
06-07-2009, 10:24 PM
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Re: itching till he bleeds
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Originally Posted by lay
Hi all,
I just thought I would update. Bailey ended up having skin allergy tests done. His blood results have come back and he is allergic to, Beef (highly) Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Duck. He can only have Turkey or White fish. As a main diet this is not too bad. The food brand that both my dogs are on manufacture a Turkey and rice food. Trying to find a treat's is quite diffcult. he likes his Bonios but all the varieties have meat deritives in which is obviously no good. We just ordered some Wainwrights Turkey biscuits which would have been perfect, only to find out they had poultry fat in.
He is slowly getting better the vet said we should see results in two weeks. However within a week of chaning his diet he has improved dramtically. (touch wood it will continue)
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glad he's getting better.
For treats, you could try dried fish skins which many dogs love (though mine ate one, sicked it back up and refused to even sniff them again). Burns do them, other manufacturers do too. In your position I would look at the websites of companies such as Burns, JWB or others who do good food for dogs with food intolerances and see if they do anything that would suit. Healthy Paws do gluten free vegan biscuit treats for dogs in peanut butter or fruit flavour - sounds weird but my dog really likes the fruit (apple and banana) ones.
Of course dogs don't have to eat dog products. Think of what human food he would like (no VAT on most of it too)! You could also buy a turkey, cook it, freeze it into portions. Or cheese is a good treat if he can tolerate it - is he OK with dairy products? Another thing mine likes is rice cakes, cheese oatcakes or ginger oat biscuits. How about ocean sticks?
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