Hi
So sorry to hear about Buster...hope he is on the mend
My old lady, Lace, suffered with acute pancreatitis for most of her 13 yrs. When she had her initial bout she was in the vets for 2 wks and was gradually re introduced to food with hills K9 i/d, very very small amount to start with. We kept her on this for a couple of months then my vet suggested that we changed her on to chappie and pasta......This worked a treat and she stayed on this for the rest of her life. Every now and then she would have a flare up, normally if she managed to steal something she shouldn't
, and when this happened we managed to control her by starving her until she seemed more comfortable then would do the same as before with the tiny amounts little and often of the chappie. Obviously we were still in contact with the vet throughout these. Jessica, my oldest cocker now, developed the same problem last year and she was on the same protocol up until her recent liver probs, and this as also worked well.
The most important thing to remember is that it is mainly triggered by fat so try to really avoid this as much as possible. This is a very painful condition so that may account to him slowing down. I remember Jessica was a lot quieter when she had it but she back to her normal self now
I have recently been told that Cambridge vet school are actually doing a study in to pancreatitis and cockers as it appears to be quite common in our lovely breed
......I know of many more cockers that have been afficted with it.
Any way i hope this helps...give Buster lots of hugs and kiss from my guys
Tori and co xx
PS - meant to say Hills i/d is basically tinned chicken and rice
