Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Dog - Urinary S/O Small Dog is a complete food specially designed for small breed adult dogs suffering with urinary stones. The dietetic recipe is designed to combat the build up of unwanted crystals in the urinary system.
This urinary Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Dog - Urinary S/O Small Dog food contains a moderate level of high-quality protein and a reduced magnesium content. This helps to increase and acidify the urine, helping reduce the risk of new urinary stones building up. This dry food can also help to get rid of existing stones and crystals. Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Dog - Urinary S/O Small Dog also contains active ingredients that help with tartar prophylaxis, helping to bind calcium in the saliva, which could otherwise lead to tartar build up.
Indications:
- Struvite stones: helps remove them and prevent reoccurrence
- Calcium oxalate stones: helps prevent reoccurrence
- Bacterial cystitis: deals with secondary stones from struvite crystalluria (combined with appropriate antibiotic treatment)
Contraindications:
- Chronic kidney disease
- Heart disease (if aiming for sodium restriction)
- Combined with urine-acidifying medicine
- Growing, pregnant or lactating dogs
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Dog - Urinary S/O Small Dog at a glance:
- Dry urinary food for small breed adult dogs
- Dietetic complete food for dogs with urinary stones or other urinary illnesses
- Special recipe: with reduced magnesium content and moderate levels of high-quality protein
- Low RSS value: undersaturation of urine (RSS = relative supersaturation) meaning a low concentration of ions that can build crystals
- Urine dilution: can reduce the risk of new struvite and calcium oxalate stones building up
- Removes struvite stones: can support the removal of existing urinary stones
- Tartar prophylaxis: binds calcium in the saliva, helping combat the build up of tartar