My Pug Scoop (Precious Scoop has passed... )

maybe try........use the kibble (crunchy food) that you were hoping to use. put it in a blender. it will ground it up almost to powder. Then add water. you can even heat it a bit and make it taste better. sometimes it is hard on their tummies to try and break down the kibble and that is why they may not want it. but if you take the kibble and turn it into soft food normally they gobble it right up. and you can make it as soft as you want. and you never know it may also hurt his gums or a tooth to crunch on it. but the blender....love the blender...lol.......it goes to really really fine mix.

i home cook meals for shysie and she has to be a on VERY low fat diet. and then i add her supplements in according to what the nutritonist says. You can reach her online i think as well as clinic if you want her name.

Thanks for the tips. That is different with the blender for the dry food. Will definitely keep that in mind.

As far as the nutritionist goes, I'll have to see how things go along here first before I do that but thank you so much. I appreciate the offer.

Vicki:
You can just google Sean Delaney and you will see where to email him on his website. I cannot say enough good things about him. Tipper and I pray and ask God to please help Scoop. I know how scary the tumor thing is. Sometimes I get scared because Tipper exhibits some of those macro signs. I would have to have and MRI done to know for sure, and since you can't do anything to remove it, except extreme brain surgery there is not really any sense in me knowing.I think being given a time frame that your dog would live to would really freak me out. I know the Vetoryl is supposed to make it grow faster, but my Tipper could not do without the Vetoryl. Her symptoms were so bad. So I go on in hopes that God will spare her since I need her so much. I never give up hope, or trying to find something or someone else that will help her. I have never cried nor prayed so much before this. I pray for all these poor babies to be healed. This is such a heartbreaking disease. I know Sean has no supplements for Cushings, but more than likely has one for diabetes. He told me Tipper needs to be on a very low density diet. I emailed him one weekend and he answered me on a Sunday!! He is really up on everything about nutrition. I hope Scoop has a better day today. What about if you would cook beans or lentils and put them in the food processor or blender, and they would make a low fat gravy that would not be bad for him?? I know what it is like to struggle with this. God Bless you Both, and we hope to hear Scoop is on the mend soon.

Hi Vickie,

At this point, I'm not sure that a major diet change is the way to go with Scoop. It may not stimulate his appetite and may cause other issues, like digestive problems, that he doesn't need added to the mix. A friend used the UC-Davis diet and vitamin supplement suggested here and her pup did not do well at all with the supplement. You might try some simple things like Parmesan cheese sprinkled on his food to stink it up a bit, or some water from sardines or tuna fish. Green Tripe is stinky and good for them; you can get this canned, too, and give him a spoonful or two in his food. Cod is a stinky fish, as is Salmon, so you could cook some of these up and mix in his food, too. Try some simple things, go slow so he adjusts to the changes, and see if he will eat a bit better using these tricks.

Sending many hugs and belly rubs,
Leslie and the gang

Vicki;
I just thought of something else you could think about doing with Scoop. I also have a rescued cat that is sick at times. He refuses to eat and will lose tons of weight. I get baby food and suck it up in a syringe and feed him. That way at least he keeps his strength up. Sometimes just getting the food in his mouth stimulates him to eat. It could be worth a try, and would be easily digestable. That way at least you know he is getting some protein for fuel. Hope you hit on something that works. God Bless
Patti

Praying for you and your baby, honey.
Hugs,
Moo

I've heard of other people using baby food too. Just watch the ingredients for sugar.

I think at this point if he would eat anything it would be good. hugs, Judi

Thank you everyone for all your prayers for Scoop. So appreciated.
I also appreciate all the suggestions and input. It's helpful to hear them all.
He did pretty good today with his eating only thing is, his poops were mush today and he has had such bad gas. He's had digestive issues lately but I guess the different foods are making it worse. I was worried about his BG level since I'm afarid he didn't get as many calories as he had been so I took him to the vet's this morning just before lunch time. His BG was 200. He's been a lot higher than that lately but 200 is a good reading. He was stinking up the place with gas while we were there and when we got home boy did he leave a pile. All day and even now all I hear is him passing gas and his insides gurgling.
He refuses to eat the Hill's food at all. I bought some Blue Buffalo canned food. Some of their stews cause I figured since he would eat Raleigh's Alpo and it has gravy, I would try something with gravy. Well he loved it for now. I also got some Fresh Pet beef, rice, veggies in a roll. He liked that too. My daughter offered him some chicken breast at lunch and he ate it. Yesterday he didn't want it at all. Yesterday he wouldn't eat a dental treat and today he did. I guess it's going to be off and on with different things on different days.
A few weeks ago the vet suggested baby food to mix in with the Hill's food. That worked for a while. I give some of his meds with baby food. Friday was a really bad day. Saturday was better but the digestive issues were bad.

I briefly talked to the vet this morning when he had his BG checked. She said his vomiting could be caused by the tumor. It's just strange because it always happens after his supper and not earlier in the day. I called the vet office to have them tell her about his bowels but she'll probably just say it's the food change which some of it probably is but they started getting soft when he was put on the g/d food.

Last week when Scoop was weighed he was 18.2lbs. Today he was 19lbs. Now how could that be? Seems strange. The vet wants to do a BG curve next week. She wants him to stay the day there. He'll be locked up in a cage for at least 8 hours. I hate that. Like my husband said, they better take good care of him.

I was so scared on Friday by the way Scoop acted. I thought oh no, this is it. I was crying my head off and I blurted out to my husband that I am going to talk to someone about radiation. We talked briefly about it but not too much. Today we went to lunch and I told him all kinds of things that I had read and about Jessica's Doc having it done at U. of Florida. I kept rattling on about different places that could do it. He told me he would go with me to the consult visit. I have to decide who to call and hopefully it won't be too long till we can get an appointment. I wish I could take him to the U. of Florida where Doc went. It would only be 5 treatments or less there. They have a different kind of machine. Around here it will most likely be 20 treatments. Have to get in to talk to someone. Maybe they won't even want to do it with all of Scoop's problms. I'm leaning towards the U. of Penn. Has anyone heard anything about them as far as radiation goes?