omg... I need help.

[PoodleMommy]

I am going crazy and need help!

I want Chloe on a low protein diet, 22% max, preferably FISH based.
I thought I finally found the food Wellness Whitefish formula but she refuses to eat it, I have tried everything... it smells awful too, so I dont really blame her. Not that any dog foods smells good but this smells particularly awful.

Can anyone think of any other foods? I have been searching online all day.

The vet doesnt think she needs to be on low protein at all, but the low protein foods they recommend are Royal Canin which I dont really like... I suppose I would try it as a last resort, so opinions on this are fine too.

I did also find Natural Balance LID Salmon that is 21%, but I dont know if I like Natural Balance, I guess I could try it.

A lot of people recommend vegetarian diets because they are low protein but I will not go this route. She has NO symptoms and is very healthy overall so I dont feel it is necessary to take meat out of her diet, I think in the long run she will be healthier by keeping meat in her diet.

Oh and not to be super picky or anything but if you have first hand knowledge of the food can you tell me how big the kibbles are, I think she doesnt like that the Wellness is sooo big.

 

[Brattina88]

Eliminate Pet Food Allergies – Hypoallergenic Dog Food & Cat Food – California Natural Pet Food ??
I don't know about how big the kibbles are, as I've never personally fed it, but I trust the company
Eliminate Pet Food Allergies – Hypoallergenic Dog Food & Cat Food – California Natural Pet Food - wet


I, personally, currently am feeding Meat-Based Pet Food – Premium Dog Food, Cat Food, Ferret Food, Dog Treats – EVO Pet Products but I know thats WAY over your protien level



I'll keep thinking about it for ya

 

[PoodleMommy]

Thank You!

 

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

No help on the food front but I am NOT a fan of Natural balance. It's been the only food ever to make my cat throw up. I don't know what it would do to a dog but the first ingredient is almost never meat so I wouldn't go with it...

 

[PoodleMommy]

No help on the food front but I am NOT a fan of Natural balance. It's been the only food ever to make my cat throw up. I don't know what it would do to a dog but the first ingredient is almost never meat so I wouldn't go with it...

thank you... I was going to look at the ingredients on the bag first but I was pretty sure I remembered not liking the ingredients last time I looked.

 

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

In the grain free cat food the first and third ingredient are Peas

 

[maybe532]

Nature's Variety has a salmon formula, I think both regular and grain-free. I don't know the protein content though.

 

[MandyPug]

Prairie: Salmon Meal & Brown Rice Medley: Kibble Diet for Dogs | Nature's Variety

I know it's 26% so it's a bit over... The kibbles are fairly small in it if i do recall.

I'll keep digging though and let you know.

 

[maybe532]

The kibble for NV is small/average I would say.
I used Wellness White Fish and I agree it is so stinky. Lucy ate it reluctantly. She like their canned though.
California Natural has a herring formula. I don't know the size of the kibble, it has been a long time since I used California Natural.

 

[MandyPug]

The kibble for NV is small/average I would say.
I used Wellness White Fish and I agree it is so stinky. Lucy ate it reluctantly. She like their canned though.
California Natural has a herring formula. I don't know the size of the kibble, it has been a long time since I used California Natural.

I forgot about CN! They do have a small bites line too, so if the store doesn't carry it, ask if they can bring it in. I will special order it for a client of mine.

 

[CaliTerp07]

When we fed cal natural, i think it came in small triangles, the size of half a chex cereal piece maybe? It was a chicken formula though.

Edit: Looks like it fits your guidelines, depending on kibble size. i don't see a small breed formula like Mandy mentioned

Eliminate Pet Food Allergies – Hypoallergenic Dog Food & Cat Food – California Natural Pet Food

 

[maybe532]

I thought it came in round kibble? Do you have a shop near you with samples? Then you could try out several to see what you/your dog likes?

 

[BlueChaos]

What about Pinnacle trout & sweet potato?

Trout, Oatmeal, Herring Meal, Oat Flour, Canola Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Sweet Potato, Calcium Carbonate, Flax Seed, Lecithin, Dicalcium Phosphate, Organic Quinoa, Rosemary Extract, Sage Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Bromelain, Papain, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Product, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Calcium Pantothenate, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin A Acetate, Ascorbic Acid (Source of Vitamin C), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Source of Vitamin B6), Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Thiamine Mononitrate (Source of Vitamin B1), Copper Sulfate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Riboflavin Supplement (Source of Vitamin B Complex), Folic Acid, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Sodium Selenite.

Its 22% protein

 

[lizzybeth727]

I had a friend whose dog wouldn't eat large kibbles, so she broke them up with a hammer before feeding it.

Why low protein??

 

[PoodleMommy]

I had a friend whose dog wouldn't eat large kibbles, so she broke them up with a hammer before feeding it.

Why low protein??

I would say she was crazy but I was banging food with a mallet last night, :rofl1: It didnt work.

Chloe has non symptomatic microvascular dysplasia (its a liver disease).

 

[CaliTerp07]

I thought it came in round kibble? Do you have a shop near you with samples? Then you could try out several to see what you/your dog likes?

Ooh, you may be right. I might be thinking of Innova. We tried 4 or 5 different foods before we found one she did okay on.

 

[lizzybeth727]

I would say she was crazy but I was banging food with a mallet last night, :rofl1: It didnt work.

Maybe a blender, then? If it works with ice...opcorn: Or soak it in water and mush it up, it's just like canned food!