dog food allergy

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

MY BLF does very well on Canine Plus Lifetime Dog Food grain free. I feed her the Fish & oatmeal. Made in Ontario.

[yellow dog]

My daughter has recently switched from feeding Acana to her Yorkshire Terrier to feeding Performatrim. The issue was that the Acana is such a fresh meat ingredient base dog food that is was going moldy before the bag was finished. As mentioned you do feed less with these high quality dog foods but they have a much shorter shelf life. She tried a few different methods to keep the Acana fresh but it would still go moldy. I told her to email Acana with the issue and she is still waiting for a response.

[Oddmott]

I switch back and forth between Acana & Orijen. I like the better foods for a number or reasons, but really, any dog can develop an issue with just about any food.

I had an akbash that was allergic to all dry foods - well, we tried 8 different foods before switching to raw meat & fresh tripe diet. He's done really well on that ever since. Phenomenally strong, great condition, balanced constitution. Too many folks try raw meat without ensuring their dog is getting a balance of pre-digested greens. Tripe is the key.

[yellow dog]

And not all dogs do well on raw as well. I had a few of my working dogs that had to be switched from raw to a kibble diet. Eventually switched all of them do a high performance kibble to eliminate all the work feeding 18 dogs a raw diet.

[Gilroy]

And not all dogs do well on raw as well. I had a few of my working dogs that had to be switched from raw to a kibble diet. Eventually switched all of them do a high performance kibble to eliminate all the work feeding 18 dogs a raw diet.

Did you switch because of the work you had to do to feed them or was it the raw food?

[Gilroy]

not uncommon at all

http://www.peteducation.com/article....2+2082&aid=143
Common food culprits
Several studies have shown that some ingredients are more likely to cause food allergies than others. In order of the most common offenders in dogs are beef, dairy products, chicken, lamb, fish, chicken eggs, corn, wheat, and soy.

In a natural state what would these dogs eat after eliminating the above?

[yellow dog]

Did you switch because of the work you had to do to feed them or was it the raw food?

Because I had allot of dogs 18 sometimes more it became a full time job mixing a raw diet. I would purchase large chunks of beef, tripe ,horse and whole fish or fish meal and run through my gas powered grinder. A bunch of us guys would spend days mixing adding supplements and then freeze into 50lb blocks.
Years later I purchased premixed raw meet mixture with supplements but felt the diet was not consistent enough from my supplier out of Quebec. They did do very well on a raw diet with exception of a few dogs that needed to be fed a high performance kibble to maintain weight and muscle.
Eventually I switched to a high performance race proven kibble National Dog Food, Red Paw and finally Dr. Tim's Momentum . Feeding took less time , clean up as well and more time spent on the trail with my dog team. The dogs looked and performed as good if not better on kibble than the previous raw diet I was feeding.
I do believe some dogs can do better on raw than kibble or vice versa. I use to really enjoy mixing up raw diet recipes along with working with an animal nutritionist. It's most satisfying when you see how hard they are working day in and day out being fueled by something you took part in.

[Sharon]

I switch back and forth between Acana & Orijen. I like the better foods for a number or reasons, but really, any dog can develop an issue with just about any food.

I had an akbash that was allergic to all dry foods - well, we tried 8 different foods before switching to raw meat & fresh tripe diet. He's done really well on that ever since. Phenomenally strong, great condition, balanced constitution. Too many folks try raw meat without ensuring their dog is getting a balance of pre-digested greens. Tripe is the key.

Problem with green tripe is that you can't have company over and you use too much Febreze. ( just kiddin" ya)

[Waftrudnir]

In a natural state what would these dogs eat after eliminating the above?

yeah, that doesn't leave much. fortunately never had an issue myself and hope that stays so.
one thing is for sure, there's no dietary reason to feed your dog corn and other fillers, and I think this is what often gets the issue started.

[Gilroy]

Because I had allot of dogs 18 sometimes more it became a full time job mixing a raw diet. I would purchase large chunks of beef, tripe ,horse and whole fish or fish meal and run through my gas powered grinder. A bunch of us guys would spend days mixing adding supplements and then freeze into 50lb blocks.
Years later I purchased premixed raw meet mixture with supplements but felt the diet was not consistent enough from my supplier out of Quebec. They did do very well on a raw diet with exception of a few dogs that needed to be fed a high performance kibble to maintain weight and muscle.
Eventually I switched to a high performance race proven kibble National Dog Food, Red Paw and finally Dr. Tim's Momentum . Feeding took less time , clean up as well and more time spent on the trail with my dog team. The dogs looked and performed as good if not better on kibble than the previous raw diet I was feeding.
I do believe some dogs can do better on raw than kibble or vice versa. I use to really enjoy mixing up raw diet recipes along with working with an animal nutritionist. It's most satisfying when you see how hard they are working day in and day out being fueled by something you took part in.

I guess I,am a lazy guy,phone up my raw food guy,he calls me back after he kills a few animals I pay my $40.00 drive of with my 40lbs of very fresh frozen meat.

I agree not all the food is the same especially for raw,tried a new source a few days ago,minced down chicken.Felt very greasy in the hand,rendered it down in a skillet and it turned to a liquid mush of mostly fat and water,very little chicken.