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04-14-2009, 02:11 AM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Alberta
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| What is it with.... all the different dog foods. I have switched foods before. They just weren't working out for my pups. Here we are still with the itches, they're on Natural Balance. I've thought about maybe switching their food. We have three dogs, three different breeds, a 4 1/2 pound Chi (Mika), a 6 pound yorkie (Tila), 12 pound terrier cross (Odie). I try to do my research and look at ingredients and everything. The local pet and feed store we have in town sells NB which is excellent I can buy my food in town and not go out of town. The owner tried to get me to switch them to Great Canadian dog food, with help from a YT member, no way will I switch to that if I were to. First ingredient is like corn, which is isn't great right. I go to the city once in awhile and there's a store there that sells only pet food. They have TOTW and Innova, Evo, Solid Gold, Nature's Variety. Now out of all those choices over NB which would you chose? I was on a pet food site earlier that listed 6 star, 5 star foods. I noticed on the site when they broke them down and everything to inform about the food, a lot of them including totw, Innova, etc. It said because of the high protein they'd be better for larger dogs. I want to feed the furbabies the best food, and I know there are a lot of different opinions on which is the best food and differences in what people prefer to feed their babies. I swear I just wanna bang on my head on the table over and over when going over foods and deciding. |
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04-14-2009, 02:36 AM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Alberta
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| I realized that them being different breeds wouldn't affect what kind of food they eat. They can still all eat the same kind of food right? Unless, one of them was having a problem with it. It's late sorry, I just thought I sounded kind of erk there. lol. Sorry. |
04-14-2009, 03:06 AM | #3 | |
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Have you taken them to the Vet, it seems a little odd that they are all different breeds yet showing the same reaction, this could be a non food allergy, also which types of the foods are you feeding meat based or fish? I believe the fish is the one you should be using for food allergies. | |
04-14-2009, 05:06 AM | #4 |
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| If they are all scratching after at least 2 months of eating a limited ingredient food like NB, it is likely nothing to do with the food. I like Innova kibble personally and most dogs no matter the breed could do well on it.
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04-14-2009, 02:21 PM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Alberta
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| Yep, I'm gonna get them checked. Tila goes in a few days for her spay so I'm going to get her checked. We'll get Odie and Mika checked too. |
04-14-2009, 02:31 PM | #6 |
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| What you might want to do is start a list of anything that you have changed in the house. Also it might not be the food you are feeding are you giving any treats, something that might not seem like a big deal to you might be so just keep a pad and pen with you and write down things as you think of them. The more info you give the Vet the better off you are. |
04-15-2009, 12:37 AM | #7 |
YT 3000 Club Member | chester has allergies to the enviroment, so when he is really itchy he will ge temaril p which is prednisone and benadyrl and it will help, if they are better are the prednisone it is not a food allergy it could be dust mites, grass alot of things. I started salmon oil on chester wet food which has helped, sometimes I will just rinse him off in the tub, benadryl can help. I use all free and clear laundry soap, same with dryer sheets because his skin is so sensitive. You can use apple cider vinegar mixed with water and can spray it or pour it on them that can help the itches as well, fleas also dont like the acidic taste to the skin. Good Luck |
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