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Originally Posted by Ellie May  I think that's the one I heard good things about, but imo it is pretty much a waste of money. Ellie has allergies (food for sure and maybe environmental). I would not put money into it. Her nutritionist doesn't go with this type of testing either the last I knew. She is one of the most well known in the country. Looked at very highly... Elimination diet is the way to go. Were these ingredients novel to her? Who is guessing food allergies? It is very likely something else. |
correct blood cannot determine food allergies only environmental and derm reiterated that yesterday and the only reason you do the allergy blood panel is if you are going to do hyposensitization shots which works in 85% of dogs otherwise a waste of money and derm told me she prefers blood testing in toy breeds as they have to shave both sides of dog and the blood is pretty accurate and dog has to be off steroids for 4 weeks with skin testing and no way could i do that with dd but for a dog not on steroids yet could be a possibility - it is the one thing i have not done for dd as was scared it would make her worse but it is the most natural way to treat it so may be worth a shot to try it before going to drugs as sometimes i regret not at least trying it at 5 1/2 years of treating allergies with drugs such as atopica and steroids and now that she is older she is getting worse
