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Old October 6th, 2009, 08:51 PM
dusty0627 dusty0627 is offline
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Originally Posted by kandy View Post
Scratching, chewing paws and dry coat can all be indications of allergy. Even if a dogs diet does not change, they can (and do) develop allergies to their food. Also, kibble manufacturers sometimes change the ingredients of their products.

Common ingredients that cause allergies are chicken, wheat, corn, and soy - although any individual dog can be allergic to many different things. If you are feeding a food that is 'grain heavy' - you may want to consider a change in food. Grain heavy would be 3 or more grains in the first 5 ingredients.

Allergies can also be environmental or seasonal - your vet can do testing, but some vets will advise against it citing cost and vague results.

Thank you, very helpfull. Ironically we did switch them from Kibbles about a year ago (long before the symptoms arose) and have just switched back because of these conditions.

Last edited by dusty0627; October 6th, 2009 at 08:59 PM.
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