Training Older Dogs

How can I get my dog to eat and keep food down!?

My 2 yr old female Beddlington Terrier has cardio-myopathy and liver disease. She is on medication (enalapril and frusemide). 2 wks ago she vomited up her prescription diet (Hills L/D) and won’t touch it now. I’ve tried feeding her cooked turkey pieces, chicken mince, boiled rice, mashed potato (All Plain), another prescription diet (royal canin early cardiac) but each night she vomits.
She was at the vets on an fluid drip yesterday, had plain mash (2tbsp) for dinner and vomited again last night. She is so weak and skinny (bones protruding). I gave her chicken broth this morning, she’s kept it down so far and is back at the vets on Monday. Can anyone offer advice on what to feed that she might keep down?
The vet has already said she might have to be put to sleep soon if she won’t eat because she’s wasting away and is near collapse… She’s so young for this to happen to her and is such a happy friendly little dog! Its unfair and I feel like I can’t save her. PLEASE HELP!

Plain goats yogurt is very easy to digest, try just a teaspoon of this every 20 minutes You could try tiny amounts of scrambled eggs mixed with water (omitting milk and butter) fish or chicken with soggy rice.
Also consider that she may be reacting to the medication.Frusemide is a diuretic,if she needed to go on a drip she was obviously dehydrated, consequently if the medication is encouraging her to urinate this will cause dehydration. Ask the vet about this, you should also gets sachets of electrolytes to prevent further dehydration.(Don’t wait until Monday) Put the electrolytes in a shringe which the vet can supply. Tilt her head forward and squirt a SMALL amount of the liquid towards the front of her mouth, do this every ten minutes.

Hills is not grain free and the experts now say that grain can cause problems. Grain is difficult to digests. Look on the Internet for food which contains neither grain, beef or dairy food. I know that goats yogurt is dairy, however its much easier to digest than yogurt made from cows milk.

Take care

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