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What food helps a dog with a stomach tumor stop losing weight?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Male | unneutered | 9 years and 8 months old | 20 lbs

My dog has stomach tumour and stopped giving him dog food - we are feeding him home made meals containing organic chicken and veg and stuff he’s still starting to loose weight,. What should be fed?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on April 8th, 2019

He should be fed mostly wet food, the dryer and chunkier the food is, the more chances it won't pass properly through the stomach which will eventually get completely blocked (at this stage euthanasia is advised).

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