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Heart Friendly Low Sodium Dog Diets Compiled by Charity Callicoat Cardiology Department / Medvet - Cincinnati Heart Friendly Low Sodium Dog Diets Compiled by Charity Callicoat Cardiology Department / Medvet - Cincinnati (Most of these diets can be found at PetsMart, Jacks Pets, Pet People, or Petco) 1) Hills Ideal Balance Products: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Natural Lamb and Brown Rice Recipe- 90mg/100kcal 2) Large Breed Natural Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Adult 66mg/100kcal 3) Small Breed Natural Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Adult- 66mg/100kcal 4) Natural chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Adult- 66mg/100kcal B) Hills Ideal Balance- Crafted: 1) Dry Dog Food: 1) Grain Free Herbed Chicken and Chickpeas Recipe- 73mg/100kcal 2) Roasted Beef, Peas, and Buckwheat Recipe- 62mg/100kcal 2) Wet Dog Food: 1) Shredded Beef Stew- 88mg/100kcal 2) Simmered Chicken Stew with Quinoa- 82mg/100kcal 3) Braised Salmon Medley with Quinoa- 69mg/100kcal C) Hills Ideal Balance- Grain Free: 1) Salmon and Potato Adult Dry Dog Food- 82mg/100kcal 2) Braised Salmon Recipe Wet Dog Food- 82mg/100kcal 2) Hills Science Diet Products: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Adult Advanced Fitness Small Bites Lamb Meal and Rice Recipe- 78mg/100kcal 2) Adult Advanced Fitness Small Bites- 77mg/100kcal 3) Adult Large Breed Lamb Meal and Rice Recipe- 59mg/100kcal 4) Adult Large Breed- 77mg/100kcal 5) Adult Healthy Mobility Large Breed- 89mg/100kcal 6) Adult “Grain Free” Salmon- 82mg/100kcal 7) Adult Small and Toy Breed- 76mg/100kcal 8) Adult Small and Toy Breed Lamb Meal and Rice Recipe- 78mg/100kcal 9) Adult Healthy Mobility Small Bites- 89 mg/100kcal B) Wet Dog Food: 1) Adult Small and Toy Adult Gourmet Chicken (5.8 oz can)- 61mg/100kcal 2) Adult Gourmet Beef Entrée’ (13 oz can)- 69mg/100 kcal (not small or toy) 3) Adult Beef and Chicken Entrée’ (13 oz can)-68mg/100kcal 4) Adult Gourmet Chicken Entrée’ (13 oz can)-64mg/100kcal 2) Fromm Family Pet Food Products: A) Four Star Nutritionals Diets: 1) Chicken A’ LA VEG- 80mg/100kcal 2) Duck and Sweet Potato- 80mg/100kcal 3) Game Bud- 90mg/100kcal 4) Lamb and Lentil- 90mg/100kcal 5) Pork and Peas- 90mg/100kcal 6) Whitefish and Potato- 80mg/100kcal B) Gold Dry Dog Food Series: 1) Puppy Gold- 90 mg/100kcal 2) Large Breed Puppy- 80mg/100kcal 3) Adult- 70mg/100kcal 4) Small Breed Adult- 80mg/100kcal 5) Weight Management- 70mg/100kcal 6) Reduced Activity and Senior- 80mg/100kcal C) Classic Dry Dog Food: 1) Adult- 80mg/100kcal 2) Mature Adult- 70mg/100kcal 3) Wellness Products: A) Complete Health Dry Dog Food Diets: 1) Adult Lamb and Barley Recipe- 60mg/100kcal 2) Puppy Deboned Chicken, Oatmeal and Salmon Meal- 60mg/100kcal 3) Large Breed Puppy Deboned Chicken, Brown Rice And Salmon Meal- 80mg/100kcal B) Complete Health Small Breed Dry Dog Food: 1) Adult Whitefish, Salmon Meal and Peas Recipe 83mg/100kcal 2) Adult Turkey and Oatmeal- 81mg/100kcal 3) Healthy Weight Turkey and Brown Rice Recipe 84mg/100kcal 4) Senior Deboned Chicken and Oatmeal- 83mg/100kcal C) Complete Health Toy Breed Dry Dog Food: 1) Adult Deboned Chicken, Brown Rice, and Peas Recipe- 53mg/100kcal D) Complete Health Wet Dog Food: 1) Puppy Formula- 90mg/100kcal 2) Chicken and Sweet Potato- 90mg/100kcal 4) Wellness Core Diets: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Large Breed- 62mg/100kcal 2) Small Breed- 64mg/100kcal 3) Wild Game- 59mg/100kcal B) Wet Dog Food: 1) Turkey, Pork Liver and Duck- 90 mg/100kcal 5) Wellness Simple Diets: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Lamb- 58mg/100kcal 2) Salmon- 83mg/100kcal B) Wet Dog Food: 1) Duck and Oatmeal- 60mg/100kcal 2) Turkey and Potato- 59mg/100kcal 3) Duck and Rice- 6mg/100kcal 6) Wellness 95% :(This is an additive to encourage eating. It is to be mixed with a regular diet.) 1) Chicken- 70mg/100kcal 2) Lamb- 79mg/100kcal 3) Turkey- 63mg/100kcal 7) Royal Canin: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Development Puppy Large Breed Dog- 80mg/100kcal 2) Development Puppy Small Dog- 80 mg/100kcal 3) Weight Control- 60mg/100kcal (not the one Labeled for small or large breed) 4) Adult- 80mg/100kcal 5) Adult Large Dog- 70mg/100kcal 6) Dental- 90mg/100kcal (small breed diet is over sodium limit) 7) Mature Consult- 70mg/100kcal 8) Mature Consult Small Dog- 70mg/100kcal 9) Boxer- 50mg/100kcal B) Wet Dog Food: 1) Weight Control- 80mg/100kcal 2) Mature Consult- 70mg/100kcal 8) Pro-Plan Diets: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Performance 30/20 Formula for All Life Stages- 79mg/100kcal 9) California Natural Diets: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Kangaroo and Red Lentils- 74mg/100kcal 2) Chicken Meal and Rice Senior- 53mg/100kcal 3) Weight Management Rice and Chicken Meal 59mg/100kcal 4) Weight Management Rice and Lamb Meal- 69mg/100kcal 10) EVO Diets: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) Turkey and Chicken Meal Senior- 73mg/100kcal B) Wet Dog Food: 1) 95% Chicken and Turkey- 78mg/100kcal 11) Taste Of The Wild: A) Dry Dog Food: 1) High Prairie Adult- 80mg/100kcal 2) Pacific Stream Adult- 70mg/100kcal 3) Wetlands- 70mg/100kcal 12) Iams Woof Delights (in tubs) Diets: A) Wet Dog Foods: 1) Happy Turkey Day Dinner- 83mg/100kcal 2) Turkey and Lamb Tango Dinner- 82mg/100kcal .
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