allergic to beef...........? - Page 1

ive just takem my 4month old gsd to the vets because of a nasty skin rash on his underside,apparently the food ive been feeding him (royal canin mixed with tripe) has beef in it,its only been  a week since ive started giving him tripe with his dry food but coincidently this is when the rash started to show,so the vet rekons its because my dog is alergic to beef,ive getting some antibiotics for this but was just wondering if this sounds familiar

Could easily be.  My 11 yr old male is allergic to beef.  Food allergies tend to take form in the way of chewing at their paws, ear infections, etc. 

My male gets any beef whatsoever, an ear infection is guaranteed.

Angela

 Food allergies are not that common and almost everyone will attribute, often incorrectly, any type of rash to food. Often the real culprit is a skin bacterial infection or parasites. So be sure you have everything checked out before you leap. 

You can try elimination diets, easiest way is just to get allergy testing done so you know what you're dealing with.

Alfie,

I have a 5 year old GSD that I feed Millenium (beef base) food and homemade beef to always - and showed the allergy symptoms - I am now cooking an elimination diet of ELK and LENTILS = it is in the second week and he is improving.......I think my deal was chicken and beef.  Because I would give him roasted beef or chicken on top of his kibble every meal.  Good luck.

Howdy,

try Horse meat, never heared that there have been reactions reported. A friends dog had some sort of allergie and he started his dog on horse and all symptoms were gone after 10 days.

Hi Ullie,

Horsemeat is not used in pet food in the US; that practice ended in the 70's.  In most states, maybe all now, it is illegal to slaughter horses for human comsumption too.   Some horse by-products are used in various items, but they come from the rendering process, not from horses slaughtered for their  meat.

Elk and lentils sounds like the ideal elimination diet as it is something most dogs have never eaten before.  Elk may be hard to find in some areas. Glad to hear it's helping your dog, Renz.

I would like to hear a little more about this elimination diet as well.

Hi Blitzen,

I wasn't aware that Horse meat is not allowed for human consumption in the US. We still have horse butchers, and actually some of that meat is quite expensive. There are also some Restaurants, not many, that serve it.

However, there are a few companys here in Germany that do sell it as dog food, and it is known to be the best for dogs with food allergies.

I found a company that is selling raw meat for dogs, packed in portions of 500 grams and then it is frozen. They deliver it frozen. I am thinking about to switch my dogs to it, as I am getting tired of this comercial food. After all, our doggies are meateater, at least I have never seen a Wolf lying in a cornfield eating corn on the cob !!

Hope everything is fine on your side of the pond !

Regards Ulli Dresbach