Our 11 year old Orange Roan Lulu has just been diagnosed with Pancreatitis, we have just brought her home from an overnight stay with the vets having been on a drip and the usual blood tests. My question is could this have been coming on over a period of time or the result of eating something she should not have had the day before. The reason I ask is the day prior to her taking ill on one of her walks, she disappeared into a hedge and took ages to come back out, we have since found various bird food stuffs that people have put out for the birds including fat balls, and I am wondering if this could have brought it on. Also the vet gave us (charged us) for a few tins of Hills prescription food when I asked if Lulu should stay on this forever she was a bit evasive. So my next question is do dogs ever recover so they can get back to reasonably priced food...........Thanks