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cjfox50 · 04-23-2008, 07:58 AM

Hi, I was wandering what the vet does to test for allergies. When I first got my puppy he was itching like crazy and was on royal canine, then I switched him to iams, which I didn't realize at the time that it wasn't the greatest food but he never was itchy when he was eating that. I then switched to the hundchen flocken lamb puppy solid gold food about a month ago and he just keeps scratching away.

4seasons · 04-23-2008, 08:20 AM

I was just getting ready to start a thread about my dog itching all the time. I never thought she could be allergic to her food. My female, Lily, only does it. Tucker doesn't hardly ever scratch.

I hope someone else posts some advise.

Wylie's Mom · 04-23-2008, 09:37 AM

Allergy testing is expensive and also unreliable - so just keep that in mind. There can be a lot of false positives - and a good vet will even tell you that.

As for foods - I could find one thing common w/ RC and Hundchen and that was Flaxseed - which does bother some dogs bc they cannot convert it and it is grain related. But, pollen is also in season - so then I wonder if the itching is from that...? The Hundchen is a pretty darn good food.

I mean, you could go with something grain free and flax free - I'd recommend Natures Variety Instinct Duck and Turkey - bc they still their omegas from the Herring.

04-23-2008, 07:58 AM	#1
cjfox50 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: minnesota Posts: 175	allergy question Hi, I was wandering what the vet does to test for allergies. When I first got my puppy he was itching like crazy and was on royal canine, then I switched him to iams, which I didn't realize at the time that it wasn't the greatest food but he never was itchy when he was eating that. I then switched to the hundchen flocken lamb puppy solid gold food about a month ago and he just keeps scratching away. __________________ PROUD MOMMY OF TUCKER

04-23-2008, 08:20 AM	#2
4seasons Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 61	Maybe that's it! I was just getting ready to start a thread about my dog itching all the time. I never thought she could be allergic to her food. My female, Lily, only does it. Tucker doesn't hardly ever scratch. I hope someone else posts some advise. __________________ Mom of Matt, Kyle, Devin & Jared Tucker, Lily, Hunterand too many

04-23-2008, 09:37 AM	#3
Wylie's Mom Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 35,889 Blog Entries: 2	Allergy testing is expensive and also unreliable - so just keep that in mind. There can be a lot of false positives - and a good vet will even tell you that. As for foods - I could find one thing common w/ RC and Hundchen and that was Flaxseed - which does bother some dogs bc they cannot convert it and it is grain related. But, pollen is also in season - so then I wonder if the itching is from that...? The Hundchen is a pretty darn good food. I mean, you could go with something grain free and flax free - I'd recommend Natures Variety Instinct Duck and Turkey - bc they still their omegas from the Herring. __________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann \| Pfeiffer \| Marcel Verdel Purcell \| Wylie \| Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨°