My Itchy Dog

[dukedogsmom]

Only been doing it about 2 weeks. I have seen an improvement, though.

[Cataholic]

Switch his food over to something fishy, too. Chicken and beef can be big alllergins. Jasper eats sweet potato and fish, only. He also takes a omega 3 and a claritin. Together, all that helps about 75%. Right now, in non allergy season, he is pretty good. When we get to prime allergy season, he falls back to about 60%. But, it is a heck of a lot better than what it was.

[Woodnymph]

One of the most common things that cause itching is feeding grains to dogs. If you think of it - they aren't cows. We have been using Taste Of The Wild-Bison for a few years-3,1/2 I think. It has NO grains, no dyes, no additives...It is about $45/30 lb.bag at Tractor Supply. There are other varieties too, but I stay away from the Salmon- was worried about heavy metal contamination, like Mercury. Also if you feed fish oil, you have to worry about the same thing. I had Katy on Nordic Naturals Omega Fish Oil- totally safe. She was on it for six months. Her fur is beautiful. It was about $70/180 capsules...I brought it at the health food store. Hubby's friend had a pitbull with serious skin problems. Nothing worked. We had him switch from a grain food to ours and dog's skin -sores-bumps-rash-all cleared up. It's been 2 weeks. Grain is a CHEAP way for the dog food companies to make more $$$.. Causes stomach issues also.