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  • in reply to: Allergies #16741
    mciaccia
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    I’ve had his paws checked for infections a few times, usually about once a year.  We’ve been lucky.  He also never has any bumps or anything anywhere else.  With him, it’s just the paw chewing/licking and the ear infections.  Since my vet suggested it may be a behavioral thing, we tried bitter apple spray on his paws but that definitely did not work, he just braved through the awful taste and kept on chewing.  We’ve tried telling him “no” whenever we see him chewing.  I’ve tried grain-free food and he still chews them.  Like I said, he’s lived in California, Vegas, and Chicago and he chews his paws throughout every single season in every state.  It’s like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing and I can’t find them =(  And yea, I just do not have the money to spend on hundreds of tests or special foods that are subpar anyway. 

    in reply to: Allergies #16687
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    Okay well I’ll try sticking with salmon and duck treats instead of the chicken ones then!  And you would suggest sometimes mixing in cooked meat with their food?  I live in the city so getting cheaper meats like tripe and liver would be easy and relatively inexpensive and if it helps with their allergies I’m happy to do it. 

    I give them eggs every now and then.  Whenever I make myself scrambled eggs, I make a little extra for them.

    Would I be able to make my own treats? My roommate has a drier, would I be able to make my own jerky treats?

    in reply to: Allergies #16684
    mciaccia
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    Well he is 7 years old and has lived in California and Chicago, he chews his paws all summer and all winter and has been doing it since we got him at 8 months old.  We’ve been good at giving them treats.  We just get the dried pieces of duck and chicken breasts but his food is a fish grain free.  Having dogs with allergies is really tough and I’m afraid to go to the vets because they want to run tons of expensive tests.

    in reply to: Allergies #16682
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    I do have another question for you though.  My older dog constantly chews his paws and gets ear infections on a regular basis.  I think the ear infections are due to a food allergy so we’ve switched him to a grain-free food to see if it helps with the ear infections but do you think the paw-chewing is a behavioral thing or could it also be an allergy? 

    in reply to: Allergies #16680
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    Thank you for the comment!  It was pretty helpful.  We tried Canidae but our dogs had a little poop issue with it.  We’ve had him on Fromm’s Duck and Sweet potato for a couple of months now and the rash wasn’t really coming up at all.  However, lately, his rash came up again but we think it’s because he got into a bunch of dog treats that he wasn’t supposed to have (Pupperoni).  I’m just worried again now because it’s been about a month since he ate the giant bag on his own and his rash has gotten better but hasn’t gone away.  He keeps biting at it which just makes it worse!  Just now I’m not sure if I should switch him to a grain free or not now.

     

    He doesn’t crawl around on the floor much and we have all wood floors so it can’t be any of those things.

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