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Location: Got Lobsta? | o yeah - 2016-11-03 9:50 AM The vet put her on Apoquel 2x a day. And after just a few hours she itching so bad.
Wow I'm sorry to hear the Apoquel didn't work. |
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Location: TEXAS | I agree with those that said to grain free food and you can give dog Benadryl 2xs a day (Google for dosage per weight). If you see good results you can take Benadryl to 1x a day and maybe even stop the Benadryl. If it flares up start Benadryl again. Signs of allergies redness between toes, hair loss around eyes etc. And you may want to worm the dog. (Retired small animal vet tech) |
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| Do you feed your dog weiners, bologna, etc? That will make them itch. No processed meats |
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| There is absolutely no science behind grain free
Science and research says your dog is most likely allergic to a protien not a grain. Grains are getting a bad rep because of false marking. Ask your vet this is what they will say
A quick lesson for you.
There are two types of allergy; atopy (environmental) or a afr (adverse food reaction) if you dog is allergic to food they are reacting to the protien. Causing the itching. essentially it attachs to more than 1 receptor on the cell and in turn releasing histamine.
Main goal of a true allergy diet (only avaible through your vet) will be to make the protien so the body doesn't recognize it. Either through a novel ( new) or hydrolized (making it smaller so the body doesn't recognize it. Hope that makes sense.
Hydrolized is less $ fo feed than true novel diet. You must get this from your vet (retail foods DO NOT have quality standards in making their food to make sure it is not contaminated)
The only way to truly diagnose a arf is to do a food trail. Your vet can help you with this.
I hope this helps. |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | A Taste of the Wild feed and add Cur-OST SA Total Support!! |
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| What flavor of taste of the wild |
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It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | o yeah - 2016-11-03 12:46 PM What flavor of taste of the wild
I switch the flavors up every time since it's essentially the same feed :) |
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| Ok thx. No I don't feed any type of process meat. |
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| Example: They say grain free (which they are) but then they say it's "Pork" or "Turkey" but when you actually read the ingredients it has chicken or other proteins other than mentioned on the bag. Not all of them are like that but as long as you read the ingredients list.
They also like to add peas or pea powder in the food (alot of dog foods do this especially the cheaper, non grain free foods). It's fine that it's in the food but they do it to increase the %protein in the food (and add fiber). So if you see peas, pea protein, pea powder it could be the reason for the high level of protein rather than the actual meat content. |
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| I have been following this post as my Heeler Daisy Mae is itchy too. I plan to change her food this weekend after I do some research at the store to see what they have! Thank you everyone for all this info!  |
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Location: Usually on my horse | It is not the grain in the dog food. Chicken is one of the worst food allergens for dogs. If you are feeding a chicken based food get your dog on something else. Lamb, beef, anything but chicken. |
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Location: Willows, CA | If you are in the Western US you can try the Renew Gold Balance dog food. It has coconut oil, no corn, wheat or soy, and really helps with skin issues. |
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Location: OH. IO | haulin4cash - 2016-11-04 3:16 PM It is not the grain in the dog food. Chicken is one of the worst food allergens for dogs. If you are feeding a chicken based food get your dog on something else. Lamb, beef, anything but chicken.
I agree.I will only SUGGEST you go with salmon...and give it awhile.GOOD LUCK |
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Location: Florida.. | if dog gets to bad it will need oral meds......................... |
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| We have our known allergy dog on Taste of the Wild, get rid of the dog foods with grains and fillers. We've had to go through a few different kinds though, she's okay with beef and salmon but chicken and pork bother her. It was a bit of trial and error and we almost allergy tested her but she's better now. She's also on a half tab of Apoquel once a day. |
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Location: Arkansas | Has anything helped yet? |
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| Not sure y that reposted lol. Yes it has!! Decided to go with 4Health dog food from tractor supply. Just in 2 days time the itching is must less. She still itches a little but not enough to have to take 2 Apoquel pills like before. In fact she hasn't had 1 pill today. I bought the white salmon flavor and it seems to be the answer. Thank you for all the input. |
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