Jungerland
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- Jul 31, 2011
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Hi All,
As of lately Winston has been struggling with yeasty ears, goopy eyes, itchy eyes/ears, the basic tell tale signs of allergies. With a few recent surgeries under his belt for other issues mentioned in another thread a I posted (Entropian surgery, and a elongated pallet). The Cornell Animal Hospital recommended their dermatology department. We are basically on step one of what they recommended.
Food trials - we were feeding Winston Taste of the Wild - Bison (yellow bag). Seems crazy to me because he was on the food for more than a year with what seemed then as to not many issues. Looking back on that time he did have the reoccurring ear infection of yeast/bacteria. We are currently feeding him boiled pork, rice, kidney beans, and sunflower oil. By no means a balanced diet, however I suppose it is intended to rule out food allergies to environmental allergies. I have noticed an improvement, however it I would think he has some type of environmental allergy. With it being winter right now I think I can rule out tree/flower pollens, but just like a human allergy skin test they would test for over 60 types of allergens from dust to wool.
I did put Winston back on his Kibble food to make sure that the raw diet was actually helping out. Within two days the yeasty ears (which i used Zymox with the hydrocortisone 1% in it) were back and he went from a low/moderate itchy level to high/extreme. I immediately went back to his raw food. The raw food is so time consuming and I'm guessing more expensive but if it makes Winston more comfortable I will absolutely make the sacrifice.
I would ultimately feel better to have the blood and skin test done to pinpoint the actual allergies being food and/or environmental.
- Has anyone every tried or used Dinovite as a supplement in their dogs food? There was not much info on it when I google seached it and searched it on EBN. It is suppose to help with allergies/itching among other things.
- I give him 50mg of benadryl before bed and sometimes put a e-collar on him, it tends to help him sleep better and not wake up and itch in the middle of the night.
- Do any other owners notice a spike in allergies in the winter?
- Does anyone actually give their bully a daily prescribed allergy medicine? Or does a raw diet mostly take care of the issue.
- I have read in other posts that in some cases the grains cause the reaction and not the actual protein?
Thanks for any and all help or experiences with my lengthy post.
As of lately Winston has been struggling with yeasty ears, goopy eyes, itchy eyes/ears, the basic tell tale signs of allergies. With a few recent surgeries under his belt for other issues mentioned in another thread a I posted (Entropian surgery, and a elongated pallet). The Cornell Animal Hospital recommended their dermatology department. We are basically on step one of what they recommended.
Food trials - we were feeding Winston Taste of the Wild - Bison (yellow bag). Seems crazy to me because he was on the food for more than a year with what seemed then as to not many issues. Looking back on that time he did have the reoccurring ear infection of yeast/bacteria. We are currently feeding him boiled pork, rice, kidney beans, and sunflower oil. By no means a balanced diet, however I suppose it is intended to rule out food allergies to environmental allergies. I have noticed an improvement, however it I would think he has some type of environmental allergy. With it being winter right now I think I can rule out tree/flower pollens, but just like a human allergy skin test they would test for over 60 types of allergens from dust to wool.
I did put Winston back on his Kibble food to make sure that the raw diet was actually helping out. Within two days the yeasty ears (which i used Zymox with the hydrocortisone 1% in it) were back and he went from a low/moderate itchy level to high/extreme. I immediately went back to his raw food. The raw food is so time consuming and I'm guessing more expensive but if it makes Winston more comfortable I will absolutely make the sacrifice.
I would ultimately feel better to have the blood and skin test done to pinpoint the actual allergies being food and/or environmental.
- Has anyone every tried or used Dinovite as a supplement in their dogs food? There was not much info on it when I google seached it and searched it on EBN. It is suppose to help with allergies/itching among other things.
- I give him 50mg of benadryl before bed and sometimes put a e-collar on him, it tends to help him sleep better and not wake up and itch in the middle of the night.
- Do any other owners notice a spike in allergies in the winter?
- Does anyone actually give their bully a daily prescribed allergy medicine? Or does a raw diet mostly take care of the issue.
- I have read in other posts that in some cases the grains cause the reaction and not the actual protein?
Thanks for any and all help or experiences with my lengthy post.