A kindof friend up the road inherited a miniture schnauzer a while ago (don't bother asking, it is a kindof weird situation). Anyway, she tells me that the dog has been tested by the vet and she is allergic to all animal protein, something which I had never heard of and I'm still having trouble getting my head around it. So, she (the dog) is eating a prescription vegetarian food. She won't tell me which one exactly, but I'm pretty sure I've nutted it out and when I checked out the ingredients I was really shocked at just how bloody awful it is, and how they can charge that much for such terrible ingredients.
Anyway, this poor dog has chronic ear infections, you can smell it and she isn't hearing like a normal dog, plus her whole body is hot, she just looks miserable and you can tell she feels even worse. I mean, I'm a bit thick, but the carbs are up near 60% and doesn't yeast feed on sugar? Wouldn't that mean that the food is actually feeding the ear infections?
I went out and bought her some canned vegetarian food (Evangers) and some Orijen 5 fish samples and asked her to gradually add some into the pups food and see how she does.
The owner is really reluctant as last time she tried adding chicken, the dog got really sick and it ended up costing something like $600 at the vet, so I can understand that, to a certain extent. I tried my best to persuade her that raw could be a good way to go, but didn't get anywhere, so thats not an option, even thought I personally think it would probably be the answer. I also tried suggesting the one protein diet, you know, where you try a single protein food and if they show symptoms switch to another, but I just keep getting told that she is allergic to all animal protein.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this and if there was any advice they could offer that may help me to help that poor little dog.
Anyway, this poor dog has chronic ear infections, you can smell it and she isn't hearing like a normal dog, plus her whole body is hot, she just looks miserable and you can tell she feels even worse. I mean, I'm a bit thick, but the carbs are up near 60% and doesn't yeast feed on sugar? Wouldn't that mean that the food is actually feeding the ear infections?
I went out and bought her some canned vegetarian food (Evangers) and some Orijen 5 fish samples and asked her to gradually add some into the pups food and see how she does.
The owner is really reluctant as last time she tried adding chicken, the dog got really sick and it ended up costing something like $600 at the vet, so I can understand that, to a certain extent. I tried my best to persuade her that raw could be a good way to go, but didn't get anywhere, so thats not an option, even thought I personally think it would probably be the answer. I also tried suggesting the one protein diet, you know, where you try a single protein food and if they show symptoms switch to another, but I just keep getting told that she is allergic to all animal protein.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this and if there was any advice they could offer that may help me to help that poor little dog.