This sweet fella turns 11 next week ❤️ ️and has a date with his vet. Keeping fingers crossed on his kidney issues.

He didn’t have much appetite a few weeks back so his paranoid owner did the worst possible - I got specialised processed food for his kidneys - wasn’t cheap. Unfortunately Fido reacted so badly to it he had indigestion for a few days and developed severe rashes.

Fido has only eaten real food all his life; we avoid dog kibble or canned options. His meals :

Protein : cooked chicken, organs, beef

Carb : brown rice (helps with bowel movement)

Fibre : he snacks on fresh carrots, beans and apples.

Turns out, he didn't have appetite because he developed a taste for fish, prob influenced by the cat! He now enjoys fresh, cooked salmon and sardines, rich in omega-3.

Fido is sensitive to dairy and gluten, and while he loves cheese and milk, cutting it out improved his gut significantly.

I do give him joint supplements, i hide them in homemade peanut butter coated with honey and his fish oil in organ meat. He has no idea. He also loves eggs, especially yolks, but because of chronic kidney disease stage 2, we split, I take the yolks and give him the whites fried in lard for flavor.

I've had dogs all my life but I’ve never done a raw meat diet for dogs. But if I have another pup, I’ll train him up with raw organ meat - superfood. Fido is too old for a change of diet now.

His rash is improving with a concoction of coconut oil, almond oil, and grape seed oil, known for their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and ceramide properties. Castor oil is super oil and reduced inflammation overnight, but risky as its lethal if they ingest it if licked.

This week has been an absolute disaster with fireworks non stop, poor fella. He picked up this new trick of getting my attention by reaching for my laptop when there is thunder or fireworks . Pretty sure he is going to show up on my video calls one of these days.

Fido consumes so much of my time, effort and energy, and the cause of my daily lack of sleep lol. Not to mention the times I run after him when he chases the birds, tries to pick fights with dogs. Just end of last year I scraped both my knees, injured a toenail, fractured another toe trying to stop him from getting into a fight lol (not the first time)

But I cannot imagine life without this fella. He has been my daily walks, my reminder to see the sunlight at 7am and sunset at 7pm as it’s his pee time, my constant reminder that no matter how shitty life is to never forget his belly rubs lol, his gentle hugs, the adventures, and my best friend for 11 years