Need help

[berlin78]

Hello just got back from the vets , he said no way to give bruno meat of any kind , he said the amount of dogs he see with people putting there dogs on a fad idea (raw diet)who end up with sickness, diarrhoea and food poisoning, bacteria poison, He sed Bruno has an allergy to meat, regardless he is a dog whom people believe should eat meat coz he a dog and to keep him on his hyperallergenic biscuits. He now weighs 24.8kg and the vet would like him to 24kg, so I'm not sure I should go against the vets ,he sed brunos allergies are not seasonal they are food related and any change causes him flare ups that are so bad and he goes red raw.

How can they be food related if he has been on steroids and hypoallergenic food for so long? If you aren't giving him the foods they say he is "allergic" to, then that can't be it, can it???

 

[helsonwheels]

How can they be food related if he has been on steroids and hypoallergenic food for so long? If you aren't giving him the foods they say he is "allergic" to, then that can't be it, can it???

In my opinion and this is me…….you are correct! Vets can’t say it’s food related after 2yrs of steroid. The immune system is completely shot. Only way to bring back to speeding recovery is completely stop the steroids, make sure the NuStock and soaking paws in epsom salts is on going for at least 30days as mentioned BEFORE doing a blood work to see what the real issue is. Then work on that problem immediately. I can be food, environmental but till the dog isn’t off steroids, you will never know. I personally, again not telling anyone to go my route, I would put my dogs off steroids to get down to the bottom of this.

 

[HPetrovsky]

How can they be food related if he has been on steroids and hypoallergenic food for so long? If you aren't giving him the foods they say he is "allergic" to, then that can't be it, can it???

Totally agree with @helsonwheels . I’d definitely push your vet to do bloodwork and any other related tests. My first Bulldog, had a bad skin outbreak on an area of his skin (been so long can’t remember the exact location) that was stumping our vet, who too had us put him on hypoallergenic food, basic antibiotics, and steroids. We had to continue with several tests until we finally discovered he had a bad staff infection. Fortunately when he was put on the correct antibiotics, for this particular hard core bacteria, it finally got better.