Hill's Prescription Diet c/d Multicare Wet Dog Food review

Ingredients, as declared: Meat and animal derivatives (chicken 19%), cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, oils and fats, seeds, molluscs and crustaceans. Urine alkalising substances: Potassium citrate (4.4 g/kg).

Chicken is named at 19% inside meat and animal derivatives, the biggest declared figure on the label, and after it come cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, oils and fats, seeds, and molluscs and crustaceans. Shellfish are in this recipe, and no species is given for them. That last entry matters for a dog with any history of reacting to them.

The rest of the list is grouped by category, so cereals stands for whichever grain the batch used and oils and fats does the same for the fat. Wording like that will not clear a strict avoidance plan for your dog. Put the question to the vet who chose the food.

Potassium citrate is declared at 4.4 g/kg as a urine alkalising substance, a substantial dose given openly, and it is the entry doing the work the diet is named for. The mineral additives are dosed individually beside it, zinc at 52.3 mg per kilo, iron at 20.3, manganese at 4.5, copper at 3.4 and iodine at 0.7.

Moisture is declared at 70.2%, which is dry for a tin and lifts the energy figure to 123.6 kcal per 100g, so a given weight of this food carries more than a wetter can would. Protein converts to 23.2% of dry matter and fat to 18.1%, with the carbohydrate estimate at 50.3% and calcium at 0.84%. A starch level that high is part of how the diet is put together rather than something the recipe fell short on.

The feeding chart on the can runs from 93 grams a day for a 1kg dog to 1060 grams at 50kg, with 415 grams at 10kg. Use it as background: the portion, and the point at which your dog comes off the diet, are set by the vet managing the case.

It comes as a 370g can.