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What not to feed a dog with heart disease?
Morgan Fisher
2025-08-27 10:33:20
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To determine the best way to feed your dog with CHF, you must work with your veterinarian to determine whether your dog has other medical conditions. Any or all these conditions may be present and can influence dietary choices for a dog with CHF. There are several veterinary therapeutic diets designed with these goals, and any transition should take place gradually, over at least 10 days. The nutrient profile of kidney diets includes reduced or restricted dietary phosphorus, reduced protein, and enhanced levels of nutrients such as potassium, B-vitamins, and omega-3 fatty acids. Veterinary therapeutic diets designed for dogs with heart disease have a nutrient profile that includes restricted dietary sodium and chloride, and enhanced nutrients that support heart function. While some sodium restriction is reasonable, it is more important that dogs diagnosed with CHF eat an appropriate number of Calories each day, since the condition called cardiac cachexia can result in weight loss and muscle wasting. Work with your veterinary healthcare team to understand all your options and to make sure your choices do not contain an excessive amount of dietary fat or sodium. Home cooking may be preferred by the dog owner, but there are risks associated with feeding an improperly balanced recipe, as well as inadvertently high levels of sodium. Many human foods contain excess sodium.
Nellie Kuphal
2025-08-20 14:43:51
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Sodium tends to make the body retain water, and this can be harmful in a heart patient. Most commercial pet foods are well balanced and nutritious for normal dogs, but contain too much sodium for the heart patient. Canned, frozen, and prepared pet foods are high in sodium. Milk products are generally high in sodium. All shellfish and prepared fish are usually high in sodium. Foods high in sodium not allowable include cereals, all, except puffed wheat, snacks like milk, sherbet, ice cream, puddings, Jell-O, salted crackers, and meat, fish, poultry like luncheon meats, frankfurters, dried beef, sausage, brains, and kidney. Cheese and milk are also not allowed, all, except unsalted cottage cheese or low-sodium cheddar. Salted butter/margarine, fat from salted meats, and all canned vegetables, unless salt-free, should be avoided. Additionally, all salted nuts, potato chips, pretzels, olives, pickles, molasses, brown sugar, peanut butter, candy, and glazed fruit are not permitted.
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Beatrice Lueilwitz
2025-08-12 05:05:02
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Dogs with kidney failure, liver failure or heart disease The working of the kidneys, heart and liver all affect each other. If the heart is not pumping properly then the kidneys and liver don't get enough blood to work properly. Also kidney disease can lead to high blood pressure causing strain on the heart. Your dog’s diet is a very important part of the support of heart disease – and it’s the one where you can really make a difference. The right dog food may be able to slow the progression of heart disease, reduce the number of medications required and improve the quality of life for your dog. Fatty acids present in fish oil (called omega-3 fatty acids) have been shown have a positive effect in dogs with heart disease. Diseased kidneys cannot be repaired but a food that reduces the amount of waste the kidney has to dispose of can help slow down the weakening of the kidney function and it can also improve the symptoms. A liver disease diet is an important help for dogs with impaired liver function. The right diet can help the liver regenerate while giving them the nutrients they need.
Destany Gutmann
2025-08-01 09:17:39
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Avoid all shellfish, cured meats, deli meat, hot dogs/sausage, beef jerky, or offal like brains and kidney. Do not use any salt, seasoning salts, etc in cooking. Don't give your dog any cereals (unless it's low-sodium puffed wheat). Avoid all milk products (small amounts of unsalted cottage cheese or low-sodium cheddar are occasionally permissible). No salted butter, margarine, or fat from salted meats. Canned vegetables must be salt-free. Snacks like salted nuts, potato chips, pickles, brown sugar, olives, candy, and peanut butter are not advised.
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