Why not just Kibble?
The Reason Why we feed Raw!
We Ditch Kibble Five years ago.
Diagnosis
Generic Liver Shunt
Kelly was diagnosed about five years ago.
This definition of a liver shunt is probably the easies to understand.
The portal vein is an important blood vessel which normally enters the liver and allows toxic elements in the blood to go through the normal detoxification process. When your dog has a liver shunt, the portal vein is not properly connected and therefore, blood normally detoxified by the liver will bypass it and go directly into circulation throughout the body. Additionally, the liver will often have poor development.
I have found much more definitions on that, often times they bare so much more confusion that explanation.
The way someone put it to me was: your dog liver is a filter, it cleans the blood from toxins, a shunt is leak on the liver, the blood will leak through the body with our without toxins. (It’s hard to tell) He said, think on what you feed and that is what she has on her little body.
The symptoms on much dogs vary, Kelly had unique symptoms, no, I don’t mean it just because she is my dog.
The day I took her in for her vet appointment, I was expecting to heard that she had diabetes. Because her symptoms where extreme thirst and urination, she always suffer acid reflex, but almost never she vomited her food.
They did a whole lot more test on her to be sure, the poor thing had to be fasted for like two days on the row. Did I mention that she “loves” food!!
One week after
She was put on two different medications and veterinary
prescription food. Yes, that food. Back then my dogs will
only eat kibble, Avery expensive kind of kibble, but still
kibble. ( not the point )
Her heart seem to gone down heal ! And what are the
medications for?
She was better before all the test where done.
That day I decided to stop the
medications, and I jump on my
computer and search other
alternatives.
The Veterinarian mention to me that
she may not live long, because
surgery was not and option, she was
an older dog. ( age 7 at that time)
My thought was, she may not be with
me much long, but she is not going to
be miserable.
| Fresh balance diet, not just pretty and colorful. | In traditional Chinese and Native American medicine, | Milk thistle acts primarily on the liver and is thought |
| Balance and made specifically for her. To treat and | dandelion root has long been used to treat stomach | to work by breaking down toxins, which if allowed to |
| help maintain her liver function. | and liver conditions. Herbalists today believe that it | build up can damage the liver. It’s also believed to |
| can aid in the treatment of many ailments. Some of | act as an antioxidant which breaks down free- | |
| the claims are better supported by research than | radicals and helps maintain general liver health, and | |
| others. | it is thought to help promote the production of new | |
| liver cells to replace old and damaged cells. |