Canine w/d®

For Weight Control and the Nutritional Management of Fiber Responsive Diseases. Excess weight, diabetes and digestive troubles can cause problems for your dog. Feeding the right food can help your pet live a healthier lifestyle. Prescription Diet® Canine w/d®, with its fiber rich formula, may be useful as a nutritional aid for dogs with fiber responsive diseases such as diabetes mellitus, colitis, diarrhea, constipation, and to help manage overweight dogs, including those with struvite urolithiasis. The nutritional formulation of Prescription Diet® w/d® may also be useful for pets with a variety of conditions.

Daily Feeding Guide

Cover and refrigerate unused portion. These ranges are a starting point only. Your pet may need less or more food to maintain proper weight. Adjust as needed. If you are unsure, or if you are not feeding Canine w/d® for obesity prevention, ask your veterinarian. With your veterinarian’s approval, mix increasing amounts of your pet’s new food with decreasing amounts of the old food over a 7-day period. Canine w/d® is available in canned and dry. Supplementation with other foods is unnecessary and may decrease the effectiveness of the food. When using with Canine w/d dry, decrease the amount of canned food to avoid overfeeding.

Adult maintenance - using 14.75 oz (418 g) can

Weight of Dog Amount per Day 5 lb (2,3 kg) 1/2 - 2/3 can 10 lb (4,5 kg) 3/4 - 1 can 20 lb (9 kg) 1 1/3 - 1 3/4 can 40 lb (18 kg) 2 1/4 - 3 can 60 lb (27 kg) 3 - 4 1/4 can 80 lb (36 kg) 3 3/4 - 5 1/4 can 100 lb (45 kg) 4 1/2 - 6 can

Obese prone - using 14.75 oz (418 g) can

Weight of Dog Amount per Day 5 lb (2,3 kg) 3/8 - 5/8 can 10 lb (4,5 kg) 2/3 - 1 can 20 lb (9 kg) 1 1/4 - 1 2/3 can 40 lb (18 kg) 2 - 2 2/3 can 60 lb (27 kg) 2 2/3 - 3 2/3 can 80 lb (36 kg) 3 1/4 - 4 1/2 can 100 lb (45 kg) 4 - 5 1/3 can

Product Characteristics

Carnitine High Magnesium Reduced Calories Low Phosphorus Reduced Fat Low Sodium Low Fiber Increased Added Antioxidants Help reduce free radical damage to counteract oxidative stress Target Urine pH Acid (6.2 - 6.4)* *Urine pH of individual dogs may vary due to complicating factors such as:  time of feeding before urine collection, type of urine collection, individual animal variation, and test methodology. *Urine pH of individual dogs may vary due to complicating factors such as:  time of feeding before urine collection, type of urine collection, individual animal variation, and test methodology.

Metabolizable Energy¹ (Caloric Content)

Canned      890 kcal/kg (372 kcal/ 418 g can )

¹Measurement of Usable Energy in a food, which differs substantially from gross caloric content.

Average Nutrient Contents

Nutrient   Nutrient Guarantee % As Fed¹ % Dry Matter² % As Fed, Caloric Basis³ g/100 kcal Protein 4.0 min 4.5 17.9 5.1 Fat 2.0 min 3.2 12.7 3.6 Carbohydrate (NFE) 13.2 52.6 14.8 Crude Fiber 5.0 max 3.1 12.4 3.5 mg/100 kcal³ Calcium 0.10 min 0.16 0.64 180 Phosphorus 0.08 min 0.13 0.52 146 Sodium 0.06 0.24 67 Potassium 0.16 0.64 180 Magnesium 0.022 0.088 25 Carnitine 60 ppm min 91 ppm 364 ppm 10

¹Differs from label guarantees which are either maximums or minimums. ²The nutrient in the product after moisture is removed. It is used to make direct comparisons of nutrient profiles of products with differing moisture contents. ³Nutrient intake for every 100 kilocalories consumed.

Ingredients

Water, egg product, corn meal, chicken, cracked pearled barley, pork liver, powdered cellulose, chicken liver flavor, vegetable oil, taurine, L-tryptophan, L-carnitine, minerals (calcium sulfate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), beta-carotene, vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin D3 supplement vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid(a source of vitamin C), thiamine mononitrate, niacin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).