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 >
 > Yeah, we fought that too.  Forget the name of the stuff we were using at the
 > end, but it came from the vet and you couldn't buy it over the counter.
 >
 > Heck, at 14 or better, that's pretty good.

 CS> Hills Diet prescription probably.  Bit bogus if you ask me to make it
 CS> sold that way. In my case, once i finally 'got it' that grains can be
 CS> an issue and tried a grain free, my cat and dog stopped having skin and
 CS> ear issues.  Now I have a new to us pooch (Mabel Anne, 20 Novemeber
 CS> 2010 adoption, age 14, beagle mix, obviously very elderly for the
 CS> breed).  Mabel was toe chewing, skin licking, and has recurrant very
 CS> hard to fix ear issues.  Her belly was *raw* with spots she'd taken
 CS> down so far they were blood red.  Well, she fixed up fast on the same
 CS> food i need for my grain issue dog and the rare treat with grains
 CS> appeared to set it off again with toe chewing so I'm guessing she's not
 CS> grain tolerant either.  Don't freak, both dogs are beagle mixes and
 CS> they are prone to this more than most.  Some web sites give it as as a
 CS> 10% incidence in this breed and others list a whopping 40% have some
 CS> level of food allergies issues in the beagle breed.

Wow, since we never had dogs, this stuff is new to me. :)

Sounds like you may have to go to an all meat diet then?  AFAIK there's no such
thing as a canned dog food without something added, probably not good for her
either.



   
 
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