Natural Balance Allergy Formulas

[dwerten]

does the rabbit food have some chicken in it as well as have read that ? It is probably because natural balance has flaxseed in it and many allergy dogs are allergic to flaxseed and why i called company seeing if they could remove that ingredient


QUOTE (LittleDogLVR @ May 11 2009, 03:57 PM)

Tried NB and the Itching got Worse...........every dog is different !
We are on Natures Variety Instinct Rabbit right now and its been the best of anything we tried.
On our 3rd bag so its been just over 2 months......[/B]

[dwerten]

correct and white potato is a sugary carb thus harboring yeast so probably why the tear staining may have got worse and many dogs that have poultry allergy also have allergy to eggs and duck per dermatologist - I like sweet potato better than white potato myself but depends on kibble size you are going for


QUOTE (Hunter's Mom @ May 11 2009, 01:58 PM)

I do the venison and sweet potato. The kibble for venison is flat and a good size for malts - I have found that it helps Hunter slow his eating down. He was scarfing down the little bites formula and was actually choking a lot on his food.

We had trouble with the duck and potato - we saw a big increase in tear staining and the feet chewing did not stop since duck is considered a poultry. We haven't been able to try the sweet potato and fish formula because it is not kept in stock often enough at our petco and I didn't want to have to worry about switching so that's how we decided on venison.[/B]

[henrysdad]

I started Henry on the NB Sweet Potato and Duck and he loves it. His foot/paw chewing has slowed down a lot, but has not been totally eliminated. I did not see any difference in tearstaining with the food, but I've read that can take awhile. We were recently at a friend's house who feeds Science Diet and Henry refused to eat it. :P He'll only take his NB now.

[LittleDogLVR]

QUOTE (dwerten @ May 11 2009, 10:23 PM)

does the rabbit food have some chicken in it as well as have read that ? It is probably because natural balance has flaxseed in it and many allergy dogs are allergic to flaxseed and why i called company seeing if they could remove that ingredient


QUOTE (LittleDogLVR @ May 11 2009, 03:57 PM)

Tried NB and the Itching got Worse...........every dog is different !
We are on Natures Variety Instinct Rabbit right now and its been the best of anything we tried.
On our 3rd bag so its been just over 2 months......[/B]

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Yes Listed 4th on the ingredient panel it is Chicken fat, I dont think We have chicken allergies but I wouldnt mind not having there as well.

Both of my dogs are doing very good on it, and they seem to like it too.......

We have tried so many, Im happy to be Not changing right now !

[dwerten]

my motto if it is not broke do not fix it but yes many allergy dogs are allergic to chicken and beef - chicken is a hot meet and beef is a cool meat


QUOTE (LittleDogLVR @ May 14 2009, 03:04 PM)

QUOTE (dwerten @ May 11 2009, 10:23 PM)

does the rabbit food have some chicken in it as well as have read that ? It is probably because natural balance has flaxseed in it and many allergy dogs are allergic to flaxseed and why i called company seeing if they could remove that ingredient


QUOTE (LittleDogLVR @ May 11 2009, 03:57 PM)

Tried NB and the Itching got Worse...........every dog is different !
We are on Natures Variety Instinct Rabbit right now and its been the best of anything we tried.
On our 3rd bag so its been just over 2 months......[/B]

[/B][/QUOTE]

Yes Listed 4th on the ingredient panel it is Chicken fat, I dont think We have chicken allergies but I wouldnt mind not having there as well.

Both of my dogs are doing very good on it, and they seem to like it too.......

We have tried so many, Im happy to be Not changing right now !
[/B][/QUOTE]

[dwerten]

It takes a full 12 weeks with nothing else for other food to get completely out of system and to see 100% difference


QUOTE (HenrysDad @ May 14 2009, 01:50 PM)

I started Henry on the NB Sweet Potato and Duck and he loves it. His foot/paw chewing has slowed down a lot, but has not been totally eliminated. I did not see any difference in tearstaining with the food, but I've read that can take awhile. We were recently at a friend's house who feeds Science Diet and Henry refused to eat it. :P He'll only take his NB now.[/B]