Any ideas what is safe to feed a dog with IBD

Hey my dog Kaytee has IBD irritable Bowel Diease, I have been given a food from the vets called Waltham sensitivty Control and she is on that with prednisolone which helps her keep her food down.

 
Im just going to throw this out there and Im not suggesting you do anything I say... I just have a few ideas other than food.
 
Have you thought of keeping Kaytee on Metronidazole? Or Tylasinhttp://www.marvistavet.com/html/tylosin.html
 
I have a  Scottie with IBD....He is on Natural Balance duck and Potato.. I add green beans for fiber plus and  Digestive enzyme and I even add a powdered fiber...And I give him a Probotic to keep his gut healthy.
FIBER is the key...Iv noticed that. But Max isn't anywhere as bad as Kaytee.
 
At my vet clinic a couple brought there dog in to be put down because this dog had IBD so bad itwas as bad as yours.. But the receptionist said she wanted to try with him. She has him on meds ( I think Metronidazole daily) and a certain food and she said he can't have 1 piece of anything or he will go into a horrible fit of direaha.
 
I so understand your situation....I wish you the very best of luck and I do hope you find something that works....

I had almost the opposite experience with my dog with IBD. I tried all kinds of premium kibbles and home cooked and raw diets and they all were disasterous -constant terrible bloody runny mucousy diarrhea. I was really on the verge of having him put down, because he was constantly stressed and uncomfortable with the almost endless diarrhea. He actually cringed at the sight of his food bowl, because eating always precipitated an episode of great discomfort. Needless to say he was pretty emaciated because he would only eat when he was really starving. One night as I was expressing my frustration to a friend at our dog club, anoth

 
I was referring to this dog being so bad... Sorry my coffee hasn't kicked in yet[]...LOL Monday morning and Im not with it...
 
I meant to referr to Max isn't as bad as this dog....
 
I have another dog that cringes at the sight of food. He has tummy and food issues... its so painful to watch and we have been to the specialist and I just do everything with trial and error in trying to find him something that works for him....
 
Best of Luck
Kim

And, also I'd make sure the dog was good and stable on the prescription food before attempting to add different things in.

I totally agree!  You need to give the digestive tract some healing time before you experiment to see what other things the dog can eat.

ORIGINAL: belgmal_girl

If you can feed kibble, Solid Gold wolf king is fantastic...no grains, soy, or corn, and not starchy.

That's what mine are on, and it seems to work, though they aren't IBD that I know of.

Unfortunatley, some things that will help in the short term can be unhealthy in the long term - the steroids for example.  With my ibd cat, I had him on a very simple diet of chicken with white rice for a few weeks just to get him healed up, then tried science diet sensitive stomach which he handled very well.  He was on that for about 6 months, and at that point was stabilized.  I really didn't want to stick with that food though because the ingredients were terrible so I didn't feel it would be healthy long term (and the other cat shares food with him)... so I switched to Solid Gold (funny how that's been mentioned on this thread already) and he hasn't had an episode since, except fo the times when I've tried some other foods that didn't agree with him. 

ORIGINAL: willowchow

I think the OP should follow her vets advice for awhile to get the dog stable.  Once the symptoms are under control she can play around and try to add things and see if anything worsens.  I don't think she should be at all concerned with worrying about ingredients right now.  If nothing is staying in the dog it really doesn't matter if the food is made with gold nuggets. 

I'm not trying to sound harsh to anyone.  But, I'm someone who was made to feel bad about what I was doing in my days going thru this.  And, it only prolonged my dogs illness. 

 
Listen to this lady!!!! She's been there, done that with her Willow.
 
Great POST LORI!!!!!!!    [sm=clapping%20hands%20smiley.gif]

ORIGINAL: buster the show dog

ORIGINAL: tzu_mom

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My dog has IBD as well.  We are able to control it through diet alone.  He cannot have any grains or high starch foods.  He also has a sensitivity to all "hard" consistency foods (kibble, biscuits...).  Although many pet owners find the prescription foods to be a big help, at the time my dog was diagnosed, I elected not to put him on steroids or a prescription diet.  With the help of a  holistic vet, we transitioned him to all canned--no grains or potato (we found Nature's Variety canned worked great for us--95% meat)  We have since transitioned him to a raw diet and he is doing fantastic! 

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I had almost the opposite experience with my dog with IBD. I tried all kinds of premium kibbles and home cooked and raw diets and they all were disasterous -constant terrible bloody runny mucousy diarrhea. I was really on the verge of having him put down, because he was constantly stressed and uncomfortable with the almost endless diarrhea. He actually cringed at the sight of his food bowl, because eating always precipitated an episode of great discomfort. Needless to say he was pretty emaciated because he would only eat when he was really starving. One night as I was expressing my frustration to a friend at our dog club, another member who happened to be a vet tech overheard me. She suggested I try Hills Prescription W/D. The ingredients list looks absolutely horrible, and I would never have dreamt of feeding it to my dog except I figured it was my last resort before making the ultimate decision. That dog never had a day of diarrhea again in his remaining seven years. He eventually needed to be put on steroids for other problems, but not to control the IBD. Many years later, I read that IBD occurs when the intestinal lining of a dog (or person) becomes inflamed in response to the presence of food. It isn't necessarily any one specific trigger food, but just food in general. So, contrary to what we all think of as the optimum diet for dogs, these dogs (and people) do best on a high fiber diet that moves the food through the digestive tract quickly. It certainly seems counterintuitive to feed a dog with a sensitive digestive system a food that contains lots of grains, and peanut hulls (yes, peanut hulls!) as major ingredients. I'm not claiming this is the cure-all food for every dog with IBD, but it gave my dog seven years he wouldn't have had otherwise. So, if your dog does well on whatever food has been prescribed, don't feel bad about feeding it. Feed what makes your dog as healthy as possible, and don't be tied by preconceived notions of what "should" make them healthy.

 
 
 I would start with blank diet first and then add slow with other food. First, you should start with chicken breast alone and then slow add other items such as canned pumkin and cottage cheese. and veggies later.

WOW thanks everyone you all helped so much with such amazing answers, I know i am in the UK so the foods are diffierent but Im looking into what you have said and I am so pleased I asked, I love america and american people I useally go on .com insead of .co.uk! Thanks again xxx

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