Food suggestions for dogs with food allergies.?

Question

We recently brought our dog to the vet for his allergies (he's been on Benadryl for about 6 months) and since he has not responded to the antihistamine treatment the vet suggested putting him on a food trial. We have to switch to a food that is completely (down to the last ingredient ) different from any food we've give him in the past. We have only fed him Iams puppy and Science Diet puppy dry food. I am looking for any suggestions on dog foods that have a short list of ingredients (less filler stuff) and don't contain chicken, beef, corn, or the other really common dog food ingredients. I am also willing to cook for my dog if necessary so any links to good sites with recipes for dogs would be great too!! Any suggestions at all would help me start looking for a healthier food source for our dog. There are so many foods out there that a few starting points would be much appreciated. Thanks!!

Answer 1

i would suggest solid gold dog food. heres a link to the website.. its sold at petco as welll.

Answer 2

I would suggest switching your dog to a grain free holistic form of dog food...or if you are willing to dish out even more money...the BEST option would be to put him onto a raw dog food diet, after lots of research and talking to raw feeders for advice of course. I had the same problem with my Basset Hound, he was getting hot spots, was constantly licking his paws and armpit area and had red, swollen areas where he was missing hair because he was licking so much. I first switched him onto EVO, and while it worked for us, I still wasn't getting the ultimate results I felt I should be getting from a dog food that cost that much. So I have just switched him to Wysong Optimal Performance (about 4 months ago or so) and have seen amazing results! It has dehydrated chicken pieces in it and his hot spots are almost completely gone and he no more has any allergies associated to food. It is a bit expensive, for a case (it comes with four 8 lbs bags) it runs around $80.00 Canadian with taxes. So it's not cheap, however in the long run you don't have to feed as much of this food as you would a dog food filled with lots of corn filler and by products as it is more nutritional and a dog can sustain on a smaller amount of it. I also feed my dog different types of wet holistic dog food as well. I like Mulligan Stew, Natural Instinct, Nature's Variety, California Natural etc. These dog foods are gluten free and have a high protein content.

Answer 3

My Doberman is allergic to gluten but his previous owner didn't know this, so when I got him he was skin and bone, pitiful. I had a good vet who took one look at him and knew gluten was the problem and suggested I feed him human food. The improvement was immediate and dramatic, although I have always disapproved of feeding human food to dogs, the grain free is not available where we live. I cook him minced beef or chicken and a selection of vegetables and a bit of dog rice. He is thriving and beautiful. I'm trying to gently reintroduce high quality dry dog food and some tins by Butchers (English) and he's responding well, but this is mainly for my own convenience.

Answer 4

California Natural sounds like the PERFECT dog food for your dog. It's made from the LEAST amount of ingredients. No corn, wheat, soy, filler or by-products in it either.

"California Natural Pet Food

Cheap pet food ingredients, such as protein fillers, or even premium ingredients can be highly allergic to pets with sensitive systems. That's why California Natural dog and cat food refuses to use them in our production. In fact, we have the shortest ingredient list of any dry pet food and combine just one protein, one fat and one carbohydrate source to create a hypoallergenic pet food."

http://naturapet.com/brands/california-natural.asp

Iams and Science diet are HORRIBLE foods. Thats probably not helping out your dogs allergies at alllll.

Here is where you put in your zipcode to see what stores sell California Natural: http://www.naturapet.com/where-to-buy/

It can take MONTHS if you are cooking your dogs food to get all the right nutrients that your dog needs. And with a dog with allergies I wouldnt do that, just incase he is allergic to something else.

I hope that helps -- Good luck!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I suggest wellness dry food for puppies, they make a venison and a duck, my golden was allergic to most dog food, she loves this stuff. She also loves apples,honeydew melon, broccoli, brown rice(very good for her skin and coat). My vet also told me to feed her 2/3 carbohydratess and 1/3 protein. She also likes things with a strong taste, like curried tofu & cauliflower . I use a great book, "Home prepared Dog And Cat Diets, by Donald R Strombeck, DVM,PhD. I ordered this book from Barnes & Noble. My dog is very healthy now. Good Luck

Answer 7

Try Canidae lamb and rice. It is a wonderful all natural food.
No corn, wheat, or soy or any by products or fillers.

Sorry but the foods you mentioned are really awful for dogs with any allergies. The most common allergen for dogs is corn.
Buy a small bag of the Canidae and see if you see any imporvement it may take a few weeks to see but it will be worth your effort.

Answer 8

I have an APBT with food allergies. At the vets suggestion I switched her to Eukanuba F/P (fish/potato). Eukanuba F/P doesn't contain wheat, corn, yeast, beef, or chicken.
It has worked really good.

Answer 9

www.rawmeatybones.com

Your dog will be grateful, and his allergies will disappear. It is very rare for a carnivore to have a food allergy to a meat. That would be horrible for a dog that is supposed to live on meat. So, what you need to get rid of are all the things a carnivore shouldn't eat- plant matter- corn, beet pulp, wheat, veggies, rice, barley, etc.

Please read the books on this site... It will help I promise.

www.rawmeatybones.com

Then here are a few other sites with tons of good info and another one that is group which can help you get started.

www.rawfed.com
www.rawlearning.com

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/

If you can't bring yourself to feed the species appropriate raw diet, then the next best thing is a REALLY HIGH QUALITY wet/canned food- get one that is 95% meat... Evo and Nature's Variety and a few others have these. IF you have to feed kibble, REALLY HIGH QUALITY- means grain free... Evo, Nature's Variety and a few other's make grain free kibble.

google: dog + food + grain free

Be aware that grain free doesn't mean plant matter free and dogs can still be allergic to the other items in these foods.

Good luck, and please consider the raw... It will make a world of difference in your dog. (oh, and your vet might have a heart attack, but remember- he is taught NOTHING on nutrition at school... he gets a 30min lecture on pet food provided by Hills/Purina/Pedigree to get them to feed their products.)