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Originally Posted by Ellie May  This is all too familiar. 
First, remember that there is a 90% chance that this is environmental and not food related (statistically speaking), however, food allergies do seem to be a bit more common in Yorkies (just from what I've seen on YT).
You do need to use the new food for two to three months to notice any difference if it is a food allergy.
Prednisolone is better for the liver than prednisone.
Atopica can be used (usually for environmental) and it is better.
Z/D Ultra and Purina HA just made Ellie's intestinal issues (possibly caused by food intolerance) worse.
Certain types of fish oil can help.
Benadryl seems to be a waste of time in our case.
The vet can give a steroid injection if the itching gets out of hand and the dog needs immediate relief.
If it were my normal, healthy dog, I'd probably switch to Natural Balance Duck and Potato and think about Atopica and fish oil. |
purina ha is what my allergy dog and ibd dog are on and have helped my ibd dog tremendously as he was a very sick boy for a year after having pancreatitis and almost dying so that is not my first choice with allergies as it does have soy in it BUT for ibd dogs it helps trememdously and many use on ibd group as it is a very low fat at 8% so that food has been a miracle for my dog and the minute he gets anything else he goes into a vomitting attack.
After doing the food trial the next step a derm does is antihistamine trial as antihistamines are better than atopica and temarilp - zyrtec is one many are having great success with on my allergy group and that is not one we used as it was not being used in 2006 - also antihistamines work better if being combined with fish oil. I prefer
Welcome to Nordic Naturals omega 3 as it is sardine and anchovies - but yorkies are prone to pancreatitis so be careful as while rare fatty acids can trigger pancreatitis in dogs predisposed so if it were me before doing that i would have a blood panel done and check triglycerides bc if they are high on 12 hr fast i would not supplement with fatty acids as your dog is more predisposed to pancreatitis as my dex had severe pancreatitis and he is the only of my 3 that has high fasting triglycerides and internal medicine specialist confirmed this with me