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Originally Posted by yorkiepup2  Is Orijen hight in protein? Maya had a liver shunt, so I don't want to feed her a high protein kibble.......but my 9 year old Scooter has the itchies so bad. He's on meds right now......the vet doesn't think its the food (Royal Canin Yorkie) but I wonder............ |
Yes, Orijen Six Fish is a high protein food. But Josie is a VERY active dog and right now, for the itches, Josie needs the benefits of no grains, no chicken, and plenty of good oils.... We will balance out again with Nat Bal after this crisis is over.
Just a heads up on Royal Canin.... A lot of people use it with no troubles. We thought we were feeding our dogs a great food. We never questioned that Royal Canin could be the causing our itchy problem. We were wracking our brains trying to figure out what was wrong with our dogs (they all itch, but Josie had gotten out of control). We used to never have itchy problems like we do now. The light bulb moment was when we remembered that we had switched food when we got Josie because she couldn't handle the larger pieces of the food we previously used (Nutro Ultra).
That started some research and we found that MANY people have the exact same problem with Royal Canin as we.... The brand has a record of causing allergies. If I were you I'd switch food ASAP.....
I can hardly wait for the new food to come. Or the new salmon oil. I'm am so anxious to be done with these itches. Next step will be to go raw. (I sure hope this does the trick... I love the idea of raw, I just don't think I'll be able to stick it out with my work schedule. I barely have time to feed myself! LOL!)
Have a good evening!