Food Allergy?????

[Nobas Mom]

Hi, I just looked at the ingredients for both. They are exactly the same, the only difference between the two foods is that the one now is smaller bites and the other bag was large bites... that's the only difference, now I'm confused even more. Guess I can try the bath and see if that helps his itchy skin. The weather here has been rainy, nice, rainy, nice, rainy, cloudy, cold, rainy, nice... day after day after day...

[applesmom]

It could still be the Innova evo in both sizes, as it sometimes takes awhile for an allergy to develop!

[Nobas Mom]

It could still be the Innova evo in both sizes, as it sometimes takes awhile for an allergy to develop!

I was thinking the same thing... but what do you suggest I do to test this?? I really like the Innova and how healthy he looks, but if it's the cause of it all, then I need to find something else, but it has to be comparable. Any thoughts?

[Karen]

Try him on a simpler food - less ingredients - Lamb and Rice is usually a good start for "allergic" dogs, see how he does on that.

[So-Crafty]

Keegan, my Cocker, has terrible food allergies. We've completely eliminated all food sources. We started out with Venison and Rice [a competely different protein source] and took out everything else. No treats, no canned food, nothing. We did that for 21 days. Slowly, as her body detoxed from everything else that she'd been eating, her hair started to grow back, her itching slowed down. We started adding little things, like a teaspoonful of yogurt (as a Probiotic) - her ears cleared up. She now gets vegetables (carrots, green beans), peanut butter (an all natural peanut butter) and yogurt as treats.

Since the Natural Balance recall, we had to change to a different formulation of their food. She's now eating the Duck and Potato variety and doing just as good. We'll go back to the Venison when they start producing it again.

You need to cut out all protein sources, any possible allergens like wheat, corn, soy. You should switch to a food that she hasn't been on before (like Venison, Salmon or Duck) and keep with that single source protein for a long time until the body can detox.

Your dog will tell you when you've done good. There will not be diahrea(sp), vomitting, dull coats, ear infections, itchy skin. If you make the correct choices, they can only reap the benefits.