BullyBoston
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I am looking for some assistance. I have a 5 years old English bulldog, Apollo and he is the love of my life. We got him as a baby from a breeder and he had a murmur which my husband had thought wasn't bad based on what breeder and their vet said. Long story short we kept him BC I fell in love with him and was scared to send him back to the breeder. He was diagnosed with VSD and mild pulmonic stenosis. We were told he would only live 1 year if that. But here we are.
Since the age of around 1 he was on heart meds, Spironolactone. We were just advised by his heart specialist to take him off this BC his renal panel came back showing a worsening of his kidney values. They advised putting him on a special diet (either Royal Canine renal support or Hill's KD) but we are hesitant BC he's been really healthy otherwise and he's been on a raw diet for awhile which he loves. His Urea nitrogen is a 43 (good range is 6-31) and Creatinine is a 1.7 (good range is 0.5 - 1.6). I am so scared after taking him off his heart meds and want to see if there is anything else I can do to reduce further damage to his kidney or find something that will help them. We just did another round of blood work and his levels increased by 1 point. We were advised again to change to a kidney diet and Royal Canin or Hill's? Any recommendations and thoughts on this? Thankfully he is not at a stage where he has really bad kidney disease. I just want him to live long and well and as comfortable and happy as possible.
Any advice or information is appreciated. We love our boy so much and want the best for him. Thank you for your time.
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Since the age of around 1 he was on heart meds, Spironolactone. We were just advised by his heart specialist to take him off this BC his renal panel came back showing a worsening of his kidney values. They advised putting him on a special diet (either Royal Canine renal support or Hill's KD) but we are hesitant BC he's been really healthy otherwise and he's been on a raw diet for awhile which he loves. His Urea nitrogen is a 43 (good range is 6-31) and Creatinine is a 1.7 (good range is 0.5 - 1.6). I am so scared after taking him off his heart meds and want to see if there is anything else I can do to reduce further damage to his kidney or find something that will help them. We just did another round of blood work and his levels increased by 1 point. We were advised again to change to a kidney diet and Royal Canin or Hill's? Any recommendations and thoughts on this? Thankfully he is not at a stage where he has really bad kidney disease. I just want him to live long and well and as comfortable and happy as possible.
Any advice or information is appreciated. We love our boy so much and want the best for him. Thank you for your time.
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