My dog's food and illness history

[Jay Jay]

I suspect one or more of:
WalMart's "Special KITTY" canned food
Nutro Natural Choice "Small Bites Senior" dry food
Merick's "Lamb Filet Squares" treat
IAMS "Lamb Meal & Rice Formula" dry food.

NOTE:
Our DOG hates dry food but will eat it when mixed with wet CAT food.

Before the Recall:
Diet
WalMart's "Special KITTY" CANned food
Nutro Natural Choice "Small Bites Senior" dry food
Merick's "Lamb Filet Squares" treat
Home cooked hot dog, cheese and table scraps.

Our dog was drinking lots n lots of water and pooping less.
Our very active dog walked slow and slept a lot.

March 16
Because of the recall news, we fed her home cooked food only.
Cooked eggs, olive oil, cheese and dogs-friendly-vegies

March 27
At this point she was almost normal, so believing FDA,
we started IAMS "Lamb Meal & Rice" dry (wheat free)

March 30
We notice she was little bit less perky and drank little more
water than usual.

ADD to my suspect list: IAMS wheat-free-dry.

April 1
Back on home cooking and 1 Merrick Sq a day.

April 10
Started Solid Gold CANNED food (not made at Menu Food or Diamond)
and Kumpi Senior Dry

April 12
Almost normal so I gave her more Merrick sq through out the day,
to celebrate.
Later, I noticed her drinking slightly more water than usual
so I stopped giving her Merrick sq and watched her.

That evening she threw up Solid Gold/Kumpi mix an hour
after eating only half her normal amount.

April 13
Still sick and did not eat all day, not even her favorite
Lamb squares... she DID try to eat cat poop, her favorite
street food.

April 14
Ate Solid G and California Natural canned foods.

NOTE:
Cal Nat is made in Menu Food

April 15
She appeared about the same as before the Merrick sq's.
So I added Kumpi to her diet and replaced Merick sq
with Kraft's "Milk Bone"

April 17
She's normal!! 1st time since early March.
Today she's back to her old energetic self.
She zips around sniffing and doesn't walk but trots,
except when she's sniffing for cat poop

Future
I've settled on Solid Gold canned over Cal Nat because CN is thick
and doesn't have gravy to soak Kumpi.
Also, "Milk Bone" for treats.

Next, I'll try dry CN and Back to Basics so she doesn't get bored with Kumpi.

[Mary K]

How is she doing these days?

[Jay Jay]

THANKS! We really appreciate your concern.

She's 90% recovered!  !!!
All her tests came back clean at last.
Her energy level is now 90% and
Wife & I have been catching up on our sleep.

We still watch how much water she drinks, etc.
It's a practice I'll continue for her and us humans.

We believe that feeding her home cooked once or
twice a day, for 11 years, reduced the melamine
she got daily, this March.

Best to ALL, meow meow, woof woof

jj

[Mary K]

Super! Was wondering, as we hadn't heard an update.  Yeahh for home-cookin!