Back when my Chihuahua was still a puppy and came to me on a kibble diet, she used to have recurrent ear infections. The vet became our best friend as we would see her once every other month (third month, if we were lucky!). I placed her on different brands, not because I thought the food had anything to do with her ears, but because she became picky with what she would and wouldn't eat.
I put her on a pre-packaged raw diet from our local pet store and no matter how little I gave her combined with how much exercise she got, she still managed to put weight on. After that, she was switched to a homemade raw diet - same problem, except now she would be picky about what kind of meats and bones she would touch. Played the tough love thing, but she would rather starve than eat sometimes. I decided shortly after that the complete raw diet just wasn't made for her. Note: During this time, she got mostly turkey meat and her ear issue went away.
I've come to the conclusion that there MAY be a possibility my dog is allergic to chicken. I've noticed that the meat source in all her kibbles were chicken. She WOULD get chicken once in a while with the pre-packaged raw diet but nothing happened then, she was fine.
As of now, she is on the regular Innova Evo and I caught her scratching her ear intensely last night. I was thinking about switching her over to the Innova Evo Red Meat, since it contains no chicken but I'm still iffy about what it is that causes her ear infections.
I heard it is bad to mix in foods but do you think it would help if she got half Innova Evo and half Wellness Super5Mix (lamb formula)? What foods have you used on dogs allergic to chicken?
Thank you.
I put her on a pre-packaged raw diet from our local pet store and no matter how little I gave her combined with how much exercise she got, she still managed to put weight on. After that, she was switched to a homemade raw diet - same problem, except now she would be picky about what kind of meats and bones she would touch. Played the tough love thing, but she would rather starve than eat sometimes. I decided shortly after that the complete raw diet just wasn't made for her. Note: During this time, she got mostly turkey meat and her ear issue went away.
I've come to the conclusion that there MAY be a possibility my dog is allergic to chicken. I've noticed that the meat source in all her kibbles were chicken. She WOULD get chicken once in a while with the pre-packaged raw diet but nothing happened then, she was fine.
As of now, she is on the regular Innova Evo and I caught her scratching her ear intensely last night. I was thinking about switching her over to the Innova Evo Red Meat, since it contains no chicken but I'm still iffy about what it is that causes her ear infections.
I heard it is bad to mix in foods but do you think it would help if she got half Innova Evo and half Wellness Super5Mix (lamb formula)? What foods have you used on dogs allergic to chicken?
Thank you.