/28/09. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


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