17
Oct
How Do You Know If Your Dog Has A Grain Allergy. If they have a reaction which usually takes a few days to a few weeks then we know they have a food allergy. For instance you might take a sample of discharge from the ears to see if theres a problem there or do skin testing for environmental allergies. A quick relapse is suggestive of an allergy to an ingredient in the old diet. You then go back to the test diet until things get better again before trying one ingredient from the old diet at a time until you identify the specific foods that trigger the problem.
Loose stools or diarrhoea indicating that the food has not been digested properly. Isolating the Problem The first thing you need to do is work with your veterinarian to make sure that your dogs symptoms truly indicate a food allergy. If you have a dog with an allergy to chicken for example and you find a salmon-based food that they do well on your instinct may to be stick to this food. Canine yeast allergies can present a variety of symptoms that may affect a dogs ears his skin his digestive system or his urinary and reproductive systems. If he is still showing signs of a food allergy when he resumes his original diet an ingredient in that diet is what causes his allergic. If your dog has ongoing symptoms you notice a change in their behavior andor you just feel concerned we always recommend taking your little one to the vet.
These will be foods your dog has never eaten before to give your veterinarian a clearer idea of what is causing the allergic reaction.
Even if your vet finds a reason for your dogs skin problems they may still suspect that an adverse food reaction is at least partially responsible since for example yeast infections can develop as a result of food allergies. In reality though you should already be planning the next protein to switch to. If this hertamine release is large enough it may manifest as diarrhea itchy skin chronic skin infections etc. Canine yeast allergies develop early in a dogs life and have the potential to pose problems throughout his life. Some of the main and most common symptoms of a wheat allergy in dogs include. Your dog will eat the exclusion diet for 10 to 12 weeks and then he will be reevaluated.