What food should I feed my beagle who has food allergies?

She has hot spots and hair loss around her butt area and on her tail. She scratches excessively. We are treating her hot spots and I am trying to find a food that is suitable to feed her to get rid of the food allergies.





I know Wellness is a good food, but are there other options out there (without a RX for the food) that will be just as good?|||I use California Natural for my dog with food allergies-it has the least amount of ingredients of any dry food on the market (meaning less to be allergic to) and it's made by a very responsible company and of good quality. A few others you may want to consider are Natural Balance Limited Ingredient and Wellness Simple Food Solutions. Taste of the Wild, Pinnacle, and Evangers are a few others that are good for some dogs with allergy (depending on what the allergy is to), but California Natural would be my first choice.|||What you want to do is take a look at the ingredients in the dog food. Generally the first thing you want to try is a different kind of meat and if that doesn't work it is probably one of the fillers. Corn can be a big allergen. Also, are you sure it is food allergies? It could be a number of other things as well. If you are getting very discouraged after switching food multiple times and the allergies just seem to stay there is an allergy test you can get done at your vet clinic. They take blood and send it off for results and it will let you know exactly what your dog is allergic to.|||do you have her on flea prevention? Sound like a flea allergy dermatitis the butt and tail area are classic spots. If you do have her on flea prevention i would try a natural food, such as TOTW, Blue buffalo, California Natural, whatever, but in addition to limiting her carb intake, I would change her to a type of protein that she has not been introduced to Salmon, Duck, ect. In addition Omega 3's and 6's can help with allergies. Last pitch, have you heard of atopica? it is a medication that is non steroidal that can help with allergies. It is expensive in the first few months, but it gets better. Good luck!|||There are TONS of options, just stay away from wheat, corn and soy. Once you get those out of her diet, you can explore which she responds better to, a red meat mix or a poultry mix.





Evo, Innova, California Naturals, Orijens, Taste of the Wild, Dog Lovers Gold, Wellness, Honest Kitchen, and many many others offer wheat, corn and soy free food.





The ones you need a perscription for? Those are more likely to give your dog a reaction than the junk you find at the grocery store.|||You need to figure out what ingredient(s) she is allergic to. You need to feed a diet with one novel protein source and one novel carbohydrate source. By novel, I mean a food that the dog has never been exposed to in its life. Some novel proteins include duck, venison, salmon, rabbit, and kangaroo. Some novel carbohydrates include potatoes, sweet potatoes, barley, buckwheat, and oatmeal. You need to read the ingredient label. You would be surprised as to the ingredient list that some so called hypoallergenic foods have in them. Remember to look at your treats too. After all treats are food. Same thing goes with people food and flavored medications like Heartgard. Anything that goes in the dog's mouth needs to be monitored or you're just tossing your money down the drain.|||I would start by taking her off commercial food and test to find out what she is allergic too. The process is to feed chicken and rice in a home cooked diet. After two weeks add back one food at a time to see if she has a reaction. Once you find all the items she is allergic too (foods, vitamins, treats, etc), learn to read food labels to make sure the food does not contain that ingredient. Either look for a commercial food that does not have this ingredient or feed her a home cooked diet with food you know she is not allergic too.|||California Natural Pet Food





.... we have the shortest ingredient list of any dry pet food and combine just one protein, one fat and one carbohydrate source to create a hypoallergenic pet food





or Innova from the same site





I have nothing to do with them it was just easier to cut and paste from their website and it's one that I use along with Eagle Pack now that Dakota is 6 months old. The EP that I use was designed for Large/Giant Breeds





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http://eaglepack.com/EP_PetHealth.html#a鈥?/a>|||Avoid foods with ingredients that she is allergic to.


Wheat? Corn? Beef? Dairy? You need to have an allergy test done at the vets in order to figure out what your dog is allergic to.


You can't just feed a "hypoallergenic" food.





ie: Wellness Simple Solutions is hypoallergenic - uses duck and rice....but...what happens if your dog is allergic to duck?


See, you have to KNOW what ingredients trigger your dogs' allergies.|||The best thing you can do for a dog with allergies is put him on a RAW PREY-MODEL DIET.





A properly fed raw diet consists of meat, bones, and organs. That's it. This provides everything the dog needs and will not contain any allergens. It is absolutely the best way to feed any dog or cat.|||http://www.frrco.com/





I feed this to my dog and worked in a grooming shop where the owner recommended it to many many owners of dogs with skin/allergy problems. Most of the dogs had their issues clear up within 6 weeks.





It's mail order, or some vets will distribute it. The cost it shows online includes shipping and the food almost always arrives within 3 days of my ordering it|||Wellness is a very good food. So is Natural Balance. Be sure to do a slow diet change. For allergies you might try the sweet potato Natural Balance formula.|||Taste of The Wild has been a savior for our dog with food allergies!