Hello! I'm so happy to have found this forum!
My 9 year old Brittney Spaniel has had itching issues for many, many years. We've tried countless foods and allergy medications to help alleviate his itching, which occurs most severely in the rectal area. We don't feed him table scraps and have been meticulous about making sure he has no other protein or grain source from treats, etc. We finally sent his saliva and hair to a company for a complete allergy testing. We just received the results today. Amongst the normal allergies I expected (corn and wheat), we also found he's allergic to Canola and Flax. I'm assuming this means Canola oil, and Flax seed oil.
He has been on the Natural Balance Potato and Duck, which happens to have BOTH Canola oil and Flax seed oil. I did a quick search for some of the other high end brands could not find one that did not contain Canola oil.
What are my options at this point? Are there other dog foods that don't contain Canola and Flax? (BTW He's taking an oil based allergy supplement called Allerderm Efa-Z Plus and it helps a bunch with his itching, but hasn't gotten rid of it).
Any tips or ideas are greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Zoralyn
My 9 year old Brittney Spaniel has had itching issues for many, many years. We've tried countless foods and allergy medications to help alleviate his itching, which occurs most severely in the rectal area. We don't feed him table scraps and have been meticulous about making sure he has no other protein or grain source from treats, etc. We finally sent his saliva and hair to a company for a complete allergy testing. We just received the results today. Amongst the normal allergies I expected (corn and wheat), we also found he's allergic to Canola and Flax. I'm assuming this means Canola oil, and Flax seed oil.
He has been on the Natural Balance Potato and Duck, which happens to have BOTH Canola oil and Flax seed oil. I did a quick search for some of the other high end brands could not find one that did not contain Canola oil.
What are my options at this point? Are there other dog foods that don't contain Canola and Flax? (BTW He's taking an oil based allergy supplement called Allerderm Efa-Z Plus and it helps a bunch with his itching, but hasn't gotten rid of it).
Any tips or ideas are greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Zoralyn
