> On Sat Dec-25-2010 21:49, Carol Shenkenberger (1:275/100) wrote to Fred
 > Burgess:
 > 
 >  >  Now for your preventive that you use for heartworm/flea sounds like it
 >  >  would work wonders for my beasties ... the beagle is allergic to just
 >  >  about everything I give her (it seems that way), and frontline,
 > 
 >  CS> Look again,  Classic symptoms of food allergy.  Wheat, corn, or soy
 >  CS> likely.  Shift food to remove them (all if posible but if not,
 >  CS> start with wheat removal).
 > 
 > To that I would like to add that all of the dogs I owned did not digest corn
  (Corn).

From what little I can tell from mty own experiences, corn tends (if a
problem with a dog) to result more in diharreha (sp?) but less evident in ear
or skin issues.  Wheat seems to be the more common culprit there.

I'm not even faintly suggesting all dogs have food allergies but the ones
listed are very very classic for a wheat allergy.  Both of my beagles happen
by chance to have issues with grains (not totally sure which, we just swapped
all foods to grain free including treats and it's cleared up).

It's harmless and not that expensiv to try a grain free for 3-4 weeks to see
(costs less than the vet allergy tests which are often not that good).
          xxcarol
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