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

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. Keep fresh water available at all times! If switching from a canned product, make sure your pet drinks an adequate quantity of water to avoid constipation. 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. Please discuss feeding options with your veterinarian. When using with Canine w/d canned, decrease the amount of dry food to avoid overfeeding.

Adult maintenance

Weight of Dog Amount per Day 5 lb (2,3 kg) 3/4 cup (60 g) - 1 cup (80 g) 10 lb (4,5 kg) 1 1/4 cups (105 g) - 1 3/4 cups (145 g) 20 lb (9 kg) 2 cups (165 g) - 3 cups (245 g) 40 lb (18 kg) 3 1/2 cups (285 g) - 4 3/4 cups (390 g) 60 lb (27 kg) 4 3/4 cups (390 g) - 6 2/3 cups (545 g) 80 lb (36 kg) 6 cups (490 g) - 8 1/4 cups (675 g) 100 lb (45 kg) 7 cups (575 g) - 9 2/3 cups (795 g)

Obese prone

Weight of Dog Amount per Day 5 lb (2,3 kg) 2/3 cup (55 g) - 7/8 cup (70 g) 10 lb (4,5 kg) 1 1/8 cups (90 g) - 1 1/2 cups (125 g) 20 lb (9 kg) 1 3/4 cups (145 g) - 2 1/2 cups (205 g) 40 lb (18 kg) 3 cups (245 g) - 4 1/4 cups (350 g) 60 lb (27 kg) 4 1/4 cups (350 g) - 5 3/4 cups (470 g) 80 lb (36 kg) 5 1/4 cups (430 g) - 7 1/4 cups (595 g) 100 lb (45 kg) 6 cups (490 g) - 8 1/2 cups (695 g)

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)

Dry      2986 kcal/kg (243 kcal/per cup ² )

¹Measurement of Usable Energy in a food, which differs substantially from gross caloric content. ² An eight fluid oz. measuring cup of Canine w/d® contains 2.9 oz. by weight.

Average Nutrient Contents

Nutrient   Nutrient Guarantee % As Fed¹ % Dry Matter² % As Fed, Caloric Basis³ g/100 kcal Protein 15.0 min 17.2 18.9 5.8 Fat 6.0 min 8.1 8.9 2.7 Carbohydrate (NFE) 44.7 49.1 15.0 Crude Fiber 20.0 max 16.8 18.5 5.6 mg/100 kcal³ Calcium 0.40 min 0.60 0.66 201 Phosphorus 0.30 min 0.49 0.54 164 Sodium 0.22 0.24 74 Potassium 0.65 0.71 218 Magnesium 0.095 0.104 32 Carnitine 200 ppm min 270 ppm 297 ppm 9

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

Corn meal, peanut hulls 26.0% (a source of fiber), chicken by-product meal, chicken liver flavor, dried egg product, vegetable oil, L-lysine, L-tryptophan, taurine, L-carnitine, preserved with BHT, BHA and ethoxyquin, minerals (potassium chloride, salt, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), beta-carotene, vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).