Miller - Back to Work...Mostly

That is terrific news! I an so glad the surgery went well and Miller is home!

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So glad he is home and doing well. I bet it will be hard to keep him quiet for his recovery.

Does anyone have any good ideas for healthy, fresh, affordable meals for a LGD? Miller usually eats high quality/high protein dry food with only a little fresh meat and veggies, but he is not interested in regular dog food at all right now. I'm guessing the antibiotic isn't playing too nicely with his stomach...

Plain yogurt for probiotics is already on the menu, but I want to make sure if I'm feeding fresh, I get him all the nutrients he needs without the sugars, excess fats, etc. he shouldn't have. How safe is canned tuna for dogs? I know fresh fish would be better, but I'm trying to go with stuff we already have on hand. The surgery wasn't cheap and we need to keep things as frugal as possible.

I was thinking of making some rice with tuna and eggs in it...maybe some peas too. Any of you that feed your LGDs fresh have some suggestions? Thanks!

Laugh if ya want but when Callie was down we cooked every meal.
We cooked chicken, lightly breaded, marinated, you name it if it could be prepared it was. She had to eat. Cottage cheese (warmed) scrambled eggs, gravy, pork chops, any thing we were having to eat she got.

Works for me. I want to make sure he has everything he needs to recover, and if that means spoiling him a little, I think I can handle that.

we went through the same with Ellie- no interest in eating- turned her nose away at the foods she would normally eat- even the peanut butter and liver sausage were no go. The meds she was needing to take really threw her off . It took her about 1.5 weeks before she started actually being interested in eating. Getting her medicine into her was a challenge- she actually shifted through the food the meds were in and spit out the pills.

I'm glad Miller is home and doing well.

Hens and Roos said:

Getting her medicine into her was a challenge- she actually shifted through the food the meds were in and spit out the pills.

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LOL - that sounds familiar. Pill pockets, any kind of food...I cannot successfully hide that boy's pills to save my life! I have to do the drop them down the throat and hold his muzzle thing, which I hate. Even then, he can occasionally maneuver his tongue and spit them out. Took six tries to get both pills down him last night.

Sounds like what we went through....we got her to eat marshmallows and hotdog pieces with ketchup- but only if she saws us eating them too- so we ate ones with out the pills and gave her a few without as well and then got the ones with pills in her. Thankfully she is back to taking peanut butter....so much easier!

Hang in there