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Dry Skin
I have a 3 year old Chihuahua! He is in general very healthy except
that the skin on his belly is a bit dry. I have tried feeding him Science Diet and now he is on Eukanuba. But his skin is still dry. Could it be the dog food that is making him dry? Is there another dog food that I should feed Gizmo? |
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Could be the food....
I personally feel the quality of Eukanuda is not what it used to be. Iams (and thus Eukanuba) was bought out...or merged...or whatever...a while back. We were feeding Eukanuba at the time. About 6 months later two of our dogs started with the itchies. (dry skin). We switched to the natural blend of Royal Canin and the skin is better. There are just too many dog foods to choose from! Without knowing what is available near you, what you are willling to pay, whether you are okay with trips to a specialty store or whether your time schedule is more suited to getting food at Wal-Mart while you are doing your other shopping.... Bil-Jac is an okay food and readily available. Pro Pac is fairly good...though can be difficult to find. Innova is a good food Diamond is what alot of sportsmen use. Nutro-Max (not nutro) is fair to midland and easy to find. alot of the speciality foods are good but hard to find... If the problem is food related you will likely have the best luck with foods without a pluthera of grains and fillers...my rule with commercial foods is this.... I want to see meat as primary ingredients. If in the first 5 ingredients there is something I need a chemist to not only explain to me what it is but also to pronounce...I will look for a different food. If I read the label and there are a bunch of things that sound like I would not want to feed them to a child...I wont feed them to my dog. Maybe get some suggestions from your vet. Maybe a Chihuahua breeder or breed club, there may be some dietary requirement (or common problem) that makes one food better than another for your breed. "wendy" wrote in message oups.com... I have a 3 year old Chihuahua! He is in general very healthy except that the skin on his belly is a bit dry. I have tried feeding him Science Diet and now he is on Eukanuba. But his skin is still dry. Could it be the dog food that is making him dry? Is there another dog food that I should feed Gizmo? |
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Thanks for the information!
My breeder fed all her puppies Iams, so that's why I decided to go with Eukanuba. I mean in general he is ok besides the dry skin on his stomach. I know I can get Bil-Jac from Petsmart. But I am not sure about ProPac, Innova and Diamond. I know I can get RoyalCanin, but I can't seem to find too much information on RoyalCanin so I am not sure about it. Since my dog is a chihuahua I am not too concerned about cost and if it's convient to get the dog food. He is so small a bag of dog food last him a long time and I am willing to spend the money for my baby! I will try to check out some chihuahua clubs!! Thanks! |
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wendy wrote: Thanks for the information! My breeder fed all her puppies Iams, so that's why I decided to go with Eukanuba. I mean in general he is ok besides the dry skin on his stomach. I know I can get Bil-Jac from Petsmart. But I am not sure about ProPac, Innova and Diamond. I know I can get RoyalCanin, but I can't seem to find too much information on RoyalCanin so I am not sure about it. Since my dog is a chihuahua I am not too concerned about cost and if it's convient to get the dog food. He is so small a bag of dog food last him a long time and I am willing to spend the money for my baby! I will try to check out some chihuahua clubs!! Thanks! Wendy, Try your vet first, there could be other issues that are the cause. If s/he rules out other issues then s/he can make some suggestions on what to feed if they think that is a solution. |
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We feed royal canin at our rescue...not because it is some really great
food, but because it is readily available and because it has a prescription line (like science diet). Royal Canin is kind of on the upside of middle of the road. Has been bought out by Waltham's though, so wee will have to see where it goes from here. "wendy" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the information! My breeder fed all her puppies Iams, so that's why I decided to go with Eukanuba. I mean in general he is ok besides the dry skin on his stomach. I know I can get Bil-Jac from Petsmart. But I am not sure about ProPac, Innova and Diamond. I know I can get RoyalCanin, but I can't seem to find too much information on RoyalCanin so I am not sure about it. Since my dog is a chihuahua I am not too concerned about cost and if it's convient to get the dog food. He is so small a bag of dog food last him a long time and I am willing to spend the money for my baby! I will try to check out some chihuahua clubs!! Thanks! |
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i would pay a visit to the vet to rule out any thing nasty and then he will
look to the food. my shih tzu is allergic to beef and beef flavours i was using bakers complete but the itching drove her up the wall, now we have a different brand made with chicken and all three of my dogs are thriving |
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I actually asked the Vet. And he told me to feed him some fatty acid
supplement. But that didn't seem to help. His skin is always skin in the stomach. What about Nutro? |
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I talked to my vet and he suggested to feed him fatty acid supplements.
I did that for a while but his skin is still dry. What about the food Nutro Max? Would that be better than Eukanuba? |
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dallygirl wrote: i would pay a visit to the vet to rule out any thing nasty and then he will look to the food. my shih tzu is allergic to beef and beef flavours i was using bakers complete but the itching drove her up the wall, now we have a different brand made with chicken and all three of my dogs are thriving |
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wendy wrote: I actually asked the Vet. And he told me to feed him some fatty acid supplement. But that didn't seem to help. His skin is always skin in the stomach. What about Nutro? If you could get Nutro to tell you the levels of Omega 3's in the diet you might have some idea. Unfortunately the calcium levels in Nutro are usually exceptionally high which may have some affect on skin status. You are usually better off feeeding a good quality food than adding supplements. For example you would have to feed 17 Derm Caps regular per day to the mythical 20 pound dog to equal the Omega 3 level of Science Diet Adult, you would have to feed 52 Derm Caps regular to equal the Omega 3 level in Science Diet Senstivie Skin. You would have to feed 14 Derm Caps regular per day to match the Omega 3 level in Eukanuba Adult Maintenance. Derm Caps are a common supplement capsule which contains 42 mgs of Omega 3 per capsule. |
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