Diets for Special Health Needs

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Some health conditions may call for changes in the diet for your dog. While there are many commercial prescription diets for some health conditions, you can prepare fresh food diets at home. A fresh food diet can provide a variety of foods that can be helpful in insuring the best nutrition and help keep the fussiest dog’s appetite up so he will continue eating.

Cardiovascular Diet

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For more detailed and updated information on the recipes contained in this article, we recommend Lew Olson’s book, Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs, found on Amazon.com for $11.53. This book not only contains recipes for raw and home cooked diets, but also diets for specific illnesses, mixing fresh food with kibble and information on dogs and digestion.

Cardiovascular Disorders

By Lew Olson • January 2003 Newsletter

Current statistics show that 12% of the deaths in dogs are caused by heart diseases. This is the second largest problem in dogs, with cancer being first, according to this article at www.wabre.org. Diagnosing heart disease can be a perplexing problem as there are many types of cardiovascular problems. Some of these include congenital, which is often thought of as genetic, heart failure, and heart diseases. Many of these problems can overlap, making the correct cause hard to distinguish.

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Diets for Special Health Needs

Cardiovascular Diet