Homemade or non-prescription low-fat/GI diets for dogs?

[SarahandSam]

My dachshund just had a second bout of pancreatitis since January (after eating a delicious, delicious bag of sponge candy that the cats thoughtfully fed to her), and has also had issues for a long time with chronic gastroenteritis. The emergency vet last weekend said that with the pancreatitis, she might need to go on a low-fat diet, the only ones out there being the prescription Science Diet and Purina ones.

Not crazy about either of these options, though I still need to talk with my regular vet about it. Does anyone know if there are bland and low-fat but good quality commercial foods out there?

We also wouldn’t mind keeping her on homemade boiled chicken and rice, which is her usual bland diet when she’s having an upset… however, obviously we’d need to supplement that to make it an actual complete diet. Does anyone have any advice, supplements, or good resources for going that route that you could recommend?

Thanks!

[csaper58]

Natural Balance makes a great reduced calorie dog food, in a baby blue bag at most Pet Co and Petsmart.

I fed cooked chicken/turkey breast+white rice add can pumpkin cooked veggies fat free greek yogurt and pet tabs (vitamins).

[TigerTrick]

I had good luck home-cooking (NOT raw) using the BalanceIt supplement (just google it) with sweet potato and rabbit for one of mine on a food trial, but I found home-cooking and preparing food was a GIANT pain, and just wasn’t appropriate for my lifestyle at the time (I still can barely do anything but microwave for myself). If you have the time, dedication and proper know-how, I say good luck to you!

[Jhein12]

I suggest Honest Kitchen’s Zeal formula. It is close to homemade food- so your dog will love it, and it only has 9% fat. You can buy it online or from specialty dog food stores. Other than that I suggest Nature’s Variety Instinct Healthy weight which has 12% fat. Both foods are grain free and potato free so low glycemic and easier to digest that grain heavy foods. I would avoid the prescription diets that the emergency vet recommended because of the low meat content and high grain/ corn content those diets usually contain. They are low quality foods at a high price, and you can get something far better for your money.

[SarahandSam]

Thank you all. I’ll leave this thread up for reference if someone else is looking in the future. Unfortunately, had to take her in to the emergency vet last night again and she didn’t make it.

[Jhein12]

[QUOTE=SarahandSam;7465626]
Thank you all. I’ll leave this thread up for reference if someone else is looking in the future. Unfortunately, had to take her in to the emergency vet last night again and she didn’t make it.[/QUOTE]

I am so sorry very sorry for your loss