After reading the information posted about the best dog foods, I changed Penelope's diet 2-3 weeks ago. She had so much itchiness and seems to still have it. Ears, eyes, her who who, and so on. Her eyes weep a lot. I switched to Zignature after talking the pet store lady. She said it could be a few months before I notice any changes with Pen's itching. Of course some of it could be seasonal allergies on top of yeast.
Dog food and itching
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should be a few weeks, not months for seeing any difference on the food... seasonal allergies is kicking my Bulldog's butt right now
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I agree, if its only food related, you should see a difference within weeks after switching.
If its environmental there isnt a whole lot you can do unfortunately...
Have you considered cutting out all sugar and trying a fresh (raw) diet?
If its environmental there isnt a whole lot you can do unfortunately...
Have you considered cutting out all sugar and trying a fresh (raw) diet?
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Now that I look back to what the itching used to be, well it has improved. I should've put more thought into that before posting my original post. Penelope doesn't get any sugar, only her dog food and I use her food as treats while training her. I hadn't thought of a raw food diet but I will look into it.
I agree with everything above. When we changed food, it took maybe 2 weeks to start to see a difference, and within 6 weeks a big improvement. Have you been able to do any allergy testing at all? Dust mites are a problem for Dexter, and we'd never have known without the testing. We didn't do the food testing, but may do in future.
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Oh, what I meant with sugar is the carbohydrate/starch content of her food (which turns into sugar inside the body). Just checked out the Zignature Duck (as an example) and they are 41% carbs. So almost half of every amount that you feed her is sugar... Sugar causes inflammation and the number one dog killer, cancer, thrives on sugar. Cancer rate being 1 in 2 dogs, Id avoid as much sugar as possible.
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I had no idea Zignature was that high in carbs. Thank you for looking into that. Before I read that post, I just bought Natures Logic. I'm hoping for better results but I'm going to check the carbs out on the bag. I really appreciate all of the feedback. I do believe Penelope has seasonal allergies on top of everything.
