Well, at least one thing is ruled out ... the dog's food.
Connie, is that because if it was food, the paw licking wouldn't have stopped so suddenly? If it were a food allergy, it would take much longer than a day or so to get out of his system?
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Well, at least one thing is ruled out ... the dog's food.
Connie, is that because if it was food, the paw licking wouldn't have stopped so suddenly? If it were a food allergy, it would take much longer than a day or so to get out of his system?
I'm not following. Did you withdraw a protein source two days ago?
I was thinking before you said that: He has stopped itching before, when he was still on the same raw diet. Now he has stopped again.
Food allergies are not intermittent or seasonal. (In fact, a clue in some protocols is the relative non-responsiveness of a dog with a food allergy to steroids treatment.)
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I missed a whole post. Please see 4 posts down.
Edited by Connie Sutherland (11/14/2013 11:17 AM)
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Well, at least one thing is ruled out ... the dog's food.
Connie, is that because if it was food, the paw licking wouldn't have stopped so suddenly? If it were a food allergy, it would take much longer than a day or so to get out of his system?
I'm not following. Did you withdraw a protein source two days ago?
I was thinking before you said that: He has stopped itching before, when he was still on the same raw diet. Now he has stopped again.
Yes, the Sojo's dehydrated, grain free veggie mix I feed him has "whole egg" as a protein source. Here is the ingredient list:
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It has more than egg as protein sources, including sweet potato, flax, carob, and alfalfa.
But also, this dog has stopped itching for significant periods in the past, I believe? While eating this?
Please don't think I'm suggesting that the dog showed food-allergy symptoms before; I didn't read any. But intermittent itching with periods of no itching is not at all a food-allergy trait.
But also, this dog has stopped itching for significant periods in the past, I believe? While eating this?
Yes. My line of thinking when taking this out of his diet was that possibly he developed a food allergy to something in the mix. I know dogs can develop an allergy to their food, and I was taking several steps to try and get him to stop itching. I know food allergies are very rare, and the most likely cause of his itching going away right now is the hard freezes we have had the past several nights.
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Oh, I'm sorry ... ignore me. I see, looking back, that I missed a whole post. Duh!
"1) Washed his paws with KetaChlor.
2) Started him on Benadryl.
3) Withheld his dehydrated veggie mix (Sojo's) that I rotate with Honest Kitchen to supplement his raw diet.
4) Wiped his feet after we came in from outside.
5) It snowed! We had lows in the 20's and he zoomed around in about an inch of snow."
ETA I promise to stop skimming.
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