allergies!! Could it be the food or just agitation from fleas? We've been bathing him but he's still in a bit of agony. I'm sure the poor guy will be given the cone of shame today. ( movie UP) love the phrase though. Happy day to all Boerboel lovers!!…
ct with something. His pyoderma is accompanied with otitis, which indicates that there is an allergy. The problem here is that there are no food allergy tests done for dogs in Russia, so the only way to diagnose the food allergy is by excluding method . For now i give him hypoallergic dog food to eliminate all the allergy symptoms and treat otitis locally. After that will have to get back to his usual diet to see if the reaction to the food comes back. This will indicate that it is food allergy not something else. and only after all this will have to experiment with different food to chose the one that doesn’t give him an allergy.
The dog food review you gave is very informative, thanks, I have used it to chose the right food for him. The problem is that Russian market is not as diverse as in US.
I was thinking to feed him BARF but i think its very hard to balance right all the ingredients for the growing boerboel, especially the protein and fat.
Do you give any additional chondroprotectors or vitamins?
Uff, hope my writing is not very confusing. lol…
tritionally speaking, it does wonders for allergy afflicted dogs. Many "allergies" are kibble related. Feel free to contact me if you do not already feed raw and/or if you have any questions about it!
Chrissy and Diesel (10 month old 115lb pup raw fed and loving life!)…
6.5 mos pup had skin problems since i got him at 2mos old. And it turned out that a lot of boerboels in Russia suffer from food allergies or other skin problems.
When I brought the puppy home, i fed him with homemade meals(meat, milk products, cereals, vegetables + vitamins & minerals) dry food was given only once a day. After few weeks I had to bring him to the vet with the skin problems. He was diagnosed with pyoderma. The dermotologist's verdict is that pyoderma is the outcome of the allergie. Now we are trying to diagnose the origins of this allergy (food, environment, parasites etc)..…
allergies and are very helpful in sharing information. I don't know if this link works, but you can always do a search on Yahoo Groups: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canineallergiessolutions/…
since Deuce is having allergies to 'something'!! He's going to the vet this afternoon so hopefully we'll get him fixed up. He doesn't deserve the annoyance of skin allergies!! Could it be the food or just agitation from fleas? We've been bathing him but he's still in a bit of agony. I'm sure the poor guy will be given the cone of shame today. ( movie UP) love the phrase though. Happy day to all Boerboel lovers!!
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"Hello Kim welcome and thanks for posting. Sorry to hear you having trouble with your puppy. First off have you taken her to the vet? Do they know of the situation? Have they taken a urine sample? If your girl has a UTI…"
Our 12 week old Boerboel wants to drink water - she has had a urinary infection that we have been treating.. but this is crazy... she searches for mud puddles, rain, condensation... drinks until she is miserable and burping then lays around and pees... potty training is near impossible as she is more interested in water than life... ANY IDEAS? See More