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Sorry this is long, I will gladly accept any comments or ideas of what you think is wrong.
Our dog was originally on Nutro Natural Choice Chicken and Oatmeal. We was doing fine on this food. While at Petsmart a Nutro rep was telling me about their new Nutro Ultra formula so I switched him. About a week later I noticed his paws, especially his back paws were getting red, they started get worse and were getting raw. After doing some research on food I learned that Nutro was not a good food. So I started my research and changed him over to Wellness. He seems to really like his new food.For a while it looked like his paws were healing and I was convinced that it was the new nutro food we tried.
Within the last few days it seems like it is coming back. I had been using Malaseb shampoo which is for skin infections.yeast infections because I thought that may have been it. I have an appointment at the vet on Wednesday morning.
I started him on the new Nutro Ultra formula somewhere around the 18th of August. By August the 28th his paws were raw...I remember because I boarded him for a 5 days and his feet were a little pink a couple of days before I dropped him off. I switched his food to Welleness that following week around the 2nd of september. I also started using the Malaseb shampoo and within a week his feet looked like they were healing by the end of September his feet were normal looking. Just in the last few days they seem to be getting worse.....I haven't been using the shampoo everyday on his paws since I have run out and it is unavailable from the manufactuer.
At this point I don't know if it was the food or not. I don't think he caught anything at the kennel because they were already pink to begin with.
This is the new Nutro we used:
Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Chicken, Lamb Meal, Salmon Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Flaxseed, Oatmeal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Soybean Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Potassium Chloride, Egg Product, Tomato Pomace, Dried Pomegranate, Dried Blueberry, Dried Avocado, Dried Cranberry, Dried Pumpkin, Dried Spinach, Dried Carrot, Salt, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, L-Carnitine, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Copper Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Sodium Selenite, Beta Carotene, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
The old Nutro formula we used only had chicken as the meat product. So I am thinking he is maybe allergic to Lamb? Or maybe he just has a skin problem?
He gets homemade salmon, boiled chicken breast ot Deli fresh meals which contain chicken Deli Fresh - Natural Dog Food .....he gets the chicken bits. I also sometimes give him wellness canned chicken. I switch his meats around so he doesn't get bored. Also I give him carrots, blueberries, probiotics, apples, fish oil. I mix thse things with his kibble from wellness whcih I get the chicken formula (purple bag)
Any suggestions? I have a feeling the vet will not give me good answers and suggest prescription dog food. Also does anyone know how much an allergy test will cost?
Our dog was originally on Nutro Natural Choice Chicken and Oatmeal. We was doing fine on this food. While at Petsmart a Nutro rep was telling me about their new Nutro Ultra formula so I switched him. About a week later I noticed his paws, especially his back paws were getting red, they started get worse and were getting raw. After doing some research on food I learned that Nutro was not a good food. So I started my research and changed him over to Wellness. He seems to really like his new food.For a while it looked like his paws were healing and I was convinced that it was the new nutro food we tried.
Within the last few days it seems like it is coming back. I had been using Malaseb shampoo which is for skin infections.yeast infections because I thought that may have been it. I have an appointment at the vet on Wednesday morning.
I started him on the new Nutro Ultra formula somewhere around the 18th of August. By August the 28th his paws were raw...I remember because I boarded him for a 5 days and his feet were a little pink a couple of days before I dropped him off. I switched his food to Welleness that following week around the 2nd of september. I also started using the Malaseb shampoo and within a week his feet looked like they were healing by the end of September his feet were normal looking. Just in the last few days they seem to be getting worse.....I haven't been using the shampoo everyday on his paws since I have run out and it is unavailable from the manufactuer.
At this point I don't know if it was the food or not. I don't think he caught anything at the kennel because they were already pink to begin with.
This is the new Nutro we used:
Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Chicken, Lamb Meal, Salmon Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Flaxseed, Oatmeal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Soybean Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Potassium Chloride, Egg Product, Tomato Pomace, Dried Pomegranate, Dried Blueberry, Dried Avocado, Dried Cranberry, Dried Pumpkin, Dried Spinach, Dried Carrot, Salt, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, L-Carnitine, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Copper Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Sodium Selenite, Beta Carotene, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
The old Nutro formula we used only had chicken as the meat product. So I am thinking he is maybe allergic to Lamb? Or maybe he just has a skin problem?
He gets homemade salmon, boiled chicken breast ot Deli fresh meals which contain chicken Deli Fresh - Natural Dog Food .....he gets the chicken bits. I also sometimes give him wellness canned chicken. I switch his meats around so he doesn't get bored. Also I give him carrots, blueberries, probiotics, apples, fish oil. I mix thse things with his kibble from wellness whcih I get the chicken formula (purple bag)
Any suggestions? I have a feeling the vet will not give me good answers and suggest prescription dog food. Also does anyone know how much an allergy test will cost?