Dog allergies - food bought from a market or a pet shop can make your pet sick.

Pet food is making your pet sick and the dog food companies are cashing in.

Dog allergies or just plain bad food?

My Dog’s Story

My dog would get sick every day.  Pet food can cause pet allergies.  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.

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 allergy 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 pet with food allergies in tip top form.

 It may surprise you that there are so many chemicals and known carcinogens in pet food. Most of our family pets are just that, family. We wouldn’t feed unhealthy food to our family. So why do we buy into this multimillion dollar industry that produces extruded, rancid grease incrusted meat byproducts for our best friends?
Allergies and my dog Spooky.

About two years ago my West Highland White Terrier started getting his old symptoms back and then in October (2006) he almost bled to death. It took about three months to get it under control with blood tests done every month and Prednisone given every day.

Then the pet food recall made headlines. Everything fit! Was the Vet Food killing him?  Was it more than allergies?
Since I was now cooking for two dogs, I started making all my pet food. I didn’t want them to have anything out of a can, pouch or bag. I didn’t care what manufacturer it was or how much they claimed their pet food was “natural” or “organic” or “pure”. No way, not after almost losing him.

Spooky was very weak when I brought him home. He was on medication 24 hours a day. I had 5 different medications I was instructed to give him every few hours. So I got up at all hours of the night to give him his medication and to feed him. It was exhausting.

I did this for an entire month all the while taking him in to the vet for blood tests. At this time I was feeding him a mixture of chicken and rice. His appetite was enormous because he was on the Prednisone. This steroid made him very hungry and thirsty.  I also knew it was damaging his kidneys and would shorten his life.
The second month I was told to taper the medication down so he was only getting about half of the meds. As I tapered the Prednisone Spooky’s appetite also tapered off. I experimented with my own non allergies recipes to find one he liked.
Free hypoallergenic food recipes which will keep your pet healthy and happy
In October it will be 2 years since the day he almost died. I still feed him my non allergies recipes and he continues to thrive. I really believe it took a full year for him to recover from the toxins that were in commercial pet food.

A side note.  The vets wanted to keep Spooky on Prednisone.  I did not want him on it.  but they insisted.  About 6 months ago he developed Pancreatitis from the Prednisone.  I took him off the Pred and now he is a different dog. 

I talked extensively with my vet and we thought it a good idea to put him on a sort of Activia for pets since all the medicines had killed all the good fauna in his gut.  We think this was the problem and we think every time a pet has to take strong antibiotics that it is a good idea to strengthen his immune system with yogurt type bacteria. 

Good luck to you and your best friend.

Find out what happened to Spooky because of food allergies.
If you think your pet is suffering from allergies, please read the article on the ingredients in commercial dog food.