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by msdraglox on 17 March 2009 - 02:03

by sango on 17 March 2009 - 02:03
Chicken is most likely the culprit. Hope you have alot of receipes. Chicken is a huge allergy for dogs along with corn. I still can't figure out why those are always the 2 big ingredients in most dog food. Oh yeah, $$$$.
by AIR on 17 March 2009 - 05:03

by Two Moons on 17 March 2009 - 05:03
Best advice I see here is feed one or the other.
Keep things simple. If the itching came with the addition of chicken then stop using it. If it was something else recently added same rule stop using it. See if things don't go back to normal. What bothers one dog doesn't mean it bothers them all. I had a problem with fish products with one dog. Mine have no problems with chicken or corn, its different for each.
Some dog aren't allergic to anything and can eat anything. Eating grass means nothing, they all do it.
Keep it simple, make changes gradually over several days a little at a time. Watch for changes and remember what your added or have taken away.
Once you find something that works you can add other things to a basic diet, just keep a watchful eye.
Stay away from gimmic aditives and pills. The dog doesn't need all that kind of crap.
And most expensive does not mean best quality.
by Domenic on 17 March 2009 - 09:03
by DKiah on 17 March 2009 - 11:03
I'm getting a new puppy in a few weeks and I know she is being fed kibble but she gets switched as soon as she is in my arms!
Your puppy could also be blowing her coat, a first season must be coming up... girls always blow their coats.. changing food can cause shedding.. this crazy weather can also do it... one day 70, next day snow,, cold spell, really warm spell.. also confuses the dogs system
Hope it all works out... feel free to pm me if you'd like
Denise

by MaxBear on 17 March 2009 - 11:03
by Wildmoor on 17 March 2009 - 18:03
Pam
by DDRshep on 17 March 2009 - 19:03
And responding to DKiah, chicken allergies are not as common compared to corn, wheat or soy allergies, but chicken is the most common protein allergy source. It is also the cheapest meat source out there and the most commonly used.
Sometimes, a dog may not show allergy symptoms to a protein source like chicken when it is an ingredient in dry dog food because in some grain heavy formulas there is actually very little of it in the food even when it is one of the first ingredients especially if it is not in meal form. But when you feed it raw that's when the dog starts reacting to it.
Mars Inc. is probably ruining R/C and Nutro since they now own both of them, and trying to turn them into Pedigree.

by sueincc on 17 March 2009 - 19:03
If you changed both her kibble and added RAW what is making you think it's the chicken? Had you switched from RC to Orijen with no problem, but are seeing a problem now that you have added chicken?
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