Dobermann DCM Diet Recommendations

Dietary Management of Chronic Heart Disease in Dogs:

​Diets for management of heart disease must contain normal amounts of taurine and L-carnitine. Beef-based diets provide more L-carnitine than chicken-based diets. Both beef and chicken provide taurine. Sodium-restricted diets must be used with sodium and fluid retention, hypertension or congestive heart failure. Potassium supplementation is necessary with suspected or proven potassium depletion. With increased plasma potassium, dietary potassium should be low. Magnesium is often lost so dietary magnesium should be higher than usual. Diets should be highly palatable. Vitamin B12 should be given by tablet several times a month or by feeding a food such as sardines that contains abundant amounts.  

Beef, Potato and Chicken Fat Diet 
Normal Protein, Minimum Sodium, High Potassium, High fat

8 ounces (raw weight) lean ground beef, cooked (228 grams)
3 cups potatoes boiled in skin (369 grams)
1 tablespoon chicken fat (14 grams)
2/3 teaspoon bone meal powder (4 grams)
1/5 tablet B complex vitamin-trace mineral (made for humans)

provides 909 kcalories, 47.8 g protein, 37.9 g fat
supports caloric needs of 31 pound dog
provides sodium 105 percent, potassium 254 percent, magnesium 212 percent of dog's needs

Beef and Potato Diet
Normal Protein, Minimum Sodium, High Potassium, Lower Fat

8 ounces (raw weight) lean ground beef, cooked (228 grams)
3 cups potatoes boiled in skin (369 grams)
2/3 teaspoon bone meal powder (4 grams)
1/5 tablet B complex vitamin-trace mineral (made for humans)

provides 792 kcalories, 47.8 g protein, 24.9 g fat
supports caloric needs of 31 pound dog
provides sodium 112 percent, potassium 262 percent, magnesium 229 percent of dog's needs

Chicken, Potato and Chicken Fat Diet
Normal Protein, Minimum Sodium, High Potassium, Low Fat

1 cup cooked chicken breast (285 grams)
3 cups potatoes boiled in skin (369 grams)
1 tablespoon chicken fat (14 grams)
2/3 teaspoon bone meal powder (4 grams)
1/5 tablet B complex vitamin-trace mineral (made for humans)

provides 735 kcalories, 49.3 g protein, 17.8 g fat
supports caloric needs of 23 to 24 pound dog
provides sodium 111 percent, potassium 267 percent, magnesium 244 percent of dog's needs

Beef,  Rice and Chicken Fat Diet
Normal Protein, Minimum Sodium, Low Potassium, High fat

8 ounces (raw weight) lean ground beef, cooked (228 grams)
2 cups cooked rice, white polished, long-grain (320 grams)
1 tablespoon chicken fat (14 grams)
1/2 teaspoon bone meal powder (3 grams)
1/5 tablet B complex vitamin-trace mineral (made for humans)

provides 913 kcalories, 47.6 g protein, 37.3 g fat
supports caloric needs of 31 pound dog
provides sodium 94 percent, potassium 61 percent, magnesium 135 percent of dog's needs

Beef and Rice Diet
Normal Protein, Minimum Sodium, Low Potassium, Low fat

 8 ounces (raw weight) lean ground beef, cooked (228 grams)
2 cups cooked rice, white polished, long-grain (320 grams)
1/2 teaspoon bone meal powder (3 grams)
1/5 tablet B complex vitamin-trace mineral (made for humans)

provides 796 kcalories, 47.6 g protein, 25.3 g fat
supports caloric needs of 26 pound dog
provides sodium 101 percent, potassium 65 percent, magnesium 146 percent of dog's needs

Chicken, Rice and Chicken Fat Diet
Normal Protein, Minimum Sodium, Low Potassium, Moderate Fat

1 cup cooked chicken breast (285 grams)
2 cups cooked rice, white polished, long-grain (320 grams)
1 tablespoon chicken fat (14 grams)
1/2 teaspoon bone meal powder (3 grams)
1 multiple vitamin mineral tablet

provides 739 kcalories, 49.5 g protein, 18 g fat
supports caloric needs of 23 to 24 pound dog
provides sodium 103 percent, potassium 65 percent, magnesium 159 percent of dog's needs
add salt substitute (potassium chloride, 1/4 teaspoon) to bring potassium to 136 percent of needs

Chicken and Rice Diet
Normal Protein, Minimum Sodium, Low Potassium, Low Fat

1 cup cooked chicken breast (285 grams)
2 cups cooked rice, white polished, long-grain (320 grams)
1/2 teaspoon bone meal powder (3 grams)
1 multiple vitamin mineral tablet

provides 624 kcalories, 49.5 g protein, 5.25 g fat
supports caloric needs of 26 pound dog
provides sodium 103 percent, potassium 56 percent, magnesium 173 percent of dog's needs
add salt substitute (potassium chloride, 1/4 teaspoon) to bring potassium to 147 percent of need

References

1. Stepien, Rebecca L. and Matthew W. Miller. 1994. Cardiovascular Disease. In The Waltham Book of Clinical Nutrition of the Dog and Cat. edited by J. M. Wills and K. W. Simpson, 353-371. Oxford: Pergamon Press.

2. Morris, James G. 1995. Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases in Animals. 10-1 to 10-27. Class Notes for Veterinary Medicine 408, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis.


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