I fed my first shih-tzu a raw food diet and he thrived on it. When I got Brody, also a shih-tzu, three years ago, I started him on raw food. Everything seemed fine at first, but now at age three he has a very red rash on his groin and also under his leg, what we'd call our armpit. He scratches and puts his whole little paw in his mouth to chew on it. This clearly seems to be an allergy. I've had him on the following raw proteins: rabbit, duck, turkey, lamb, elk, and still no change. I really want Brody on a raw diet, but I'm truly at my wits-end. I've tried raw food with organ meat, without organ meat. My vet just had him on Clavaseptic, an antibiotic, and prescribed ProSeb, which is an antispetic, antifungal, antibacterial, keratolytic and antipruritic shampoo, literally everything but the kitchen sink.
It breaks my heart to see Brody like this. I'm wondering if anyone has had an experience like this with raw food. I should also add that this doesn't seem to be environmental as I've gone this through the wintertime as well, so probably not grass, for example.
Any ideas would be really appreciated.
It breaks my heart to see Brody like this. I'm wondering if anyone has had an experience like this with raw food. I should also add that this doesn't seem to be environmental as I've gone this through the wintertime as well, so probably not grass, for example.
Any ideas would be really appreciated.