Ketogenic diet for dogs Health

The problem with a high fat diet is that it is not good for a dog who has had an attack of pancreatitis - which, incidentally, both Pereg and I have had although she has only had the one attack.

Kbr [Potassium Bromide] can also cause pancreatitis in epileptic dogs although as Pereg is not on Kbr we do not know what caused her attack. My first attack was as a result of many years taking furosemide for high BP and although I was immediately taken off it when it was found to cause pancreatitis in some patients I still get mild attacks. Furosemide is now removed from the "basket" of approved medications.

These are just a couple of sites where pancreatitis and Kbr are connected.

http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/disease-information/pancreatitis.html

http://www.canine-seizures.freeservers.com/potassium_bromide.htm

So I watch the amount of fat that both of us eat.

@Azz - on the subject of a ketogenic diet for epileptic dogs, you might find the following article [which just came into my inbox!] of interest.

http://www.bestinshowdaily.com/blog/nutritional-management-of-canine-epilepsy/

Here are just two sections from it:

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