Sensitive skin dog food
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I have a 2 year old yellow lab. He has a very sensitive stomach. Only food he loves is Blue Chicken and Brown Rice.
Friday and this morning when I give him just the dry nuggets, immediately after he eats them- he vomits. He doesn't seem to be sick. He is his normal, playful, self. No diaherra.
I gave him plain white rice and boiled chicken and he was absoutely fine - no vomitting.
Could the nuggets have gone bad? Stomach bug in my dog?
The older pup for the first time ever got major flea issue. She has sensitive skin and nothing we have tried is getting rid of the fleas. The fleas are causing her red skin and they have caused herself a couple of sores as well. I have bathed her with flea shampoo, topical flea med and a powder that is suppose to kill them from the carpet. I have heard about the oral meds, but don't know if they work or how much they are.
My dog has a very sensitive stomach. I'm really not sure what I can do except take her over to eat grass. If I'm not home she'll eat whatever she can find... ex- wood posting on the house, leaves, her shedding hair - anything. She also has this strange thing she does when she is eatting her food - she touches the tip on the bowl with her nose and then touches it on the ground - over and over again until she feels she done it enough & then she'll eat.
Poor little dog must be miserable. You don' t give the age or how long this has been going on.
One of the worst case scenarios would be dermatomyositis. Here is one link with some info
http://www.gopetsamerica.com/dog-health/dermatomyositis.aspx
A vet would have to be consulted and treatment begun.
Skin problems are some of the worst things to try and diagnose. Food is usually the fist suspect but it could be caused my contact with something, inhaling something, etc.
Sorry it's been so long since a reply. Update: he's doing much better. I started him on a corn-free food (side note: other dog apparently sensitive to corn), and he's taking Omega 3-6-9 pills, Spirulina Wafers, glucosamine tablets, and "Fresh Factors" from Springtime Inc. The skin issue is gone, and we're expanding the dog food budget to an even better food to see if it improves him further.
On July 7, 2012 I took my fur baby to the vet for his annual shots. He was in perfect health. Four days later he began to scratch & lick his body excessively. I was told that it was possibly a reaction to the shots. As the days passed, he was scratching so much that he now had bald spots and open wounds on his muzzle, body & behind his ears. The area around his eyes were bald and bright red, along with swollen eyes. The tops of his feet were bald and just gross looking.
Ive switched my dog back to duck/potato food because while switching to venison/potato, her skin itching,hair loss, flaking, along w/ear infections/redness, increased. My question is, in the meantime, with all the itching & flaking of skin, especially the lower back area, just above the tail, should i take her in to have a prednisone/cortisone shot to alleviate these sympoms? OR will the food change alone, if it works, alleviate the flaking skin? Thanks!
t tend to drink water at all, give him just one salted potato crisp, which will dry his mouth and encourage him to his water bowl very quickly). Dehydration can also occur due to the Science dog food (which I assume is the dry formula). For dogs with sensitive stomaches, I prefer cooked chicken or white fish mixed with boiled white rice or pasta. This not only provides essential minerals and nutrients, but is a 'wet' food too, thus avoiding any consequential dehydration.
d maybe try the Pro Plan Salmon Food for Sensitive stomachs. Get a small bad and mix it with the present food for a couple of days, never switch diets suddenly. Due to the folds in the skin, they can get damp and irritated. I would bath her in maybe an oatmeal shampoo and make sure she is dry and inside the ears also. Not sure what she sleeps on but I'd try to limit it to cotton bedding.
just started treatment 5 days ago (it already feels like forever). I have many symptoms, but the latest and greatest is my skin is so sensitive!! I have a rash on my torso, but it's not so much itchy as incredibly sensitive. Trying to dress for work everyday is awful, does anyone have any good tips on managing this??
Is everyone else working through their treatment?
If your pet has any type of food allergies, you will need to leave your dog on the new food for at least 8-10 weeks before knowing whether or not it is helping.
Is your dog itchy overall?
Is the problem getting worse or staying the same?
Unfortunately, I don't have an answer that won't involve more testing...your veterinarian might even recommend a referral to a veterinary dermatologist.
when my dog does it i jus change her diet put her on fresh chicken ot tuna and rice then introduce the normal food bit by bit when it starts clearing up, she has a sensitive tummy and its taken me nearly 2 yrs to find a food that suits her and stopped her havin loose stools!! what do you feed him on?
t an option because the dog can eat only ONE kind of food for 6 weeks - nothing else. No treats. My dog is on 4 daily pills and there would be no way to hide them in food if we did the food trial.
I ended up switching him to Natural Balance duck & potato food. Charlie hasn't had a red face since. I suspect Jerry's right. Your dog probably has an allergy/sensitivity to the protein (chicken) in his food. I'd suggest trying a new protein and seeing if that makes a difference.
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