Dog Food Allergies - Symptoms
How do I know if my dog have dog food allergies?
Dog food allergies present some of the same symptoms and other dog allergies. Dog food allergies can cause itchy skin, hair loss, excessive scratching, hot spots, and also include chronic or recurrent ear infections. These conditions may clear up with antibiotics, but, may reoccur after the antibiotics are discontinued. Non-allergic dogs have lower bowel movements per days that pets with dog food allergies as one study showed. The usual is around 1.5 per day for non-allergic dogs, while pets with dog food allergies may have 3 or more per day.
As a responsible pet owner, it is up to you to keep track of how your dog is doing and seek the assistance of a veterinarian to determine if your pet is suffering from dog food allergies and not some other forms of dog allergy.
Dermatological changes can mean dog food allergies, bacteriological or yeast infection. Only through the testing process and the owner noticing changes in the pet’s dermal, and coat changes, if any, can a determination of dog food allergies be made, over other types of dog allergies.
Dog food allergies can cause the dog to have loose or runny bowel movements, vomiting, and even the dog chewing grass to help them relieve an upset stomach. There are many signs that your dog may be suffering from dog food allergies, as well as the dog may have gotten into something that has upset their system.
There are some over the counter topical preparations that can relieve some of the dermatological symptoms, but they will only help in the short run, and the symptoms will reoccur. It is up to the pet owner with the help of a veterinarian to determine of dog food allergies are the cause of the symptomatology in your pet. Dog food allergies are stressful on the pet’s system, and should be dealt with immediately dog food allergies are suspected.
Hot spots which are part one of the symptoms of dog food allergies is seen as a loss of hair, redness of the skin and excessive itching or chewing of the affected area. It may also be warm to the touch. If the dog scratches and chews the area, it can become bloody and raw.
As with any type of dog allergy, dog food allergies need to be addressed to reduce the suffering of your pet.
