Allergy Formula- help!

No need to get hostile Bob. It was a question not a personal attack. I just wanted to see for myself since I've never got that impression from the food forum.

No there are NOT alot more.....Im the queen of googling and there are maybe 5 brands are worthy of even being listed....

here is your post that I was responding to;


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Originally Posted by Bobsk8 View Post
If you do the research you will find that there are quite a few premium dog foods that are "incredibly low in protein"

Canidae Lamb and Rice 21%
California Natural Herring and sweet Potato 21%
California natural Chicken meal and Rice 21%
Timber Wolf Black Forest 22% whoops That is a whole 1% higher...

I found these in just about 2 minutes on Google and I am sure there are alot more. I found that most really good dry dog foods seem to be right around 22%.
No there are NOT alot more.....Im the queen of googling and there are maybe 5 brands are worthy of even being listed....
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So I made a statement and you posted saying that my statement was not true

So I am acting hostile because I didn't try and prove that I didn't make a untrue statement as you implied in your post? I also clearly stated that if you chose not to believe what I said was , in fact, true, that that didn't bother me at all... opcorn:

Where did I say it wasn't true? Not only that but I didn't ask you prove anything I asked if you had links. How you interpret that is your decision. I was just wondering if there were any threads that stood out since you had this statistic in your mind. I mean, if it's important enough for you to say it's a majority feeling on the board there are obviously quite a few threads that stand out for you.

Look, I said what I said, and if you disagree with it , that's fine.... Everyone is entitiled to their opinion......

Exactly and I was just asking where you were getting yours from. I don't know why you are making such a big deal out of it.

I think after this bag of Salmon, we're going to do the Venison.

Buddy can have his salmon oil and his vitamins, etc.. but, if his allergies persist, those will need to be changed also.

I hesitated to post this but since the tests are done..here goes.
Sophie has been on Natural Balance Sweet potato and fish for several months. We switched her when she seemed to have a problem with a bag of the NB duck and potato, the formula she had been on for about a year, it smelled funny and even looked different than previous bags. After a phone call to NB and talking to a less than sympathetic rep, we pitched the bag and switched to another formula.

Anyway, things were going very well until about 2 weeks ago when we opened a new bag of NB Sweet potato and fish, she got very ill. I never connected it to her food because everything seemed fine with it but after 2 fecal tests and blood work, plus eliminating everything but the NB, it's pretty clear that she's gotten very sick from the food.

I swithched her to a new bag of NB (same formula) thinking that maybe it was just that particular bag, no change. I contacted NB yesterday and unfortunately when comparing the code on the back of both bags, I realized that they both came from the same batch (BB date of May 13/08).

I'm sending a 2 cup sample off to Natural Balance for analysis but I'm more than a little upset. Sophie has been up almost every night, all night, straining with horrible loose poops, more liquid than anything (sorry to be gross but it's a fact). She's been on 2 runs of Flagil, had blood work, 2 fecal tests...all to conclude that her food was making her sick.

I bought her a new food today (see below), another allergy formula and it looks pretty good. Fingers crossed, I hope it works.

http://www.championpetfoods.com/dogs/salmonpotato.aspx

Doc so sorry to hear about Sophie! I hope she's back to the norm soon!

I finally heard back from NB.. I'm less than impressed. We'll be finding a new food.

So sorry to hear about Sophie.

The new food looks terrific though! It's looks better than NB in my opinion (exept for the menadione). That is a great proetin and fat level for a fish based allergy diet. I hope this one works for her!