Now we know Lace is allergic to chicken

So,now we know as of right now Lacey is allergic to chicken.We’ve tried chicken by itself(raw),grain free dog food with chicken(high protein),chicken with 3 grains(lower protein),chicken can food and have come to the conclusion that she can’t have chicken for at least a year.In June of 2012 we will re evaluate the chicken intolerance with something like Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Chicken or something that has just Chicken & Rice(probably from Natura) and see what happens next year.Only other time she will get chicken is maybe a small piece at Thanksgiving but defiantly not even equivalent to one piece of chicken.So,now,we have got a dog or chickenpressed dog on our hands who does not even wag her tail at the words “Lacey,it’s time to feed Brownie!”so it’s obvious she’s not a happy camper about it but we are trying to keep her healthy & not sick!

Now,I need to find chicken free dog food and once her can food runs out which the way she’s going will be soon & not really wanting to eat her dry food,I am looking into frozen raw/freeze dried/dehydrated raw dog food for her but I do not want something like THK(The Honest Kitchen)because from past experience of feeding THK to her she would eat the meat and leave the rest,so I am busy gathering the GA’s(Guaranteed Analysis)for the dry food/freeze dried/frozen/dehydrated raw food to see whether what we are looking for is available locally or buy it online.A lot of the dry foods she would have been able to have is mostly chicken mixed with another protein so that won’t work although she has not had a reaction to chicken liver specifically nor chicken fat or chicken eggs.Some foods have also recently came out with new dry foods so we need to get those GA’s for those too.She will also be needing more treats soon too anyways…

She’s also allergic to heavy grains(4 grains or more) and bison meal but not bison by itself not that we are aware of YET…

Lacey & Bison

Lacey’s UTI that she had on Bison Meal(Earthborn Holistic Great Plains..Grain Free & the first ingredient was bison meal..see blog for details)has cleared up…Last night(April 17,2011)Lacey ate about 1/8 cup of Orijen regional red(a sample bag we picked up several months ago she still has some left)and it has deboned bison…I checked this morning…No odor in urine or no swelling or redness around the vulva..leads me to believe she will be okay on bison,deboned bison but not sure about freeze dried bison in treats or in frozen raw…That remains to be seen maybe like sometime this year when we go to Hawaii Kai or Kailua to pick up more Nature’s Variety.

Lacey shows a potential allergy reaction BisonMeal as the main ingredient

Yesterday,April 14 2011,Lacey was given about 1/8 cup of Earthborn Holistics great plains(grain free dog food) for the first time…Bison in the ingredients list is/was the first named meat meal…Other than that nothing was different…She has had pig ears,lamb ears,lamb based dog food since at least November 2010,the usual chicken,turkey,beef etc treats with no reactions..In the past she’s had Bison but looking at the ingredients list for Taste of the wild high prairie there is/was bison as the first ingredient BUT it was not a named meal so therefore it only served her maybe 4 servings and that’s it…There was roasted bison too but that was even further down the list as well so it could be that since there was less bison compared to bison meal she probably would not have showed a reaction…Just a thought to ponder on next time if we ever buy a food with Bison Meal again..We will think twice about that next time…

It was about 12-15 hours later we noticed her vulva was red after I had brushed her last night which was about 8ish at night.Her vulva was clear of blood….This morning it was so it must have happened overnight and since this was the first time she’s shown a reaction to any meat on grain free even three grains she’s good but I rarely buy her dry food with three grains..Most times it’s grain free…so it was kind of surprising since I have never seen her reaction to Bison(See above about Bison vs Bison Meal for potential allergies).She also has an odor in her pee so we’re going to treat it as a UTI as we did back in February and give Brownie the rest..In the future I will be more careful purchasing dry dog food with Bison Meal..