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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Good morning all! I’m a long-time drool
lurker. I find myself in need of some food advise.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have senior hounds. Freckles is 12. She has always
had bad teeth (yearly cleaning—at least). I know she’s also having
quite a time with arthritis in her shoulders. She’s had that for years,
but the last few weeks I’ve seen the aches and pains bother her
more. I’ve started her back on Zubrin (the others give her the
runs.) I’m not sure if the lack of appetite is because of her teeth
or the aches and pains of old age. My guess is it is a little bit of
both. I switched her food to Innova’s little bites for adult dogs.
My vet has suggested I not use senior or any diet foods as he said they tend to
lack taste and weight is not an issue for either dog. I’ve been
cooking chicken, hotdogs and giving her some table food in her meals. The vet
said he is not opposed to putting in some table food, as he put it, “whatever
it takes to keep up her appetite.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve thought about giving her some puppy food to
increase the calories as she is just picking and loosing some weight
again. I have taken her to the vet and this is an on-going issue, off and
on for 6 to 8 months now. The vet says her bloodwork looks good and everything
looks ok. It seems like each time she looses her appetite, she just looses
more. She is drinking fine.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone have suggestions for helping me get some weight
on her? Some treats? ???? I’m not opposed to cooking for her.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My other senior, Jasper (who turns 10 on Saturday), has been
eating <st1:place w:st="on">Merrick</st1:place>’s dry and canned
foods. The canned food is good. I’m not happy with the new bag of
dry I opened this morning. A while ago, they added some white and yellow
colored nuggets with a sticker on the bag saying it is supplements and
antioxidents. I was ok with that. Today’s new bag no longer
contains veggies. Instead of peas, there are green colored nuggets that
look just like the “food” nuggets. I’m suspicious of any
colored, extruded nugget made to look like a vegetable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jasper does have allergy problems so I’m pretty
careful of what I feed him. He used to eat the Wellness, they both did, but
Freckles started to refuse that brand. Does anyone have a suggestion of a
really good food they’ve been using?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Feel free to e-mail me directly as I know the food subject
has been over-discussed for some to have to read yet again. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kathy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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