My dog has food allergies

[kermit]

Thanks everybody. Just a heads up, I tried Desitin with zinc, which worked great on his itchy feet, but he vomited alot. The zinc is toxic and can cause bad things. Of course something that works made him sick. Its a work in progress.

[TxDoc]

Well, my dog does not have food allergies, but he is very allergic to insect bites - especially fire ants. Whenever he gets bit by a flying/crawling something we have to run for a cortisone injection asap!

[bikerchic]

I have completely taken away all corn, wheat, soy, and animal proteins. He seems to be healing and not chewing as much. Does anyone have experience with this? How long before I know that this food is working? I've read it can take 6-8 weeks before you really know? Is that true? I use topical creams and have given him a benedryl a couple of times. My poor little man, his name is Rebel by the way. The guy is the photo.

Before I got my pup Pascal I did a lot of research on pet foods. Mainly because our first Sheltie died due to blader cancer and his diet! I fell in love with the Sheltie's and knew I would get another but wanted to do things better for this pup. Long story short I decided on this for our pup:

http://www.darwinsnaturalpet.com/index.html

One of the claims is that it helps with allergies, you might want to check it out. Pascal loves it and although it's a bit pricey for the overall health benefits I think you'll find it to even out with less vet bills!

Give your Rebel a big hug for me he's got to be rather miserable I hope you find a suitable solution for him.