King Hugo the Great
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- Feb 26, 2014
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- Hugo
Hello everyone. I am new here and I joined to try to get some help with my English Bulldog Hugo. Hugo is 2 1/2 years old and we have struggled with allergies his whole life. For the first year in a half or so he was being fed Blue Buffalo Life Protection Chicken flavor. He would develop skin infections, had horrible gas, would scratch nonstop, and lick his paws. Being new bulldog owners, we never thought it was food allergies until we were talking with another family who owned a bulldog. The vet just always told us that bulldogs were prone to infections and put him on meds what seemed like every other month.
Well, we finally realized that maybe the blue buffalo wasn't the best food for him. We switched him to Fromm Beef Frittata. We were very happy that the gas issues went away almost immediately. He also stopped getting skin infections, but the scratching and paw licking continued. We kept him on Fromm Beef for about 6 months and the scratching and paw licking never went away. I decided to try Fromm Pork flavor. Well, he did not do well on the Pork flavor. He immediately started to have gas again and the scratching and paw licking seemed to stay about the same. We also started to see some spots of skin infection again.
I talked with the vet about it and he recommended going to a fish flavored food. I checked and Fromm does not have a completely fish flavor. All of their fish flavors have chicken in the ingredients as well. Then, I happened to be at Wal Mart and saw a grain free, salmon flavored Pure Balance. It was much cheaper than Fromm, and now I know why, because it is a Wal Mart brand. I decided to try it anyway. The gas went away but the itching and paw licking seems to be worse. He has been on the Pure Balance for about a month now and it does not seem to be getting better.
Any help would greatly be appreciated. I want to find a good food that Hugo can tolerate but I don't know what to do next. Thanks in advance!
Well, we finally realized that maybe the blue buffalo wasn't the best food for him. We switched him to Fromm Beef Frittata. We were very happy that the gas issues went away almost immediately. He also stopped getting skin infections, but the scratching and paw licking continued. We kept him on Fromm Beef for about 6 months and the scratching and paw licking never went away. I decided to try Fromm Pork flavor. Well, he did not do well on the Pork flavor. He immediately started to have gas again and the scratching and paw licking seemed to stay about the same. We also started to see some spots of skin infection again.
I talked with the vet about it and he recommended going to a fish flavored food. I checked and Fromm does not have a completely fish flavor. All of their fish flavors have chicken in the ingredients as well. Then, I happened to be at Wal Mart and saw a grain free, salmon flavored Pure Balance. It was much cheaper than Fromm, and now I know why, because it is a Wal Mart brand. I decided to try it anyway. The gas went away but the itching and paw licking seems to be worse. He has been on the Pure Balance for about a month now and it does not seem to be getting better.
Any help would greatly be appreciated. I want to find a good food that Hugo can tolerate but I don't know what to do next. Thanks in advance!