 DOG ALLERGIES
Dog Food Allergy - Is your dog suffering from allergies, do you think they might be food allergies?
Welcome to my pages about my West Highland White Terriers experiences with dog allergies. I think you will find it valuable as well as enlightening. If you have a pet that's unwell please take him or her to the vet for a checkup. But if your vet tells you that your dog has food allergies, then I encourage you to read on.
Caring for a dog with allergies is an ongoing struggle, depending upon the severity of your pet's allergies. Hopefully the information contained within my site will help you cope with your pet's allergy problems.
My dog Spooky has endured more visits to the vet than I can count, but he's worth it A greater companion I have never found.
Dog Food Allergy
If you knew the ingredients in commercial dog food you wouldn’t feed it to your dog.
West Highland White Terriers are known for having food allergies. I know most of the Westies on the block (it’s a big block) and most of them have some kind of stomach problem . I have two West Highland White Terriers. My female is one year old, strong and naturally healthy but my mail dog has had problems since he was a small puppy. With vomiting blood, diarrhea and blood in his stools I visited different vets every few months. Could this be dog food allergies causing my Westie to vomit his food?
Food Allergies or just plain bad food?
After $1200.00 dollars in examination, x-rays and drugs, they all told me that it was probably a food allergy because they couldn’t find anything wrong in the blood work or examination. They sent me home with a special diet of “Duck and potatoes”, “Venison and potatoes” and finally “Salmon and potatoes”. Nothing worked so they switched me to a hypoallergenic dog food at an exorbitant price. Still my male dog would loose his appetite, refuse to eat and vomit bile.
I was at my wits end so I finally went to see a vet in San Mateo who told me he had Colitis along with food allergies. We kept him on the anti-allergy formula but added bran to his diet. He improved and started eating more, gained weight and looked happier. West Highland White Terriers with food allergies like these are all too common. We hope we can give you some hints on how to keep your West Highland White Terriers or any other dog with food allergies in tip top form.
FOOD ALLERGIES
I did more research on commercial dog food and was startled to learn just what is in most all of the popular dog foods sold in markets and pet shops.
If you think your dog is suffering from food allergies, please read the article on the ingredients in commercial dog food. It may surprise you that there is so much junk in dog food. Most of our family pets are just that, family. We wouldn’t feed unhealthy food to one of our family. So why do we buy into this multimillion dollar industry that produces extruded, rancid grease incrusted meat by-products for our best friends?
Most hypoallergenic dog food that you buy from Veterinarians cannot be bought anywhere else but at the vet’s? Did you also know that veterinarians mark up the dog food 40% to 50? Of course they are going to encourage us to buy it when such an easy profit can be made. Do I still buy that dog food for my dogs No!. Now I do have a choice. It takes time and energy but I replace the vet’s food with wholesome food I cook at home.
Hopefully the questions about commercial dog food I raise here on this site will cause you a moment to pause and decide if commercial dog food is what you really want to feed your dog.
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Let me also say that if you have a sick dog the first thing you must do is visit the vet and find out what is wrong. It could be something so serious that a change in diet will not help. Be safe and sure and have your dog checked first.
Now, are you ready for What’s really in dog food?
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