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Originally Posted by Yorkieville200 I just saw your post, and wanted to tell you, when I switched my girls to Nature's Variety Lamb and Rice, they started scratching, gaining weight, and one of them began licking and chewing her front paws. There is a lot of grain in it; brown rice, barley, and oatmeal, are the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th ingredients. Too much grain seems to bother my girls.
Changed them over to Artemis Small Breed formula and the problems cleared up. Chicken, Turkey, Chicken Meal, and Lamb Meal are the first 4 ingredients.
I still feed Nature's Variety frozen medallions and canned, because both are just meat and veggies, no grains.
Food for thought.......
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interesting... thanks for the info!
I choose this food because kodie was on hill's l/d and he was was lacking what normal food has in it... my vet thought if i switched him to a regular food inside of a perscription that he would have a better coat, skin, and maybe gain weight. So far... kodie hasnt really gained weight... hes skinny. His skin has improved alittle... and his coat is slowly getting better as well. I have my pup also on derm caps for his dry skin. I also asked a vet i'm friends with how long will it take to notice a difference from these new things I have kodie on.. and she told me it could take anywhere from 2 - 8 months... it depends on the dog. It has been almost 1 month since I switched over kodie's food and started the derm caps. I guess its a good things I notice alittle bit of improvement so far...
I also have a medicated bath I am doing for kodie every 3-4 days as needed for itching... it helps him... but not as well as I thought.. I am going to try selesn blue shampoo tonight for kodie's dry skin... a vet recommended it to me. I am hoping it works out great... i'll let you know.
but anyway.. if i dont see anymore improvement within the next 2 months... i'm gonna try another dog food that another vet recommended to me... I think its potato and duck... or something like that... its for dogs with skin problems.