my dog is allergic to Chicken?

[RawFedDogs]

a: right now he is own a steroid and antibiotic, and just ear cleanser and ointment

Anytime I see a vet put an animal on both steroid and antibiotic, I think the vet has no clue what is wrong and is shooting it with a shotgun hoping to cure whatever unknown thing is bothering him.

Also I doubt seriously that your dog is allergic to any meat. That would be kinda like a cow being allergic to grass. I think what you are doing is the correct thing for the dog. I would continue what you are doing. Continue the steroid and anitbiotic and hopefully it will get rid of whatever kind of irritation your dog has and feeding a raw diet will keep it from coming back. I think I would hold off on any plant material such as carrots for a while until this thing has cleared up. Even as treats. Stay strickly with meat, bones, and organs until he is well.

[Johnny2x4]

alright thanks

[DaneMama]

I would cut out all but raw meats, bones and organs. No treats, no carrots, no etc. Not forever of course but only until this whole thing clears up. The least amount of things that goes into your dog's system the better. It will take time for the irritation to go away, I think one member here had dogs that lost all their hair they were so irritated from kibble. It took like 6 months for them to get back to looking more normal from being on raw.

You could try feeding a different protein as the base of the diet, like fish or turkey.

[magicre]

I would cut out all but raw meats, bones and organs. No treats, no carrots, no etc. Not forever of course but only until this whole thing clears up. The least amount of things that goes into your dog's system the better. It will take time for the irritation to go away, I think one member here had dogs that lost all their hair they were so irritated from kibble. It took like 6 months for them to get back to looking more normal from being on raw.

that's what we are doing with malia and bubba...other than an alaskan salmon oil cap, which they got way before we ever switched....

johnny 2x4 - the more variety you give at this point, the less chance of figuring out the real culprit. i have found that vets, like human docs, give way too much medicine too early in the game....it's partly that reason that my dogs intestinal systems are so screwed up....and why we have to go so slowly.....with our transition which is about three weeks old...

go very slowly...but see if you can get your dog off the steroids, which, by the way, thins hair...how long has your dog been on steroids...

and antibiotics...i can't even begin to tell you what that does to a dog's intestines...humans, too, for that matter....

the only thing i would recommend at this point is keep the diet as simple as possible with as few protein sources as you can plus probiotics...which will aid in restoring the intestinal flora that the steroids and antibiotics are destroying....maybe some digestive enzymes...but that's it.

[Johnny2x4]

he took the same medicine in 2006 for about a month, and just started giving it to him again wednesday