Dobe, actually lamb is supposed to be the most easily digestible meat. That is why many commercial dog foods have a lamb diet for allergy sufferers. But as fresh lamb (if you're feeding BARF) is very expensive I would stick with chicken. If his poop was better on chicken by all means feed chicken. It is still an excellent source of protein. If you're concerned with variety you can incorporate some lamb once in a while. Fresh salmon, cooked, is also excellent if you can afford it once in a while. It has a lot of Omega 3 fatty oils that are great for skin and coat. My dog eats mostly chicken, with lamb, salmon, sometimes beef and other poultry. He's also had canned sardines in oil and canned salmon. He seems to really like fish. Whatever you choose should be good as long as the quality is A#1. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I'd go with chicken. The lamb thing is old school and generally recomended that people NOT follow that - you can e-mail me privately if you like and I can scan and send you some more info - go chicken!
Your dog would have better stools on chicken if you are feeding the necks/backs because of the bone in it.
It really isn't a matter of one or the other. You need to feed a variety of meat to your dog for the best results.
If you only feed chicken you will have problems as well.
I raise my own lamb, so cost is not an issue. (as well I know what is in it and what is not. Lamb generally has far less toxins in it than your chicken (especially if you cannot feed organic). It is raised for a shorter time period than beef before slaughtered. Lamb bones also softer and easier on teeth.
I'm just curious how often it is that the allergies are related to the protein? My understanding is that generally, when seeing digestion problems as a result of food allergy, it's usually some other ingredient, such as grains.
I find chicken much more easily digested. I communicate with alot of people with GSDs with EPI, and they do much better with chicken. Lamb used to be considered the protein of choice for allergies as it was not as common, which is why it was recomended back then as part of an elimination diet, but is in most commercial foods now and no longer recomended. That is why you see all kinds of interesting proteins on the market, venison, turkey, duck etc.
To expand upon Laureen's post, I never feed lamb foods to my dog. That way if there is ever an allergy problem I can just use lamb food instead of paying $60+ a bag for the duck and other foods. This was suggested somewhere, but I can't remember where <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> .
It doesn't hurt that my dog dislikes the lamb kibble and won't touch it if at all possible <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> .
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