My senior dog has recurring pancreatitis. How can I manage his diet?

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Mybpet is 13 years old this year I had him neutered in March due to numerous infections and an enlarged prostate. Since July of this year he has had pancreatitis twice and aspiration pneumonia recently I took him to the vet and they said he has inflammation around the pancreas to me the same as pancreatitis. I feed him bland chicken and rice ty o get his gabapentin in him now changing food slowly from total canin urinary so without the liver to royal canin low fat dry food. Help. Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Male | unneutered | 13 years and 1 month old

Dr. Elizabeth · Accepted Answer

Poor Quinton! Pancreatitis can become a chronic issue. Switching the diet to the Low Fat food may help. You will also need to make sure he does not eat ANY human food or get into the garbage. Any treats need to be extremely low fat. Some dogs with chronic pancreatitis benefit from daily antioxidants for dogs. Some may need a daily steroid but most don't. Make sure Quinton drinks lots of water daily. Here is a link about pancreatitis: https://www.petcoach.co/article/pancreatitis-inflammation-in-dogs/ If this trend continues, your vet may want to look for an underlying condition such as Cushing's Disease. I hope this helps and that he starts feeling better quickly.

My senior dog has recurring pancreatitis. How can I manage his diet?

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