[NAGDU] Food, allergies, and output

[Daryl Marie]

Hi, Tracy!
I feel your pain!!! Jenny is allergic to grain (not sure which one) and pork, and possibly moderately to beef, but I'm not too sure on that one yet.
Jenny has been on Acana Singles Duck and Bartlet Pear and it agrees with her tremendously well. She poops once a day, very occasionally twice, and even when she does, it's definitely much smaller. She is still moderately itchy, but whether that's food related or the fact that the air is so incredibly dry here, I may never quite know entirely. I have wanted to switch her to the lamb and apple, as she adores apple and I think lamb may make the itching better (theory, not fact), but both times I have been to the store, they didn't have the lam and apple.

I switched her over to the Acana Grasslands formula about six weeks ago; it has duck and pear, but also lamb, apple, eggs and fish. It dulled her coat slightly, the itching didn't improve, and she would always go twice a day, almost no exceptions. So I put her back on to the duck and bartlett pear when the Grasslands was done, and even after only four meals, her coat has almost instantaneously softened and her output has decreased in size (not frequency yet).

The other option of Acana Singles is their pork and butternut squash, which is very much not an option for Jenny girl, but might work for your guy.

Daryl

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From: Danielle Cyclorama via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:07:21 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Food, allergies, and output

Some brands you might want to look into are Acana and Origin. I believe they are both made in Canada but it doesn't look like either one sources ingredients from China. They both offer grain and chicken free varieties and have high meet contents. I never fed either of these brands so I can't speak from personal experience, but they seem to fit the profile I use when looking for foods that agree with my allergy prone dogs. 

Danielle and Thai

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> On Jan 12, 2016, at 8:50 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Krokus might be allergic to chicken, among other things, so a while back I
> switched him to Great Life Grainfree Buffalo. It increased his output to
> pooping 3-4 times a day, and he lost a bit of weight. It didn't stick
> well with him.
> We switched again to Taste of the Wild Venison and Bison. His output
> dropped to twice a day, and he gained a couple pounds and stopped looking
> so scrawny. But the Taste of the Wild has some chicken, some trace
> ingredients from China, and had a recall last year. So I tried Canidae
> Grainfree Bison, which looks to me a bit better, but once again his output
> went up to 3-4 times a day, so I went back to the Wild.
> I don't want to keep changing his food every few weeks, but I'd like to
> find something without chicken, and only U.S. ingredients. But it's also
> got to stick with him, and not all just go through.
> There are so many choices, it's confusing, and I'd welcome any ideas. The
> 2 foods I tried and rejected look good on paper, but weren't ideal in
> practice.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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