Kidney failure in dogs is a relatively common health problem, especially in older pets, although it can also occur in young dogs with serious conditions, such as leishmaniasis in dogs. The disease can affect one or both kidneys and can be sudden, acute, or chronic. Occurs when the excretory system is unable to properly filter the blood and remove residual substances.
These animals will need regular veterinary monitoring, receive specialist pharmacology, and adapt their diet, which must also be of high quality.
CONTENT:
- Basic rules for feeding dogs with kidney failure
- Fruits and vegetables for dogs with kidney failure
- Vitamins for dogs with kidney failure
- Rice with liver and meat
- Rice with beef
Basic rules for feeding dogs with kidney failure
Your veterinarian will guide you so that you know how to approach the home diet for dogs with kidney failure. However, we want to remind you of some of the basic and essential rules that we need to consider when our dog has kidney failure:
- Avoid salt: Although we should never provide food to our dogs with salt, in the case of dogs with kidney failure, this is a spice that should be completely restricted. It can cause very serious damage to your body, such as vomiting, diarrhea, fluid retention, excessive thirst, kidney damage, and mild poisoning.
- Increase the fat intake: It is very common for dogs with kidney failure to suffer from a lack of appetite, so it is important to increase your fat intake as much as possible.
- Hydration: A dog with kidney problems needs to drink a lot more water to remove the same amount of toxins as a healthy dog.
- Wet food: Unlike dry food, homemade food and wet food provide a higher water intake, so it is usually more beneficial for kidney failure.
Fruits and vegetables for dogs with kidney failure
There are many recommended fruits and vegetables for dogs that we can include in the home diet for kidney failure, which will help us to provide healthy amounts of fiber, water, vitamins, and minerals. Some of them may be:
- cucumber
- pepper
- broccoli
- cabbage
- green pea
- radish
- zucchini
- cauliflower
- carrot
- pear
- apple
- watermelon
- peach
Vitamins for dogs with kidney failure
Some dogs have deficiencies in certain vitamins or minerals, caused directly by kidney failure. In these cases, the veterinarian will explain how we can supplement these deficiencies. Using multivitamins or mass supplements are a few options.
Dogs with kidney problems have high levels of phosphorus in their blood, which lowers their calcium intake. They should also receive good extra fat, which is recommended for dogs. Here are some examples to enrich your diet:
- Fish oil
- Sunflower oil
- Corn oil
- Virgin olive oil
Rice with liver and meat
Ingredients:
- 60 grams of white rice
- 15 grams broccoli
- 75 grams of beef and liver
- 15 grams carrots
- 1 gram calcium carbonate or ground eggshell
How to prepare:
- Cook the rice in unsalted water.
- Cut the meat, liver, and vegetables into very small cubes and cook them too. It can be served with rice or separately. Meat and liver need only 5 minutes to cook.
- Mix everything and add calcium carbonate or crushed eggshells.
Rice with beef
Ingredients:
- 60 g of white rice
- 75 grams beef
- 15 grams carrots
- 15 grams broccoli
- 1 gram of calcium carbonate
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
How to prepare:
- Add water to the heat and when it starts to boil, add the rice. The general cooking time is 20 minutes, so while it starts to cook, we will advance with the rest of the ingredients.
- Clean and cut vegetables and meat into small pieces
- Halfway through the cooking time, after 10 minutes, bring the vegetables to a boil. Add the meat just 5 minutes before starting the fire.
- Once everything is cooked, all we need to do is strain the ingredients (avoid white foam), add the calcium carbonate (you can also use the crushed eggshell), and let the whole set cool.
- You can finish with a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil.
