"Shelly" wrote in message
I Oh, and an interesting aside, the new vet said that they're finding
that old stand-bys, like lamb and rice, are starting to trigger
allergic reactions in dogs. Lamb, I expected, but she said
specifically that rice was becoming more common as a trigger. Rice
being one of those things that Harriet will reliably drool for. I'm
going to pick up a bag of sweet potato and fish food when the current
bag runs out. At that point, I'm going to try to remember to cut all
the rice out of her diet. I don't have any reason to think she's
allergic to rice, but it's worth a shot, since the one thing I
haven't tried her on is sweet potato and fish.

Ugh. I knew it was bound to happen. I can't wait until everyone decides to
feed the fish diets or the manufacturers put fish in everything and then
there goes that source of novel protein.
I hope the new food helps Harriet. My dogs love sweet potatoes and
sometimes I slice them up (the sweet potatoes not my dogs) and dehydrate
them for treats. G-d forbid I actually eat the damn things.

Beth