Hello,
This is my first post.
I have a 10 yr. 7 mo. old spayed, female lab.
She was kibble fed up until Jan 2016 ( the first 8 years of her life) and fully vaccinated - it wasn't me!
Jan 2016, we started her on Grain Free Honest Kitchen (Beef or Chicken) Jan 2016. At this time she had an ear infection, inflamed red skin with brown smelly discharge. RX Quadritop but did not help. We are still fighting this ear infection 2 yr 7 mo later but I believe it is finally clearing.
A Biochemical Panel at that time revealed slightly elevated (out of range) for CRE, GLU, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH. And slightly below range for WBC, LYM, MON.
These are all within range today, except her CRE is still at 1.5 (range 0.3 - 1.4). BUN is normal at 18 (range 7-25). In the 2 yr 7 mo the BUN has come down from 23 to 18.
Are there concerns to watch for since her CRE has been at this level over the last 2 yrs 7 months, who know what it was at before we started tracking blood panels. It concerns me that she now has a UTI, with blood in the urine, confirmed today. She has been urinating more often over the last 3-4 weeks. I follow Anthony William and according to AW the UTI means bacteria (strep) but I wonder why this might be coming up now?
I realize it could take some time to "reverse" damage to the body from only feeding kibble for so long but is there anything I can do for kidney function outside of focusing on kidney friendly foods like what Anthony recommends for people: higher electrolytes/mineral salts (celery, cucumber, fennel, spinach, mango) in their diet and less protein. Would it be ok to lower protein for a period of time, like a month, for a canine or do I need to lower protein at all?
Since kidneys are responsible for eliminating toxins - her kidneys might be in overdrive trying to "detox" since I changed the diet. Thinking out loud here.
In May, 2017 we switched to exclusively raw meals (no grains) and then in Jan 2017 added the GF Honest Kitchen back in, in addition to some raw meals. When we do raw, we do various frozen then thawed proteins of hamburger, turkey necks, canned sardines or mackerel with other fruits/veggies/bone marrow. Is it possible to get bacteria (causing UTI) from frozen then thawed raw meats?
She's also got a hot spot coming up on her back right hip/back area. In Anthony's Pet Health show he says hot spots could be due to a reaction from food and I did recently add quinoa ( a grain according to MM) in over the last 10 days so I will take this out but I wanted to mention this in case it ties in with anything else.
Thank you for the help!
Aimee Altus
This is my first post.
I have a 10 yr. 7 mo. old spayed, female lab.
She was kibble fed up until Jan 2016 ( the first 8 years of her life) and fully vaccinated - it wasn't me!
Jan 2016, we started her on Grain Free Honest Kitchen (Beef or Chicken) Jan 2016. At this time she had an ear infection, inflamed red skin with brown smelly discharge. RX Quadritop but did not help. We are still fighting this ear infection 2 yr 7 mo later but I believe it is finally clearing.
A Biochemical Panel at that time revealed slightly elevated (out of range) for CRE, GLU, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH. And slightly below range for WBC, LYM, MON.
These are all within range today, except her CRE is still at 1.5 (range 0.3 - 1.4). BUN is normal at 18 (range 7-25). In the 2 yr 7 mo the BUN has come down from 23 to 18.
Are there concerns to watch for since her CRE has been at this level over the last 2 yrs 7 months, who know what it was at before we started tracking blood panels. It concerns me that she now has a UTI, with blood in the urine, confirmed today. She has been urinating more often over the last 3-4 weeks. I follow Anthony William and according to AW the UTI means bacteria (strep) but I wonder why this might be coming up now?
I realize it could take some time to "reverse" damage to the body from only feeding kibble for so long but is there anything I can do for kidney function outside of focusing on kidney friendly foods like what Anthony recommends for people: higher electrolytes/mineral salts (celery, cucumber, fennel, spinach, mango) in their diet and less protein. Would it be ok to lower protein for a period of time, like a month, for a canine or do I need to lower protein at all?
Since kidneys are responsible for eliminating toxins - her kidneys might be in overdrive trying to "detox" since I changed the diet. Thinking out loud here.
In May, 2017 we switched to exclusively raw meals (no grains) and then in Jan 2017 added the GF Honest Kitchen back in, in addition to some raw meals. When we do raw, we do various frozen then thawed proteins of hamburger, turkey necks, canned sardines or mackerel with other fruits/veggies/bone marrow. Is it possible to get bacteria (causing UTI) from frozen then thawed raw meats?
She's also got a hot spot coming up on her back right hip/back area. In Anthony's Pet Health show he says hot spots could be due to a reaction from food and I did recently add quinoa ( a grain according to MM) in over the last 10 days so I will take this out but I wanted to mention this in case it ties in with anything else.
Thank you for the help!
Aimee Altus