I have just been in contact with a pet nutritionist and she says that chicken is often a problem for dogs. She has put Tootsie on a low allergy diet which consists of 3oz of venison ( she says this is excellent for sensitive tummies in dogs) or rabbit, with half a cup of potato or rice and half a cup of any squash, with half a cup of green beans. I have to put the veg in a blender for a couple of seconds to break it up into tiny pieces and then add it to the chopped or minced meat. She also has to take probiotics, a quarter of a teaspoon of flaxseed oil building up to 1 full teaspoon (Tootsy is sensitive to fish, which the nutritionist says is practically unheard of, so she cannot have fish oils), a calcium supplement and a general vitamin supplement which I still have to get. She will stay on this for three weeks and then I can try turkey as a change and carrot. She says some dogs are sensitive to carrots! She can have pears for a treat. She wouldn't eat her pear tonight, though, and she normally loves pears.
She has been happy on this diet so far. I have to weigh her each week to see if her weight stays stable and adjust her starch if it isn't. I will let you know how things go in case it is helpful to anyone else on the forum.
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