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fasting

My pup needs a bile acid test before a major operation. Does anyone have advice about fasting? Should I wake her up and feed her in the middle of the night just before the twelve hour fast begins? Should I keep her on a regular schedule and just ignore feeding her?

I appreciate your advice as seasoned owners, this whole experience has just been awful! It means the world to me that there is a place where you post solutions/remedies to so many of the issues my pup is having as a result of a congenital liver defect. The support I have gotten from individual private mesages and as a "lurker" browsing forums has helped me carry on when it seemed like an uphill battle, thank you all!

Kathy Chester Newman and Jessa's picture

When we've had surgery scheduled for morning...

we feed them as usual the night before and then nothing in the morning.  I never thought they could do without breakfast, but they do.  I don't feed the other dogs in front of whoever is fasting.  Good luck to you and your guy.