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Old 09-20-2011   #1 (permalink)
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Default Grain Free food lower in protein to help with urine crystals

I'm new to this site so I apologize if this is a well talked about topic. I have a 4 year old female Cocker Spaniel who has allergy issues and recently had higher acidic urine although the vet wanted to just monitor for now since the reading was borderline. I have my Cocker and my 2 year old Golden Retriever on Taste of the Wild Salmon dry dog food and they have been on this for over 2 years and are doing well. Once I got the portion sizes correct their weight is fine; however, I am now trying to find ways to help my Cocker with her higher crystal urine count.

I have read about Cranberry extract and a few others that are out there but wanted to ask if there is a better food, other than going raw, which may be lower in areas that may benefit my Cocker.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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You have my 2 favorite breeds! And I have a cocker and a cocker/golden mix---a lot older now! I am giving you the words to put in---the search box---See the blue strip that goes across top(s) of the pages in this forum--find the white word Search--click on it and put -acid urine-- in the box--enter--It will bring up a list of threads (posts)that you can check out (Note that the 1st one is what you posted so go to next ones Be sure to read the one on vinegar 1st. I would be more helpful here but I have to be fast--new computer and has a lot of things to be 'ironed out so afraid I might lose this before I can enter!
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Grain Free food lower in protein to help with urine crystals