Boubou has eaten sanitary towels...

👍 Fingers crossed everything gets back to normal soon, just hang in there! 🙂

She’s filling out again, which is a really good sign...

14oz is a lot for your little feather...

Ah! Oxane's diary is a bit like that... (no photos, just notes in her logbook)

I check her poo regularly...

On her birthday on the 10th, Oxane had an allergic flare-up with some spots filled with pus...

I’ve no idea why, though?!! The spots have already scabbed over... That’s the big question. Who? What? Or did she eat something outside?

She isn't scratching at all like she was in those first few months...

The allergy has calmed down...

But it’s still lingering... or just under the skin...

Otherwise, she’s in great shape—plenty of curves too! At 2 stone 7 lbs (16.2kg) for 4 months old, that's a good weight for a female Lab...

I’m rubbish at trying to work out her adult weight...

Spot on! You're absolutely right.

And as for me, my only wish right now is to stop the "poo diary", which has nearly three months' worth of photos of Minnie's business and her meals recorded—I'm absolutely fed up with it! 👎

You know, I know a dog who only gets on well with RC... But then again, we're all different, and animals are too.

🙂

Poor little girl, you're right, the main thing is that she gets her strength back!!

Has she lost much weight?

@Doudou, yeah, we’ll see if that’s possible later on. I have to admit, with the nightmare the vet is describing, "hypoallergenic BARF" might be a bit too much for me to take on right now!

We’ll see once she’s recovered; for the moment, the goal is just to get her better, and fast. I’m away in a month for three weeks, and I want her to be in good shape for her "holidays" at her "grandparents'". Since I’ll be out of reach and on the other side of the world, she’d better be doing well if I’m going to be able to leave!

Apparently, lentils are particularly allergenic (if I remember rightly) and hard to digest for an already sensitive stomach. Since you can't be sure what form they're in when they're in dry food, the vet prefers to avoid them.

As for beetroot, I can't quite remember—I'm worried about saying something silly—but I think she mentioned heart issues (it was a 90-minute appointment with so much info, it’s hard for my poor brain to remember everything).

And yes, further down the line we’ll move onto something other than Pro Plan, but for her recovery, the vet wants dry food that is:

- fresh meat-free

- 30% protein

- with as few ingredients as possible

- no traces of meat (as opposed to fish, I’m not sure how you say it 😳)

- no lentils and no beetroot

So, for now, Pro Plan is perfect for what we’re looking for in her current diet; it’s obviously not for the long term! :) Think of it as the equivalent of hospital food for humans! ;)

Cheers Be Cool (I can’t imagine how long that took you, I’m putting together a comparison in Excel myself, I’ve been at it all morning!)

Right, for the time being let’s forget about chicken – let’s just assume it’s all over between us! ;)

It’s funny, the Purizon ingredients really remind me of the Salmon & Veg from Millies Wolfheart (I think it’s Tania who uses that brand, I just looked them up on a whim, but they actually look like decent stuff). EDIT (Purizon does have a slightly higher protein content in the analytical constituents though)

Even if there are "a lot of ingredients," it still ticks the vet’s boxes. I’m going to compare what she’s currently recommending with the Purizon and Millies Wolfheart to show the vet next week. (Anyway, actually working at work is overrated; dry food spreadsheets are way more important! 👌 )