Pancreatitis
Hi, my dog was recently diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis and now needs a low fat diet for the rest of his life. He was on chicken and rice for a bit while it was all getting figured out, and then we slowly transitioned him to a low fat vet prescription food. Unfortunately that food isn’t agreeing with his body. He’s behavioral issues get more intense when on kibble, and then drop off when he’s only on chicken and rice. Prior to his diagnosis when he was on another brand of kibble, he always had those same behavioral issues, so that’s why I’m thinking it’s kibble related, not just that specific kibble brand. On plain chicken and rice it was like I had a different dog! Not perfect, but sooooo much better than before. I’m coming on here because I’m not sure what other options there are. We will be talking to a nutritionist about what we can make our self’s, but I’m not to sure. The only low fat kibble we have in my country is one from Royal canin (which is what we have tried) and one from hills. I’m hesitant to try hills because 1, I’m thinking this is a general kibble issues, maybe something to do with the processing of it? And 2 because many people who have dogs with pancreatitis do not recommend that brand. So I’m really at a loss. Ideally we wanna keep under 7% fat, but there’s just nothing else out there. Wet food is an option, but it’s over $10 a day! Whereas kibble is only about $3 a day! Any help or advice would be appreciated :)