Introducti?n

Wh?t ?? th? b?st d?g food f?r ?llerg??s? Ch?nces ?r? th?t b? th? tim? ??u ??k th?t qu?sti?n y?ur b?loved p?t ?? suffer?ng fr?m ??mm?n ?llergy sympt?ms l?k? ?tchy ?r ?nfl?m?d sk?n, e???, b??k ?r tail; sneez?ng, vom?t?ng, ??nstip?ti?n ?r diarrh?a ?r ??nst?nt lick?ng ?nd scr?tch?ng.

Th? truth ?? th?t ?u?t l?k? hum?n b??ngs, d?gs c?n b? ?llergic t? a vari?ty ?f ?ubst?nces: sh?mpoo, ??rfum?s, cle?n?ng ?r flea-??ntrol products ?r du?t; h?w?v?r, wh?n ?t ??m?s t? diagn?s?ng ?llerg??s ?n ?ur p?ts, ?t ?? b?st t? start w?th th? ?ngr?d??nts ?n y?ur p?t'? di?t.

Irr?t?nts ?n Dog Food

Comm?n irr?t?nts ?n y?ur d?g's food c?n ?nclude, ??rn, ??y, wh??t, dairy ?nd ?v?n b?ef ?r ch?cken. Low grade qual?ty m??t (u?u?lly cl??s?f??d ?? "b?-product" ?n p?t food) ?r l?w-grade qual?ty gra?ns ?? w?ll ?? art?ficial flav?r?ngs, ??l?r?ngs ?nd pr?serv?tives c?n ?l?? b? ?llergy culpr?ts.

As I h?v? st?ted ?n m?ny occ??i?ns, a di?t ?f n?tural, fr?sh, h?althy hom?m?d? r?cipes puts ??u ?n ??mpl?te ??ntrol ?f th? ?ngr?d??nts th?t ??u feed y?ur p?t. Her? ??u c?n choose a di?t th?t ?? rich ?n ?nimal prote?n ?nd n?t pl?nt prote?n wh?ch ?? f?und ?n m?ny l?w?r r?ted ??mm?rcial p?t foods (?nd t? wh?ch m?ny d?gs ?r? ?llergic).

In add?ti?n, ??u n??d n?t w?rry ?b?ut ?ny add?ti?nal ch?micals, pr?serv?tives ?r add?tives wh?ch m?? b? irr?t?t?ng y?ur d?g's h?alth.

Choos?ng Lim?ted Ingr?d??nt Dog Foods

If ??u c?nn?t g? th? n?tural hom?m?d? r?cipe r?ute, y?ur b?st b?t ?? t? choose wh?t ?? kn?wn ?? a lim?ted ?ngr?d??nt d?g food. Som?tim?s, th?se ?r? ?l?? c?lled hypo?llergenic d?g foods. Aga?n, r?th?r th?n give ??u spec?fic br?nds (s?nce th?r? ?r? ?? m?ny br?nds ?? th?r? ?r? op?ni?ns ?b?ut wh?ch ?? b?st), ?ll?w m? t? provide ??m? rough pr?nciples t? h?lp ??u choose a g?od food f?r ?llerg??s.

1. Hypo?llergenic p?t foods u?e altern?tive ?nimal prote?n s?urces. In oth?r w?rds, m?ny r?place b?ef ?r ch?cken, w?th duck, ven???n, elk, rabb?t ?r salm?n.

2. Hypo?llergenic p?t foods r?place gra?ns ?u?h ?? ??rn, ??y ?r wh??t, wh?ch ?r? f?und ?n variou? ??mm?rcial p?t foods w?th barley, o?tm?al, br?wn rice ?r pot?t?es.

3. Hypo?llergenic p?t foods ??nta?n n? art?ficial ?ngr?d??nts.

4. May lim?ted ?ngr?d??nt d?g foods g? ?? f?r ?? t? provide ??u w?th ?rg?nic ?nimal s?urces. Th?s m??ns, u??ng fr?e-r?nge ?nimals ?nd gra?ns, fru?ts ?nd v?g?t?bl?s th?t d? n?t u?e pesticides.

If ??u w?ll u??ng ??mm?rcial d?g food ?n feed?ng y?ur p?t, br?nds l?k? Wys?ng, Sojo's Compl?te ?r Raw Addicti?n f?t th? ?b?v? cr?teria.

How?v?r, ?? m?nti?ned earl??r, a di?t ?f hom?m?d? r?cipes ?ll?ws ??u t? ??ntrol ???h ?nd ?v?ry ?ngr?d??nt ?n y?ur d?g's di?t. Th?s ?ll?ws ??u t? test f?r ??rt??n foods ?nd add ?r ?ubtract th?m dep?nd?ng ?n h?w y?ur d?g r?acts t? ???h ?ne.

In th? ?nd, ??u w?nt t? b?g?n feed?ng a sm?ll ?nd lim?ted numb?r ?f fr?sh ?ngr?d??nts ?f ??u su?pect y?ur d?g h?? a food ?llergy.