carrieg777
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- Dec 10, 2012
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Hi, I'm a newbie here, so I please redirect me if needed.
I'm posting because my baby Dexter (3.5 years old, male) is allergic to just about everything. Since he was a puppy we've had problems with finding foods that didn't make him sick, so we had him tested. He's allergic to beef, pork, lamb, spinach, tomatoes, green beans, berries, dairy, and corn. Along with the test we were given a list of foods that we could feed him. We had him on California Natural's Herring and Sweet Potato for a while. He did fine with it, but over time he just got more and more yeasty. He also has environmental allergies, so since he was 9mos old, he's been on steroids (which is why he weighs a solid 70-80lbs now!). But since the steroids mess with his immune system, he has regular rounds of antibiotics to help deal with the bacterial infections he gets. The problem became that it would cause the yeast to come back out of control after the antibiotic cycle. After some reading, we're beginning to think he has a systemic yeast infection and is now allergic to his own yeast (aka my dog is allergic to himself!)
Tired of the cycle and what it was doing to Dexy (the poor dog has bald patches all over his body and his skin is black pigmented, he also has pussy swollen toes that we tend to daily), we decided to take him of grains and go raw, which was about 5 weeks ago. He made the transition well and was having no stomach issues outside of a little bit of bile and bone vomit (but that's because he eats too fast). Then after four weeks, he started having diarrhea and more vomiting. We thought he had a stomach bug, because it was going around with humans and my husband had all the same symptoms. After a few days, we took Dexy into the vet and then got the third degree that the raw diet was making him sick. It was a new vet (our old one moved), and I wasn't thrilled with the lecture since I'd done plenty of research before starting. However, we couldn't get the diarrhea to clear up, so we switched him to boiled chicken for a while. We also had some cooked turkey from Thanksgiving in the freezer, so we added that in as well, since he we try to mix up his protein sources. I'm not sure if he had allergic reaction to something from the turkey (since we cooked it with olive oil and herbs...although that was on the outside), but his hair and folds are turning orangey brown. The yeast is coming back. We wash with Ketachlor regularly and we give him a bath once a week doing a vinergar/peroxide water rinse at the end. We also clean with the the same rinse throughout the week. But nothing seems to work. On top of it, his gas is beyond words. When he was on raw, his burps were bad, but little to no gas. We just switched him back to raw since we had better luck at the beginning with it, but I don't know what else to do about the diarrhea and his skin situation.
We're currently looking for a new vet (open to recommendations in Wisconsin, Madison-area if possible), and we've been giving him probiotics, vitamin e, fish oil, and digestive enzymes for about a month. I just don't know what else I can do to help my sweet boy. He just seems so miserable...it's killing me.
Thanks for viewing...and sorry this was so long!
I'm posting because my baby Dexter (3.5 years old, male) is allergic to just about everything. Since he was a puppy we've had problems with finding foods that didn't make him sick, so we had him tested. He's allergic to beef, pork, lamb, spinach, tomatoes, green beans, berries, dairy, and corn. Along with the test we were given a list of foods that we could feed him. We had him on California Natural's Herring and Sweet Potato for a while. He did fine with it, but over time he just got more and more yeasty. He also has environmental allergies, so since he was 9mos old, he's been on steroids (which is why he weighs a solid 70-80lbs now!). But since the steroids mess with his immune system, he has regular rounds of antibiotics to help deal with the bacterial infections he gets. The problem became that it would cause the yeast to come back out of control after the antibiotic cycle. After some reading, we're beginning to think he has a systemic yeast infection and is now allergic to his own yeast (aka my dog is allergic to himself!)
Tired of the cycle and what it was doing to Dexy (the poor dog has bald patches all over his body and his skin is black pigmented, he also has pussy swollen toes that we tend to daily), we decided to take him of grains and go raw, which was about 5 weeks ago. He made the transition well and was having no stomach issues outside of a little bit of bile and bone vomit (but that's because he eats too fast). Then after four weeks, he started having diarrhea and more vomiting. We thought he had a stomach bug, because it was going around with humans and my husband had all the same symptoms. After a few days, we took Dexy into the vet and then got the third degree that the raw diet was making him sick. It was a new vet (our old one moved), and I wasn't thrilled with the lecture since I'd done plenty of research before starting. However, we couldn't get the diarrhea to clear up, so we switched him to boiled chicken for a while. We also had some cooked turkey from Thanksgiving in the freezer, so we added that in as well, since he we try to mix up his protein sources. I'm not sure if he had allergic reaction to something from the turkey (since we cooked it with olive oil and herbs...although that was on the outside), but his hair and folds are turning orangey brown. The yeast is coming back. We wash with Ketachlor regularly and we give him a bath once a week doing a vinergar/peroxide water rinse at the end. We also clean with the the same rinse throughout the week. But nothing seems to work. On top of it, his gas is beyond words. When he was on raw, his burps were bad, but little to no gas. We just switched him back to raw since we had better luck at the beginning with it, but I don't know what else to do about the diarrhea and his skin situation.
We're currently looking for a new vet (open to recommendations in Wisconsin, Madison-area if possible), and we've been giving him probiotics, vitamin e, fish oil, and digestive enzymes for about a month. I just don't know what else I can do to help my sweet boy. He just seems so miserable...it's killing me.
Thanks for viewing...and sorry this was so long!