hong long after switching food alergy subside?

LOL They can be so picky about food. I just finished changing the boys over to Natural Balance venison and sweet potatoe. Rocky was previously on the fish formula and he stopped eating it, so I am hoping that wont happen again.

I have been told that the fewer ingredients in a food the better when it comes to food allergies. I would be careful with letting him sample because if he does have a problem with on of the foods it will be hard to tell which one. I have also read that in order to truly know if a food is going to work for your pup they need to eat it for a few months. The only one I knew for sure was I think Purnia One that DH wanted to try. Rocky ate it three times and threw up 4 so we knew he could not eat that food.

Good luck it can be a challenge to find a food that works well when they have food allergies.

Also bathing a pup to often can cause them to have dry skin and the itchies. Alot of people on here will bath their dog every few months or so. Some people do it once a year, depending on preferences. GSD have very sensitive skin. I personally normally bath Rocky about every 3-4 months. There have been a few exceptions like last week when him and Apollo decided rolling around in a mud puddle was a good idea. LOL They were both covered.

the worst part about the itchy is I know hes feeling bad

He did accept some more venison/rice with his food tonight. He's a really picky eater and always has been, so he had been on the same food for a while.

I've been making treats for him fro a while and some use a bit of whole wheat flour. Also use significant oatmeal and corn meal in some.

Do any of ya'll know of good substitutes for baking for the corn meal? its fine ground. texture is the most important part of the substitution as most flavor is from the beef liver and garlic powders. Can

Also I was going to work up a substitution for the wheat flour. I was probably going to use a barley/rice flour blend and T&E it until I get the right consistency. Any body here use a good whole wheat flour substitute?It must be heavy and capable of stay stiff even after lots of mixing and kneading. White flour is not acceptable as the liver recipe uses stewed beef liver and the flour must have more "body" to handle the moisture from the shredded stewed beef liver.

oooh, I'd be careful about introducing barley to his diet, if he isn't already eating it. Quite a few of the dogs around here are allergic to it. If your pup is already tolerating it ok, then go ahead. But if he's never eaten it before, now is probably not the time to start. Hold off til you're sure he's good on the new food. Then introduce the barley. If you start making too many changes all at once, and he has problems, you'll never know which new ingredient is messing him up.