Sad story: my beloved little dog was on Hills CHICKEN STEW abdominal care canned dog food. We went to visit my daughter whose Manx cat was on Hills CHICKEN STEW cat food. My little dog developed a strong preference for her cat’s food & her cat didn't seem to care & he eventually ate my dog’s food. I didn’t think it made much difference—in part because they were both CHICKEN STEW &
the photo of the food on the two labels was identical too. Boy was I wrong! After about a week, my dog developed severe acute pancreatitis & nearly died. It resulted in permanent injury to her pancreas & lifelong insulin dependent diabetes & impaired fat tolerance. I still feel horrible bc I allowed her to eat the cat’s food since she LOVED it. Now I know that the cats food contains a gigantic amount of fat (like 40+%) compared to their dogs chicken stew food is low-fat and the cat Hills chicken stew contains taurine (which cats need but dogs do not). Wish I hadn't learned this the hard way!
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