Chicken allergy

onedogman · 01-14-2013, 11:36 AM

My 7 Mo. old GSD had red bumps & spots of hair loss. The vet gave me antihistimine pills that did nothing for her. A friend told me to try taking her off dog food with chicken as a main ingrediant. After a week all red bumps were gone and her fur came back in nicely a short time later. It's hard finding chicken free dog food. Ive been feeding her Taste of the wild lamb & wild rice, but she's getting tired of it and I have to put on a little bacon greese to get her to eat it. Surfing the web looking for a good alternative is really frustrating. The ratings on dog food differ wildly & most have chicken. Does anyone here have a similar problem or able to offer any help?
Thanks, Lloyd

**Lauri & The Gang** · 01-14-2013, 11:41 AM

When you switch a dog from one kibble to another you really aren't just changing ONE ingredient (the chicken in your case). You need to compare ALL the ingredients in two foods and see what's different.

Having an allergy to a protein is rare in dogs. Yes, it does happen but you can't make that judgement using kibble.

Jax08 · 01-14-2013, 11:57 AM

Look for a fish based, grain free, limited ingredient food.

I see more people post that their dogs stop eating TOTW after a bit and have to add toppings. Mine did too. My feeling is if you have to bribe your dog with toppings to get them to eat the food, maybe the problem is actually the food.

onedogman · 01-14-2013, 12:02 PM

Thanks for the reply. I was feeding her Blue Buffalo Chicken & Brown Rice Lg breed puppy. So it could be any one of several ingredients. Not sure but it sounds like I need to make a list of what is different, take it to the vet & have allergy tests done.

Aramis' Mummy · 01-14-2013, 12:43 PM

I was feeding my pup Canidae chicken and rice and was dealing with itchy skin, and runny poop after a few vet visits and coming back neg on all tests giving meds just in case I changed his food to Canidae bison and lamb and the itchy skin and runny poop is gone. I can't feed him any chicken based products .

01-14-2013, 11:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
onedogman Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: upper MI Posts: 57	Chicken allergy My 7 Mo. old GSD had red bumps & spots of hair loss. The vet gave me antihistimine pills that did nothing for her. A friend told me to try taking her off dog food with chicken as a main ingrediant. After a week all red bumps were gone and her fur came back in nicely a short time later. It's hard finding chicken free dog food. Ive been feeding her Taste of the wild lamb & wild rice, but she's getting tired of it and I have to put on a little bacon greese to get her to eat it. Surfing the web looking for a good alternative is really frustrating. The ratings on dog food differ wildly & most have chicken. Does anyone here have a similar problem or able to offer any help? Thanks, Lloyd

01-14-2013, 11:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lauri & The Gang Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: SouthEastern WI Posts: 13,736	When you switch a dog from one kibble to another you really aren't just changing ONE ingredient (the chicken in your case). You need to compare ALL the ingredients in two foods and see what's different. Having an allergy to a protein is rare in dogs. Yes, it does happen but you can't make that judgement using kibble. __________________ Lauri & The Raw Fed Gang Raw Dog Ranch Winnie CGC - Corgi Mix Chimanes Spice it Up Piquin (Kaynya) - Chinese Crested Nator von Triton HIC CGC (Mauser) - LC GSD Piquins Some Like it Hot (Spike) – Chinese Crested Piquins Too Hot To Handle - (Fuego) - Chinese Crested Piquins Wasabi (Sabi) - Chinese Crested Piquins Super Hot (Clark) - Chinese Crested Banzai, Cloe, Mocha - Felines Extraordinaire Neke, Tessa, Remi, Sadie, Riggs, Sasha, Tazer - DK, Mozart, Zoe - Gone but not forgotten

01-14-2013, 11:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jax08 Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NNE PA Posts: 18,991	Look for a fish based, grain free, limited ingredient food. I see more people post that their dogs stop eating TOTW after a bit and have to add toppings. Mine did too. My feeling is if you have to bribe your dog with toppings to get them to eat the food, maybe the problem is actually the food. __________________ Michelle _________________________________________ Jax Von Monkeybutt, CGC Queen Banshee Boo Sierra the Undecided Cracker, The Great Shedder Rich N Handsome, "Red"

01-14-2013, 12:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
onedogman Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: upper MI Posts: 57	Thanks for the reply. I was feeding her Blue Buffalo Chicken & Brown Rice Lg breed puppy. So it could be any one of several ingredients. Not sure but it sounds like I need to make a list of what is different, take it to the vet & have allergy tests done.

01-14-2013, 12:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Aramis' Mummy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Fraser Valley,British Columbia Posts: 30	I was feeding my pup Canidae chicken and rice and was dealing with itchy skin, and runny poop after a few vet visits and coming back neg on all tests giving meds just in case I changed his food to Canidae bison and lamb and the itchy skin and runny poop is gone. I can't feed him any chicken based products .

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