boxer_booty
Boxer Booster
We've had Jetta for 3 weeks now and although she seems very active and healthy she has had 2 seisures and has been diagnosed as having a Grade 2 - 3 heart murmur on the day of one of the two seizures(last week). The facts are she was vaccinated at 7 1/2 weeks. I currently feed her natural diet; ground chicken ribs (chicken breast once the meat is removed), oatmeal with kelp and nutritional yeast, veggies (pumpkin or yams – orange, romaine lettuce, spinach, broccoli – green). I have been feeding her around 10 % of her body weight a day. As I look back I have been perhaps feeding over the 60 % RMB, but it has been pretty close. I am feeding her three times a day. I also supplement with 500 mg of Vitamin C a day. Every once and while I will give her a little bit of yogurt. She is not fat; she is high energy puppy, that is quite normal other than the seizures.
I have spoken with a breeder that suggested the following; " 50% of the diet should be your raw meaty bones and the other 50% should be your muscle meats of which 10 to 15% should be organ meats. I also give them whipping cream, yogurt, or kefir. I very rarely feed any veggies. If I did, for a 9 week old puppy it would probably be 1/2 a teaspoon only a time or two a week.
Looking at what you're feeding - get rid of the oatmeal, kelp, nutritional yeast and the veggies. I see no muscle meats or organ meats. For the time being I would stop the Vitamin C but add CoQ 10 which is a heart strengthener as is Hawthorne Berry.
First meal in the morning is all muscle and organ meats, brunch is 1/2 muscle meat (no organ meats) and 1/2 raw meaty bones which are ground chicken necks) the mid-afternoon meal is 1/2 muscle meat and 1/2 raw meaty bones and their last meal of the day is all raw meaty bones. I boil water in a teapot to pour over the meats just enough so they are body temperature. It makes them want to pee more but I also know they are not getting dehydrated.
The reasoning behind getting rid of all the supplements and veggies is that you don't know what may be contributing to the seizures besides the oatmeal and the yogurt. The eggs and organ meats will take care of the majority of the supplements. I never feed any brewers or nutritional yeast as I've found it causes itchy skin. I do use TwinLabs SuperB Complex. It's a liquid which I then transfer to a smaller dropper bottle and I can then put either a 1/2 or full dropper in the food. Eggs are good for the B's as are the organ meats. Of course the B's are your calming vitamins. I use either sodium ascorbate or Ester - C and they are both powders so it's easier to give smaller amounts to puppies if I give it. I very seldom use kelp anymore - it's like a once in a while thing if I think about it. Instead of veggies I'll also sprinkle dried herbs over their food. Rosemary, sage, thyme, Herbs de Provence, parsley, dill, fennel, the culinary type herbs. It's a whole lot easier than mushing veggies. I'll also open up a can of pumpkin or mashed sweet potatoes and mix into their muscle meats - but I'm talking about 15 pounds of meat or so to a can of pumpkin or sweet potatoes."
My questions that I asked to another breeder is what is causing this and her suggestion was it is the vaccines. This same response came from several other breeders from another list.
What do you think?
How would you change these diets?
What would your diagnosis be?
Will she grow out of this? I had the answer of 1-2 months.
Do you think it has anything to do with diet; perhaps an alergy?
We have a health guarrantee. The breeder is a reputable breeder.
I have spoken with a breeder that suggested the following; " 50% of the diet should be your raw meaty bones and the other 50% should be your muscle meats of which 10 to 15% should be organ meats. I also give them whipping cream, yogurt, or kefir. I very rarely feed any veggies. If I did, for a 9 week old puppy it would probably be 1/2 a teaspoon only a time or two a week.
Looking at what you're feeding - get rid of the oatmeal, kelp, nutritional yeast and the veggies. I see no muscle meats or organ meats. For the time being I would stop the Vitamin C but add CoQ 10 which is a heart strengthener as is Hawthorne Berry.
First meal in the morning is all muscle and organ meats, brunch is 1/2 muscle meat (no organ meats) and 1/2 raw meaty bones which are ground chicken necks) the mid-afternoon meal is 1/2 muscle meat and 1/2 raw meaty bones and their last meal of the day is all raw meaty bones. I boil water in a teapot to pour over the meats just enough so they are body temperature. It makes them want to pee more but I also know they are not getting dehydrated.
The reasoning behind getting rid of all the supplements and veggies is that you don't know what may be contributing to the seizures besides the oatmeal and the yogurt. The eggs and organ meats will take care of the majority of the supplements. I never feed any brewers or nutritional yeast as I've found it causes itchy skin. I do use TwinLabs SuperB Complex. It's a liquid which I then transfer to a smaller dropper bottle and I can then put either a 1/2 or full dropper in the food. Eggs are good for the B's as are the organ meats. Of course the B's are your calming vitamins. I use either sodium ascorbate or Ester - C and they are both powders so it's easier to give smaller amounts to puppies if I give it. I very seldom use kelp anymore - it's like a once in a while thing if I think about it. Instead of veggies I'll also sprinkle dried herbs over their food. Rosemary, sage, thyme, Herbs de Provence, parsley, dill, fennel, the culinary type herbs. It's a whole lot easier than mushing veggies. I'll also open up a can of pumpkin or mashed sweet potatoes and mix into their muscle meats - but I'm talking about 15 pounds of meat or so to a can of pumpkin or sweet potatoes."
My questions that I asked to another breeder is what is causing this and her suggestion was it is the vaccines. This same response came from several other breeders from another list.
What do you think?
How would you change these diets?
What would your diagnosis be?
Will she grow out of this? I had the answer of 1-2 months.
Do you think it has anything to do with diet; perhaps an alergy?
We have a health guarrantee. The breeder is a reputable breeder.